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I'm sorry for your loss, Deb.

My wife and I sort of hashed some things out last night and things are better. Not out of the woods yet, but back from the brink as it were. She seems really down though, although she says it is nothing to do with me.

Glad to hear it, Gud. I hope you are doing okay.

Gud, I'm happy to hear things are hashing.

Deb, I'm so sorry.

Timelies, all.

Best of luck with the hash, Gud. Deb, sorry about your loss.

all I remember is something about a dog.

Harumph. But really, that's why I think students might get more out of it if it was taught differently.

"Hated by his kind and by mankind, indomitable, perpetually warred upon and himself waging perpetual war, his development was rapid and one-sided. This was no soil for kindliness and affection to blossom in. Of such things he had not the faintest glimmering. The code he learned was to obey the strong and to oppress the weak."

London wasn't a particularly happy fella.

But really, that's why I think students might get more out of it if it was taught differently.

Though isn't part of it not being old and/or mature enough to really get it? Great Expectations freshman year of college was a different read from Great Expectations in ninth grade. I also don't remember a terrible amount, period, from that long ago. I've been in school a long time. Like I remember what The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was even about.

Like I remember what The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was even about.

I loved that book! (And I remember what it was about, as well as a few random scenes.)

Would it be the same as Atlantic Canada?

I think that's the idea. And, I guess it would get rid of Daylight Savings Time. Which means that the clock in my car would be right ALL YEAR ROUND!

It could make tv tricky, though.

ION, I think that the couple on TLC's Clean Sweep today was on A Baby Story yesterday. TLC whores.

(And I remember what it was about, as well as a few random scenes.)

What was it about? All I remember is that it was by Joan Aiken, and there were kids, and there were wolves on the cover. They were probably in a boarding school or with their grandmother or some shit like that. This must have been, say, sixth grade. Oh! That was when we read Escape from Warsaw. I think I liked that one.

What was it about?

A mix of Lemony Snicket and Oliver Twist, with a dash of Anne of Green Gables.