Walt on September 25th, 2008

If you would like to hear a great audio version of Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood, check out the following (audio link at end of page) Under Milk Wood Enjoy.

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According to the following USA Today article, every man woman and child in the US is responsible for $194,078 of unfunded government debt. At that level, if we started paying it off today, and each household paid $2583 per month for the next seventy five years, we would get this paid off.  Sweeeeeeet.  If we [...]

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Walt on September 25th, 2008

Homeschooling / parenting blog A tree grows from a seed. A tree is much more massive. The “stuff” comes from the air! Basically, the tree absorbs carbon. WOW. The doubling function, exponential functions, and the implications for anything that inexorably increases each year by some percentage. Energy consumption, population growth, economic growth, costs… also – [...]

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Walt on September 24th, 2008

This is a Review from Amazon.com Here’s the Original Comment Regarding: The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set, (please note that this review concerns only the new publications) The Chronicles of Narnia are perfect books. They are wonderful for children and adults, and can be read again and again. C. S. Lewis was a brilliant author [...]

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Walt on September 24th, 2008

Here’s a list of sites where you can find free, online books of interest to children. Baldwin Project (classic children’s literature, 1880-1922) Bibli’s Bookshelf (designed with developmental disabilities in mind) Children’s Books Online: The Rosetta Project Children’s Literature Web Guide (at Calgary) Children’s Series Books Available Online (index at umkc.edu) Digitized Juvenile Literature Collection (at [...]

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Walt on September 21st, 2008

big asteroid impact

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Walt on September 21st, 2008

ABC Panel Tears Into McCain

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Walt on September 18th, 2008

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/091608dnmetlindsey.173e456.html According to http://www.theagitator.com/2008/09/18/another-exoneration-in-dallas-2/ Dallas-area journalist Trey Garrison notes that Watkins’ announcement triggered this curious reaction from a former prosecutor: Toby Shook, who sent several people to death row while he was a Dallas County prosecutor, said Mr. Watkins was imposing an unnecessary new level of review and a hardship on victims’ families. “Perhaps he [...]

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