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#544726

October 26, 2007 at 6:28pm

Oh, returning from a long vacation, so painful yet so delicious! My hopes for this long cruise were to relax and it was anything but relaxing. We were constantly on the go, trying to make the most of every port, always aware of our limited time. It was interesting, fun, educational, frantic, inspiring, and exhausting. How wonderful if it could just go on forever, but how welcoming to return to the comforts, convenience and familiarity of home. It was an experience enclosed by two bouts of j... [Read more]

#540213

October 7, 2007 at 6:37pm

Recently I've been traveling a lot for work. Over the past three weeks I've spent two in New Orleans. In the meantime I've been getting ready for a long planned 12 day cruise in the Med. Planning, packing, organizing, packing, it all takes so much time. At this moment I'm sitting in the airport lounge awaiting my flight to Madrid. I always get to the airport extra early, so this is great time for catching up. After I cleaned out my email I decided to visit my long neglected... [Read more]

#537917

September 26, 2007 at 9:22pm

Hilarious! And maybe some inspiration. Every year, English teachers from across the USA can submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. These excerpts are published each year to the amusement of teachers across the country. Below are last year's winners. 1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master. 2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpa... [Read more]