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Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

REDIRECT ALERT! (Scroll down past this mess if you're trying to read an archived post. Thanks. No, really, thanks.)

Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu.

This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things.

Friday, April 25, 2003

I was helping Middle Girl with her Alabama social studies project last night--she has to put together a book of interesting things and places here in the state--so I was on the Internet getting her some information about our state song (with its haunting Teutonic musical stylings courtesy of the inimitable Edna Gockel-Gussen), and about Bellingrath Gardens (go see it--it is absolutely beautiful), and information about Fort Morgan and the Battle of Mobile Bay, and the one that turned out to be the most interesting, the History section of the Redstone Arsenal website. I couldn't believe the amount of stuff on there, including the story of the Keller Super Chief (0-60 in only 25 seconds!), film clips of various missiles getting launched (like this 1957 clip of a Hawk intercepting a drone at White Sands, and a really cool clip of a guy fooling around with a jetpack), a huge photo archive (with hot chicks and 'splosives!)--all sorts of neat things.

Anyway, what was my point...OH YEAH, don't help your kids with their homework unless you want to learn something.

posted by Terry at 10:07:00 AM

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