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So what's it like, anyway? [Saturday, Dec. 11, 2004, 2:44 pm] I was reading something interesting about one of Harpo Marx's kids - she was adopted, and whenever someone asked her what it was like to be adopted, she would always respond with, "What's it like to not be adopted?" I just think that's an extremely clever answer. When you think about it, "What's it like to be adopted?" is a very ignorant question, because it's like asking a child to compare two things when they've obviously only experienced one of them. Even though I'm not adopted, I've been asked a question in that form before. Something along the lines of, "What's it like to be homeschooled?" Well, to me it was simply normal, because it was all I'd ever known before I started attending college. I never really knew how to answer questions like that, because I couldn't compare it with someone else's experience at a public school when I've obviously only experienced homeschooling. But now I have the perfect response. When people ask me what it was like to be homeschooled, I'll simply answer with, "What was it like to not be homeschooled?" Thank you, Minnie Marx. *Laura* Have a holly, jolly Christmas It's the best time of the year I don't know if there'll be snow But have a cup of cheer Have a holly, jolly Christmas And when you walk down the street Say Hello to friends you know And everyone you meet Oh, ho, the mistletoe Hung where you can see Somebody waits for you Kiss her once for me Have a holly jolly Christmas And in case you didn't hear Oh by golly Have a holly jolly Christmas this year wander -- travel Miss anything? Vitality - Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 Soulfest 2009 - Sunday, Aug. 02, 2009 Politics and Poverty - Friday, Jul. 24, 2009 Michael Jackson - Monday, Jun. 29, 2009 Elegy for Spotty - Wednesday, Jun. 24, 2009