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Man, Kirk's karate teacher was SO good with him last night. Kirk was so much better at staying focused than I thought he could be. He was tragically cute in the little uniform.

Cristi and I were able to spend a little time at her house last night, adding to what Tim had already done to get the house back in order. Kyla bravely took child duty. Manny, the excitement she expressed in her livejournal over your gift was not exaggerated. She was THRILLED with it.

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Man, Kirk's karate teacher was SO good with him last night. Kirk was so much better at staying focused than I thought he could be. He was tragically cute in the little uniform.

Cristi and I were able to spend a little time at her house last night, adding to what Tim had already done to get the house back in order. Kyla bravely took child duty. Manny, the excitement she expressed in her livejournal over your gift was not exaggerated. She was THRILLED with it.

By the way....

If you have some time to kill and want to read about something truly inspiring, go read about http://www.modestneeds.org/

I gave them some money last year. Love the idea.

Facts

Here's a fact for the day. Several public universities have come up with this clever little scheme to get more money from students while still getting to brag about low tuition increases. I call it "Screw the Freshmen." You see, a place like, say, Indiana, increases tuition a modest 5%. Woo-hoo! But at the same time, they declare that all new students will pay a $1000 surcharge. So a sophomore may only see a 5% increase, but if you compare what a Fall 2004 frosh pays compared to a Fall 2003 frosh, we're looking at a 22% increase. 5,000 freshman means an additional $5 million to their bottom line.

Fact for previous unfacted day: In 1844 a slave earned a college degree (from Lafayette). His LA owner had sent him north to get training as a medical aide. There had been a handful of black college graduates before this time, but none of them were slaves.