I got this e-mail from my aunt.  I will copy-and-paste it verbatim:
A note to all by Anne Kilkenny
Dear friends,
So many people have asked me about what I know about Sarah Palin in the
last 2 days that I decided to write something up . . .
Basically, Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton have only 2 things in
common: their gender and their good looks.
You have my permission to forward this to your friends/email contacts
with my name and email address attached, …

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I was knocked in the face with a dose of frustration this morning as I called the Broward County School Board’s Sub Central number to schedule an appointment to turn in all my paperwork and get myself in the substitute teacher system.  After 30 other students and myself sat through a four-night training class and I gathered all my paperwork, the receptionist proceeded to tell me that the county wasn’t accepting any applications until November.  Ugh. Really? You let us …

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For the first time in 18 years, today I will not be donning my new strategically matched school clothes.  I will not be strapping on a fully stocked new Jansport, complete with crisp college-ruled notebook paper, glossy labeled folders and cedar-scented unsharpened number two pencils.  Nope. Today is the first day of school for most college kids in the state but not for me.   Being left out of the excitment just leaves me more eager for that coveted first …

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I’ve obviously been paying more attention to the fun stuff that comes with a shiny new white MacBook than getting into the nitty gritty of finding my way around practical applications.  It was a blessing in disguise on Thursday when my HP laptop decided to take a dive off of my bed an onto our hardwoods.  Maybe a blessing to me, my dad might have something different to say.  Regardless, here I sit feeling like a member of the cool-kids …

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I’ve bid Gainesville a fond farewell and made my way back into the bedroom I’ve spent most of my life occupying in my parents house.  There are some obvious adjustments I’ve been getting used to.  No more innocent bottles of wine with roommates on nights when our TV shows were on.  No more loud jam sessions when I would let my music blast throughout the place.  It’s a step back in time without a doubt. But… In any situation …

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