Archive for December, 2006
Bob Walton Email
Bob’s email address has been added to the Class Contacts page.
Posted: December 25th, 2006 under Class Contacts, Classmate Update.
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Mozilla Blues!
As we were getting ready for the big reunion in 2005, Heather sent me a CD album, recently recorded, entitled Heather Moz Trio - Spring, 2005. A delightful set of five decidedly blues numbers featuring Heather doing vocals, John Haley, guitar, and John La Rouche, chromatic harmonica. For questions about her album, please contact […]
Posted: December 24th, 2006 under Classmate Update, Media World.
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Peace!
Photos are from LetsBeFriends (I’ve forgotten who forwarded them to me). Flash movie (using forwarded photos, adding captions) by your humble webmaster.
Now, if only humans…
Posted: December 17th, 2006 under Media World, Animal Kingdom.
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McAlarney Email Update
Marianna McAlarney Renzulli has added her email to the Class Contacts page. See Red Barn photos of Marianna and hubby, Joe, on Reunions pages.
Posted: December 16th, 2006 under Class Contacts.
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Things to Know About North Carolina
[Forwarded by Pete Mullen, 8-26-06]
Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
There are 5,000 types of snake [in the world] and 4,998 live in North Carolina.
There are 10,000 types of spider [in the world]. All ten thousand live in North Carolina, plus a couple no one’s seen before.
“Onced” and […]
Posted: December 13th, 2006 under Funny Stuff.
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The Good Wife’s Guide, 1955 Style…!?
[Article forwarded by Bruce Kent, 7-7-06.]
The Good Wife’s Guide
In actual fact the source for this article (Housekeeping Monthly) and much of the text is a fabrication. The text comes mostly from a 1950s home economics textbook for high school girls teaching them how to prepare for married life (hey, Bruce, don’t you recall this […]
Posted: December 10th, 2006 under The Way We Wuz.
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Farmer’s Advice
[Forwarded by Linda Clifford (class of ‘64), 6-22-06]
This is some really good advice. They did it right in the old days!
An Old Farmer’s Advice:
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong.
Keep skunks, bankers and lawyers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John […]
Posted: December 10th, 2006 under For the Ages.
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Courtesy of U.S. Marines
[Forwarded by Bruce Kent, 5-3-06. Ed. I’m posting this one not so much for its shock value (it is both shocking and disturbing), but because the major media shields us from the harsher aspects of war. Were it not for the internet we would never see any of this…]
An insurgent takes one in the head; […]
Posted: December 10th, 2006 under Media World, Passing Scene.
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Ben Stein Speaks His Mind
[Forwarded by my daughter, Julie, 5-7-06. Ed. Apropos of the holiday season and the ongoing “culture war”…]
If they know of him at all, many folks think Ben Stein is just a quirky actor/comedian who talks in a monotone. He’s also a very intelligent attorney who knows how to put ideas and words together in such […]
Posted: December 9th, 2006 under Passing Scene, Food for Thought, Culture Wars.
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New Math - California Style
[Email from Bruce Kent, 5-1-06]
Last week I purchased a burger and fries at McDonalds for $3.58.
The counter girl took my $4.00 and I pulled eight cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and three pennies. While looking at the screen on her register, I sensed her […]
Posted: December 9th, 2006 under Passing Scene, Funny Stuff.
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