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++Katharine Jefferts Schori: A Visit To St Nicholas (My Church!)

January 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Episcopal, Good and Joyful Things

I haven’t blogged the big news in great detail yet, but here it is: Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, head of the Episcopal Church, is coming to visit St Nicholas in Elk Grove Village, my parish. She’ll be wearing her pointy hat and carrying her curly stick and all, and we’re over the moon about [...]

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Happy New Year!

January 1st, 2008 · No Comments · All About Me, Dear Mom

We’re just back from our New Year’s visit to David’s parents; we took the new route and once again, it was no faster, but is a lot less complicated. It’s cold, cold, cold, and it snowed all last night and most of today. As we came back, along a long, 2-lane country road that leads to [...]

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Web Playgrounds of the Very Young - New York Times

January 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Second Life

Web Playgrounds of the Very Young - New York Times
LOS ANGELES — Forget Second Life. The real virtual world gold rush centers on the grammar-school set.
Trying to duplicate the success of blockbuster Web sites like Club Penguin and Webkinz, children’s entertainment companies are greatly accelerating efforts to build virtual worlds for children. Media conglomerates [...]

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