Weekend Assignment: Columbus and his Day
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Julie Barrett
Monday, October 12, 2009
Do you think that the voyages of Christopher Columbus still merit a national holiday? Why or why not? And if not, what holiday would you propose to replace it?
I'm not inclined to believe this is a good reason for a national holiday. Yet, I'm not too keen on the idea of tossing out a replacement holiday. In these times fraught with division, it seems a safe bet that such a discussion would turn into an all-out brawl. Perhaps we should celebrate the occasion in this time-honored tradition:
Extra Credit: Did you even get Columbus Day off from work or school this year?
My boss is a cruel taskmistress. Her husband is at work and her son is at school, so no, I don't get the day off.
Wait a minute. I'm the boss.
It's just another day. So much so that it wasn't until 1:00 this afternoon that I realized that there would be no mail delivery today. So much for my main form of exercise, the Mailbox Sprint.
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Karen Funk Blocher said:
The Lehrer piece sent me YouTubing for a song called The Merry Minuet, a 1958 song by Sheldon Harnick that serves as a character device in Madeleine L'Engle's The Moon By Night. It's much nastier than that Lehrer song.
Sorry your boss was so oblivious to the possibility of leisure! ;)
Date: 10/12/2009 11:53:01 PM
Date: 10/12/2009 11:53:01 PM
Karen Funk Blocher said:
The Lehrer piece sent me YouTubing for a song called The Merry Minuet, a 1958 song by Sheldon Harnick that serves as a character device in Madeleine L'Engle's The Moon By Night. It's much nastier than that Lehrer song.
Sorry your boss was so oblivious to the possibility of leisure! ;)
Date: 10/12/2009 11:53:01 PM
Date: 10/12/2009 11:53:01 PM
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