I have two friends participating in NaNoWriMo. All I have to say is KUDOS. I'm really excited for them. What an intense, crazy fete of self-discipline and ingenuity. I'll keep you posted.
I taught about said political cartoons. I learned a lot. The oldest political cartoon is attributed to Ben Franklin and dated at 1754. It's a unrealistic snake divided into eight segments labeled with the states' initials under it is "Join... or Die". I showed them my favorite cartoon: the one Doug Marlette drew in response to the Challenger disaster in 1986. It's the bald eagle shedding a tear while looking up at a night sky sprinkled with stars. Then we looked at one based on Monty Python. Obama and Hillary are dressed up as medieval knights. Hillary is on the ground with all her limbs laying about her, saying, "Fine, we'll call it a draw" to the departing Obama who's walking gingerly to his next duel. Finally, there was a tic tac toe board. McCain was primed for the next move with the center and bottom left corner. Obama had the other three corners. Some of the kids got that one right away. Some didn't.
I came home early and went to bed. I'm back up for a bit to insure that I'll sleep through the night. I can't rid myself of this bug. Tomorrow is a work day, and I'm excited to get a lot of paper shuffled.
In two days, we'll have a new president elect.
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