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Reflections on found money .
Wow, last December, I made some New Year's Resolutions. Did not expect to be successful but promised myself I would try. I went from being broke at the end of each month to netting out about $400 surplus. My gas milage was cut in half. Clothes are my life and I never thought I......Read More

Posted on: 2008-03-11 16:45:05 | Rating:

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90 days to graduation and busted
My English teacher pulled me aside yesterday and gave me a book "50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School". On page 25 an explanation of the Micauber Principle (from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens). If income is $20 and expenses are $19.96, result is happiness. If income is $20......Read More

Posted on: 2008-03-13 16:17:50 | Rating:

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spaghetti straps, short shorts & body piercing
Schools are tiny police states, lots of form but no substance. For example we cannot wear spaghetti strap tops, short shorts and only the ears are allowed to be pierced. What we wear ought not to be a factor for what we learn, but it is. I think the purpose of these rules is to......Read More

Posted on: 2008-03-13 16:37:21 | Rating:

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Dinner Wars
At dinner last night, my grandfather asked me if I voted in the California primary and I told him I voted for Obama. My dad, threw his napkin on his plate and shouted at me, "You what?" Until now this house with my exception was solid republican. My mom then said she......Read More

Posted on: 2008-03-13 17:01:51 | Rating:

| Views: 62 | Comments: 1 | Tags: Family dinners Obama racism Mother Teresa Hillery Clinton

lies of old men
Do not listen to the lies of old men Who fear your power, Who preach that you were 'born in sin'. A flower is moral by its own flowering. From " No Mans Land", Volume 3, page 396 Why are all our leaders white faced old men who lie to us about the need for war and then......Read More