And I heard his nights of booze-fueled ping pong were legendary....

I think there were some.

My mother thinks I am smarter than she is.Which is mostly a lie, but at least somebody's impressed by my diploma. JZ, ethics aren't supposed to make you life's bitch. Claim your allergy to bureaucracy is acting up. But put the dots in--the commander likes dots.

So who here was reminded by the media that today is Pearl Harbor Day? Who didn't know (and was not reminded by the media)?

It seems to me like Pearl Harbor day is less of a big deal than it used to be. It is kinda' weird to think that 9-11 killed a lot more people than were killed at Pearl Harbor....

I was not reminded by the media and hadn't thought of it until you mentioned it.

So who here was reminded by the media that today is Pearl Harbor Day? Who didn't know (and was i not reminded by the media)?

Well, I was just there a couple of weeks ago so I don't think I count. All in all, it was less moving than I thought it would be. If I hadn't gotten a private tour of the USS Missouri the same day, I think I would have been quite disappointed.

I don't recall ever even showing any homework or papers to my parents.

As I had both my parents as teachers in high school I'm pretty sure I didn't do this.

I did remember, but was not reminded (at least not during the part of the news I was awake enough to remember, which is always an issue first thing in the morning when I get most of my news).

It seems to me like Pearl Harbor day is less of a big deal than it used to be.

This is the first time I haven't heard anything at all, but for some time now I've been seeing a shift to more cranky/defensive "you kids today don't appreciate what we did for you!" than straight-up coverage -- which of course may be as much a shift in how the story is framed than any change in the observance of those people who are actually observing. It does seem to be how things progress as the people who were there for an event start to die off: we have a TV Special every fifth (then tenth, then fiftieth) year rather than a shared first-person "where were you when" moment.

Every once in a while, when I was in college, I'd email a paper to my parents and ask for a quick read-through. I think this happened maybe three times in my four years at college. (Usually, my friends and I would proof each others' work, but sometimes, everybody was busy.)

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I don't recall ever even showing any homework or papers to my parents.

Me neither, or at least not routinely -- maybe if I was particularly proud of something, or (at the other extreme) if I was in trouble and had to get something signed. But as a routine matter? No, dad would've been perfectly willing if I'd asked for help, but the norm was that my homework was my job.

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My news mentioned it this morning, but I would contend that the anniversary is not that big of a news story anymore. If people don't know what Pearl Harbor is-- maybe that is a story.