Briefly...

I am still working on that homeschool post--a little bit at a time. I just got a BIG freelance writing job and I have nearly 50 papers to grade and as Spring Break has arrived, the baby sitters have fled to warmer climes, so there is no time to blog.

That said, Donita tagged me so, in short, five things about me that I either never told you or you've forgotten by now:

1. During my junior year in Oxford, as an undergrad, I borrowed a "real" Oxford student's sub-fusc and snuck into the matriculation at the Sheldonian Theatre. So technically, I have matriculated at Oxford University, heh-heh.

2. I lived for a summer in San Fernando, Trinidad working for the Presbyterian Church. During that year, I went out on a full moon night and watched Leatherback turtles lay eggs on the beach. As in, I sat next to a Leatherback turtle and petted her while she laid eggs on a beach in the moonlight. I felt like I was in Land of the Lost.

3. I protested the first GW Bush inauguration. While waiting in line to get security checked for the parade, I politely, subtly called a guy a fascist in front of his 14-year old son. His son was cool. After talking to fellow protester, Sasha, and me for a while, he took off and got his own protest sign, much to his father's chagrin. Sometimes teen rebellion can be fun!

4. I took a graduate seminar with Toni Morrison who gave me an A in spite of the fact that, as she put it, my "computer had an interesting way with commas." I have a tendency to insert a comma every time I stop to think, while writing.

5. I just watched this cool episode of NOVA on Tuesday. Not only did they find a bunch of fossils of this one particular dinosaur with four, feathered wings, this one guy actually believes all the "raptor"-type dinosaurs had feathers. Even T-Rex! T-Rex, with feathers???!! and even maybe little wings??? Crazy, totally crazy. It's still messing with my mind, that one. Does that make me a geek?

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[Robin Reagler]

Dinosaurs had feathers? Wait to I tell Pearl about this!