52 Things I've Learned
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Couldn’t Not
Mar
27
Couldn’t Not
I was once not embarrassed by something I wrote.  There is a sentence in the Prairie Crossing Charter School chartering document -- dated July 4, 1998 -- that ends, “Prairie Crossing students will subtly but profoundly come to appreciate a very special place; the natural landscape of their youth.” ...
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Loopy
Mar
16
Loopy
Something’s been bugging me, so I did some spelunking.  Not the traditional caving, because confined spaces and bats creep me out and I can never remember which ones are stalactites and which ones are stalagmites.   If spelunking is, “exploring wild, non-commercial caves, often involving...
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IDLH
Mar
10
IDLH
The Chief asks a question as we pass in the yard on his way to the house.  I take the question to be rhetorical in nature but, just to be sure, I give him my best “I dunno” look.  Not a great look, for a quite excellent question – how was there fire on both floors?   There’s a longer answer above...
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