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The first week of school is officially in the books. Things are kinda crazy though - I cannot wait until these other parents figure out the proper way to negotiate the drop off/pick up lane.

Still working on cleaning up the inbox (haha) but I keep finding more links to share. I share some on fb, some on twitter, some I just keep up in a tab because I want to come back to them. But now I'm sharing with you!

Appalled Graphic Designer Shows Girls' Life What Their Cover Should Look Like

Someone's Gotta Tell the Freakin' Truth (Jerry Falwell's Aides Break Their Silence)

Related to my compilation of info on Peace:

University Programs Support Students Interested in Peace Corps (article is about the University of Arkansas, but there are 100 Peace Corps Prep partner schools i the US)

Afghanistan Peace Talks: lasting peace is impossible without women at the negotiating table

The peace walls of Belfast: Do they still help keep the peace?

The Bible Speaks about Peace

And three important things about September:
It's Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month.
It's Suicide Prevention Month.
September 21 is the International Day of Peace.

Random About Me

So, this was on my google drive, from a project one of the boys did a few years back where they had to ask me questions about my life. So have some random info about me!

What year were you born? 1980

Where have you lived most of your life? Salem VA

What was the approximate price for a gallon of gas when you started driving? $1.00/gallon

Who/what were some popular musicians/music groups when you were a teenagers? How did your parents feel about the music you listened to? Like now, I listened to a variety of music. My parents didn’t care as long as I didn’t play it too loud. Garth Brooks, the Wallflowers, Tupac, Boys II Men, Alanis Morrisette, TLC, Savage Garden, Oasis, Bon Jovi. Toward the end of my teenage years, NSYNC & Backstreet Boys.

What were some popular movies you remember from when you were a teenager? My friends and I watched Friday, Boys in the Hood, Don’t Be a Menace (to South Central LA While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood), and Poetic Justice so often that we had them memorised. Dangerous Minds. Empire Records. Twister was the first movie I saw at the drive in. Tales from the Crypt,

Which Presidents do you remember? Bush, Clinton, Bush, OBAMA, Trump (I know that Reagan was in there, but I don’t actually remember that)

What, if any, wars do you remember? That the US was involved in - The Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom, the War on Terrorism

What kind of “drills” do you remember doing in school? Fire drills, bus drills

Do you have any memories of the space program? I remember being in school and the entire school was watching the Challenger mission on Jan 28, 1986, when the Challenger exploded just after lift off

What is the biggest news story that you can remember from your life time? 911 (also big were the Jonbenet Ramsey case, the Oklahoma City bombing, and locally Robert May, who murdered my friends’ mom and four others on New Years Day in 1994)

Any other memories that you want to share? The most important days of my life were 9-11-99, 11-9-99, 12-05-00, and 01-09-02.