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This is where you stick random tidbits of information about yourself.
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Friday, August 02, 2002
Okeydokey, here goes with the Friday Five
1. What is your lineage? Where are your ancestors from?
Mom's side : Italy, Sweden
Dad's side: England
2. Of those countries, which would you most like to visit?
Sweden
3. Which would you least like to visit? Why?
I've actually been to England and Italy already so...
4. Do you do anything during the year to celebrate or recognize your heritage?
not specifically.
5. Who were the first ancestors to move to your present country (parents, grandparents, etc)?
Mom's side: Great-Grand parents
Dad's side: I'm not sure, but we've traced it to the late 1600's
8/02/2002 10:12:00 AM
Wednesday, July 31, 2002
What a beautiful, sunny day. It's hot. I went for a walk on my break down to the Middleton Post Office. On my way there I passed the Library. Out in the Parking lot were a bunch of kids blowing bubbles with these HUGE bubble wands. It made me smile big :) And I was very jealous of them!
I'm getting off work early today (YAY!!!) to go to the Doctor (BOO!!) But what can you do? Everyone needs checkups.
7/31/2002 11:12:00 AM
So, this was fun...
Take The Ewan McGregor Test!
7/31/2002 09:22:00 AM
Tuesday, July 30, 2002
Happy Tuesday Folks. Here's a little bit of trivia that I thought you might like.
On This day in 1956 - The motto "In God We Trust" was adopted as the United States national motto by President Dwight Eisenhower. The phrase, originally printed on US coins during the Civil War, was adopted as the national motto in part as a response to the growing influence of the Soviet Union around the world.
This forces me to look at how the United States has changed in the last 50 years. The terror that the US was feeling in the 50's was Communism. Our response to that threat was not only increased patriotism, but also a religious response from the White House. We wanted to show the world that we didn't just rely on ourseves or our military, but that there was a bigger force backing us up.
Our response to the new terrorism has been much different. Although there seemed to be an immediate turn to the church in response to the World Trade Center bombings our major response has not been a turn to God. Instead there has been a rash of extreem Patriotism. The last 10 months have been full of bold and brash statements, concerts, songs, articles,etc... about how much superior the United States is compared to these terrorists. {not that I disagree}
How much pride will come before the fall?
7/30/2002 09:13:00 AM
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