Katy’s Weblog
Every year we hear of fires in the Southern Cal areas due to the warm and gusty Santa Ana winds.
My dad’s house at the foothills of Pasadena have seen fires close by in the San Gabriel mountains, but never close enough to have to evacuate.
This year, it came close within about 5 miles of Walnut.
These books are too addicting.
I promise I am not going to read the next one. It’s keeping me up at night.
This is the next in the series after Ender’s Shadow. Instead of battling aliens in space, the genius kids are now back on Earth, fighting the evil schemer whose one ambition is to rule the world. Such an original theme…
I showed Amy my yearbook dated 1972.
“Look at these 2 people. They were friends of mine.”
“They look like twins, except one has long hair and one has short hair.”
“Yeah. The one with short hair is a boy.”
“Aren’t they both boys?”
“No. I thought they both look like girls. But the one with short hair is a boy.”
Obama continues to oppose tax-supported voucher programs to less-fortunate parents who also would like their children to attend a quality private school. It’s rather ironic who opposes school vouchers.
From ChicagoTribune.com, by Clarence Page, on private school vouchers:
…The question of vouchers as an alternative to public schools crosses color lines, but it is particularly poignant for the nation’s first African-American president.
Twenty-five years ago today, I said “I do.”
My image of marriage was a fairy tale picture of bliss. In fact I was right! But it took me 25 years to learn that marriage can be so happy – if you allow it to be.
You can focus on the disagreements, the irritating habits, the endless daily chores and stinky morning breath.
Brought out the old yearbooks…should I laugh or cry??
In my brother’s yearbook, 1968, his junior high school had a Computer Club!! What did they do?
When I was in 8th grade, I was voted the shyest…yes, I was very quiet then.
I have ONE friend from junior high school that I still keep in…
From Gary Bauer:
Perhaps the biggest disappointment at the ballot box last night was the defeat of every initiative related to the sanctity of life. Parental notification failed in California. Expanded human embryonic stem cell research was approved in Michigan. Euthanasia was legalized in Washington State. And efforts to expand legal protections to the unborn were defeated in Colorado and South Dakota.
Since reading Ender’s Game, my husband recommended the companion book Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card.
I am not usually a scifi reader, but this series is less scifi and more about character development. The main characters, the kids, have complex backgrounds lending to their involved personalities. As the story progresses, the kids grow in a genuine way as kids would. The fun part is, they can outsmart the adults.
NAACP Los Angeles President Alice Huffman Sells Out Black Families
Media Advisory
October 30, 2008
Contact: Chip White, 916-446-2956
LOS ANGELES, CA – Campaign finance records reveal that Alice Huffman, President of the California State NAACP, the only major African American leader in California to endorse legalized gay marriage, has received nearly $200,000 from the NO on 8 campaign in “fees†through her company AC Public Affairs.
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A friend sent me this story:
Yesterday, on my way to lunch at Denny’s, I passed one of the homeless guys in that area, with a sign that read ‘Vote Obama, I need the money.’
Once in Denny’s my waiter had on a ‘Obama 08’ tee shirt.