It’s Children’s Book Week!

Thanks to Nari over at The Novel World, I realized that the week of May 11-17 is Children’s Book Week, courtesy of the Children’s Book Council. In a quote from their website: “Since 1919, Children’s Book Week has been celebrated nationally in schools, libraries, bookstores, clubs, private homes-any place where there are children and books. [...]

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Texas Government

Is confusing. If you know anything about it, which I’m sure most people don’t, one aspect of the government is the Sunset Advisory Commission. This makes me think of nursing home for some reason. But in reality, this Commission is in charge of reviewing government agencies and boards, on a 12 year cycle, and deciding [...]

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Sadness

The confusion and anger that this terrible event has filled me with is indescribable. The cold and calculated murder of 32 people by one person is just unbelievable. I literally cannot fathom what drove this maniac to kill two people, then decide that wasn’t enough for him and go on to kill 30 more and [...]

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