And a few more articles

One on the prison-poverty cycle.

On bullying in kindergarten

And that's it, but I don't want to keep tabs open right now.

Okay, um... US supplies of helium are almost depleted

It's kinda like peak oil, only with helium.

In other news, we had a "freak storm" last night. Gee, we seem to be getting "freak storms" two or three times a year now.

Here's Ana with her new glasses!

We had to go to the doctor to make sure she's not sick (she's not, and I have a note to prove it), and I figured while I was there I should pick up her glasses. (A LOT of her schoolmates were there too. I hope nothing's going around.)

Jenn's comment was "Wow, with the glasses and the hair and the teeth she really does look like a big geek", which is probably true, but Ana's thrilled with them. (She's been eagerly anticipating glasses for just about the last four years.)

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