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Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 15th, 2006 | 
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Don’t miss it! Tuesday, September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! This site has vocabulary, pick-up lines, costume suggestions and more to prepare you to talk like a pirate. Avast, me hearties! Head on over to the site and learn how to talk like a pirate! You know you want to.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Despite the names Lewandowski (my husband’s name) and Hoffman (my dad’s name), I’m Irish – really! My family has lots of Irish ancestors on both sides, so I love St. Patrick’s Day. I just came back from a trip to California to see family, and recovered the Family Tree Maker file I had lost (long story), so I’ll be getting back to genealogy research soon … as soon as my Media Law & Ethics class at ODU is over. Need to get that research paper done first.
In the meantime, enjoy the holiday!
Happy Banned Books Week
I just heard on our local NPR radio station that this is Banned Books Week. So read a banned book for the cause. Here are a few to choose from:
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- Any Harry Potter book by J.K. Rowling
As my mom says, if you can read, you can never be bored. You never run out of reading material.
Happy Constitution Day
Last year, Congress mandated that all schools receiving federal money must teach something about the Constitution to students on the anniversary of Constitution Day (the date the Constitution was signed – September 17, 1787), which is today. According to our local paper, most local schools taught something yesterday.
I think this is actually a good idea, so here are some other related links:
- The Bill of Rights – the first ten amendments to the Constitution
- The Federalist Papers
- About the Federalist Papers
