I didn't have a graduation until I was 17.

Me neither. I went from public school in 8th grade to private Catholic high school and was really confused (and jealous!) by all the girls who'd gone to Catholic school all along talking about their 8th grade graduations and what a big deal they were.

oh yeah, my comments were nothing to do with Obama's speech. Just that I hate K and 5th graduation ceremonies.

8th grade graduation is just about when we'd be leaving prep school for high, and that was a huge transition. Rocking it with the big kids, small all over again.

Read an inane quote in the elevator about Oprah saying that every (every!) mistake she's made has been because she ignored her inner voice. Yup, she has a 100% inner voice that she has the luxury to ignore from time to time.

How smug.

I should possibly get over that.

well maybe her inner voice has 20-20 hindsight, and likes to say I Told You SO.

Holy crap.

Lori Mehmen, who lives in the small farming town of Orchard in northeastern Iowa, looked out her front door and saw a funnel cloud bearing down — and evidently had the presence of mind to grab her digital camera and capture this shot before taking cover.

That's a hell of a photo (and I hope she got inside right away after!)

Wow, Tom. That's an incredible picture. Also? SCARY AS HELL.

documentation: 1, self-preservation:0

That pig is awesome!

That sure is Some Pig!

Yoinks! I can't imagine becoming so blase about tornados that you think "must catch that on camera!" when you see one instead of RUN AWAY, but then again I suppose people in other states have a similar feeling when we Californians are all "so did you feel that quake? I was in the shower and the shampoo fell on my toes, ha ha etc"

well maybe her inner voice has 20-20 hindsight, and likes to say I Told You SO.

Sox made me laugh. Isn't Oprah one of those people who describes herself as "evolving" when us less-evolved folks might just say we've changed our minds?