1) The children of illegal immigrants and illegal immigrants who are young children: what should happen to them?

2) Think back: It’s 2000. What did you believe should have happened to Elián González?

Just a check for internal consistency.

Yes, it’s finally fall.

I can’t believe it! We had a trick-or-treater this year who was NOT the offspring of a friend! That is the first ever since we moved here 9 years ago.

But of course we also had our expected trick-or-treater:

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The skies were beautiful when I went to work this morning (why yes, I did head into work late this morning).

Sadly, the portion of Anne‘s vacation that involved hanging out with us has ended, but we had a lot of fun.

We found employment for Nathan:

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Today’s word (from Anne) is: cloudy

Tuesday, Anne‘s last full day in Morgantown, we were surprised by absolutely beautiful weather, so we decided to hike around the Arboretum.

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One of the things Anne wanted to do while she was here was go to either Falling Water or Kentuck Knob in Pennsylvania. As I’d gone to Falling Water over the summer and wasn’t enamored with it (liked the grounds, but the house didn’t do anything for me), so we went to Kentuck Knob, which was a later Frank Lloyd Wright house (later than Falling Water).

As a structure, I liked Kentuck Knob better. But I can’t say I’d particularly want to live in either house.

These windows were one of the things I did like.

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Yesterday we drove to Blackwater Falls. The day was beautiful, the trees were gorgeous, it was in general a fabulous time.

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A conversation with Michael led to the following txt exchange with my friend Brian (who is an expert in these matters).

Me Question: If a guy gets a pedicure “just a top coat!” is it fair to assume he is gay?
Brian Yeah. It’s safe.

So now you know as well.

I loved that this bicycle chained at work had shiny pink and white streamers on the handlebars.