Hil and I are trying out the outliner. I'm having trouble with inclusions. Go back and read the support site again, Amy. OK. I was able to bring in an outline, but nearly crashed again when I clicked on a link in the included outline. Solution: I won't click on that link again! Permanent link to this item in the archive.

The comments resulting from Dave's invitation to think about camps have taken an interesting turn. Now it's a colony. That gets my old utopian dreams churning again. Why not take it to the next step and found a micronation?  Permanent link to this item in the archive.

The teachers in my district are close to striking with school opening tomorrow. I was in the middle of an 8-week teacher strike once, when I worked in PR for the St. Louis Public Schools in the late 70s. I spied on a rally where Al Shanker came in to stir up the troops and got so caught up in the frenzy, I sang the Internationale all the way back to the office and wrote a report with too many exclamation points, saying the teachers would never compromise. Plenty of "outside agitators" came sniffing around. The administration had a lawyer from Chicago known as a ruthless strike breaker, and the students called in Jessie Jackson. He usually doesn't need much of an invitation to come play peacemaker. Fun times.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.

I'm going to try some quick-hit posts with no headlines. I tried doing that once before but quickly slipped back into my old ways.

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