And while I’m on the subject of time capsules, the following article about hidden history really caught my eye: (CNN) by Kelly Marshall — A long-hidden message has been discovered inside Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch, the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History announced Tuesday. Watchmaker Jonathan Dillon was repairing Lincoln’s watch in April 1861 when he […]
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Today is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. The 16th president of the United States would be 200 years old today if he was still alive. Unfortunately, an assassin’s bullet cut his remarkable life short at the age of 56 – not that he would still be alive today, but his assassination was still very tragic of course.
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I received another ‘getting to know you’ email forward, and this one promises to be ‘different’ so here goes… Here’s a new one & it’s much better than previous versions. Cut and paste and fill in the answers. Then, send to all your friends! *A – Age: 30 *B – Bed size: Queen *C –
I was doing a search in the library’s database, and I came across the title Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow. Further investigation showed it to be a science fiction book about Walt Disney World in the future. Not usually my type of novel (and I strongly prefer to read non-fiction anyway), but since
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