Meet Fred, my new traveling companion. And please don’t ask me to explain!
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Convenience and efficiency, hands down. It is just easy to get things done in this country, with an absolute minimum of hassle. Today, as I was driving around Tulsa, I saw a small, hand painted sign in front of a house. “Rabbits & Notary” it read. See, that is exactly what I am talking about. [...]
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Okay, so this is really gross, but I’ve been trying to think of ways that the US surprises me, or how it is dramatically different from China, and I have to admit that ever since I got here, I’ve kind of been freaked out about what to do with the toilet paper… See, in China, [...]
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Yep, that’s me, right there next to the Journal of Perinatology. For the past few weeks and for a few weeks more, I am completing an internship at the University of Oklahoma Library in Tulsa. The internship is required for my MLS degree from Texas Woman’s University (except they actually call it a practicum, [...]
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I’ve been busy! You know, doing stuff like: Watching TV – Actually, more like feeling overwhelmed by the 400+ channels everyone gets these days, still, there’s nothing much on any of them. Visiting grocery stores – I’ve been doing this much like normal people visit museums. Whole Foods market is beautiful! HEB (Texas grocery store) [...]
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I’m back home at my parent’s house, staying in what was once my bedroom. The teen idol posters have been replaced with family photos, my old brass single bed with a queen full of pillows. Even the carpet has changed. I hardly recognize it. As I drift to sleep with my head on one of [...]
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Who Will Tell the People? By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN on NYTimes Traveling the country these past five months while writing a book, I’ve had my own opportunity to take the pulse, far from the campaign crowds. My own totally unscientific polling has left me feeling that if there is one overwhelming hunger in our country [...]
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Sing along with me now, “I’m coming to America…” That’s right, it’s not just a Neil Diamond song, it’s also my new tagline. I’ll be there on Saturday, following another long, heinous journey across oceans and continents. I would have announced this earlier, but we’ve had really crappy Internet connections as-of-late. It’s a miracle I [...]
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Now for something a little more light-hearted. What is backyard archeology? Well, I read about this archaeologist who is blogging about the ruins of childhood – the leftovers of tree houses and forts in backyards all across America (and the world). And I was just fascinated by this! The idea of an old, neglected tree [...]
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Just how much does America “support the troops”? Just ask the wife of Gerald Cassidy. Tying a yellow ribbon around a tree or flying a flag is not enough. We should be outraged at the neglect our sick soldiers receive. America needs to make health care a top priority – for all!
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