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I love being surprised that a good friend shares a mutual childhood friend, especially when I've suddenly spotted them together in a photo. I'm like, "You know him?! I know him! How do you know him?!"....

Remember "Zacchaeus Was A Wee Little Man"? My wife grew up in England singing the end as "I'm going to your house for tea." #mindblown

Delicious homemade edible gifts from students, like chocolate fudge, cookies, cake, granola, a GT Pie Company voucher and Espresso Bay certificate....and an outstanding teacher's luncheon from the school board!....I'll need to borrow St. Nick's wardrobe this Christmas : )

"Fall Back" is the time of year when we get an extra hour of sleep! : ) Or, for teachers, an extra hour of grading : p

Here's an interesting interview on Morning Joe with columnist Matt Lewis about why the GOP is losing young Christians:  "....For Christians, political involvement has a way of breaking bad. The real danger is that over time, it has a coarsening effect, and that our political ranks and church pews alike will be filled full of Walter Whites who will do anything to achieve their goals. They are wise as serpents, but no longer innocent as doves. For what shall it profit a man if he should win the election, but lose his soul?" Why Republicans are losing Christians Must-Read Op-Eds: Matt Lewis joins Morning Joe to discuss his new story, published in The Week, on how the Republican Party is losing young Christians. FAIR... I like his key point that Christians are becoming "conscientious objectors" of politics because they see politics as a corrupt system that infects all who participate: "political involvement, no matter how pure the orig