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Amen! As an Navy vet and a current Army wife the first thing I do in a new town is to check out the library.
Thanks for posting this story, Wil. My high school librarian would always let me sit in the library during lunchtime. Saved my life.
Commented Jan 29, 2011 on librarians are awesome at WWdN: In Exile
librarians are awesome
I was recently invited to participate in an awesome literacy project, and I wanted to share an excerpt from my contribution: I want to take a moment and say thank you to librarians, because it was a librarian who made me fall in love with reading. In third or fourth grade, part of our curriculu...
I remember this day so clearly. We were eating lunch in the cafeteria when the meanest teacher in school rushed in. She was crying and I had to ask a friend what she was saying.
I think that the Challenger explosion is this generation's JFK Assassination; we'll always be able to remember where we were and what we were doing when we heard the news.
Commented Jan 29, 2011 on from the vault: some of us are looking at stars at WWdN: In Exile
from the vault: some of us are looking at stars
This was originally written in May of last year, just after I watched the space shuttle Atlantis blast off into orbit. On the anniversary of the Challenger disaster, I thought it was worth reprinting: On January 28, 1986, I was home from school with the flu. I remember that, no matter what I di...
You're welcome, Wil. Protecting your right to delight us every day is one of the reasons why we fight. :-D
Commented Nov 11, 2009 on you can relax on both sides of the tracks at WWdN: In Exile
you can relax on both sides of the tracks
I've struggled for most of the morning to come up with some profound and lyrical way to mark the day, but the words I usually find so easy to command just refuse to reveal themselves ... so I'm just going to keep this post simple and to the point: Thank you, veterans, for your service.
Oh god, I nearly lost continence watching this.
Commented Jun 7, 2009 on warning: contains satire, commentary, potty mouth. at WWdN: In Exile
warning: contains satire, commentary, potty mouth.
My friend @ShaneNickerson wins at the internet. If you don't see video, try this link-o-matic click-ro-trocker right here.
On behalf of my husband and I, you're welcome. (AT3 Hebert & Ssgt Aguilar)
Commented Nov 12, 2008 on to all who are serving or who have served . . . at WWdN: In Exile
to all who are serving or who have served . . .
I've struggled to put some eloquent words together all day, and I just can't make them work, so I'm just going to take the three that were important to me and put them down now: thank you, veterans.
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