Oh my. My daughter just called to tell me her best friend's won a half a million dollar grant to study some scientific something or another.
And R. wrote the grant proposal for her.
Man, they've come a long way since they met in third grade and spent all their time obsessing over Battle of the Books.
A bang, not a whimper
Two months into L.'s retirement, and I'm finished with the stockpiling of books. No more book purchases! Or at least, no purcha...
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(See also Musee des Beaux Arts ) As far as mental anguish goes, the old painters were no fools. They understood how the mind, the freakiest ...
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When I finished Kevin Brockmeier's A Brief History of the Dead last spring I immediately did a search to see if the Coca-Cola Corp. had...
Susan! What *wonderful* news! Please let her know her mother's virtual friend is just thrilled for her. Congratulations a million times!
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Thank you! I will! (See, I can use them, too!)
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! You must be so proud! (more exclamation points!)
ReplyDelete*sigh* My mom describes my research as "some scientific something or another" as well.... ;)
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