April 17 is Blah, Blah, Blah Day.
April 25 is Amanuensis Day
April 30 is National Honesty Day.
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04-03-2007, 11:38 AM #1
"Ride lots!"
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04-03-2007, 11:57 AM #2
Homegrown
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More reasons to celebrate!!! WOOHOO!
SheFly"Well behaved women rarely make history." including me!
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04-03-2007, 11:59 AM #3
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Teachers always know stuff like this!
Sarah
When it's easy, ride hard; when it's hard, ride easy.
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04-03-2007, 02:17 PM #4
Holly magnet.
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Someone's gotta ask...
What's "amanuensis"?
Drink coffee and do stupid things faster with more energy.
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04-03-2007, 02:28 PM #5
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It's a person who writes down someone else's words.
Amanuensis comes from Latin, from the phrase (servus) a manu, "slave with handwriting duties," from a, ab, "by" + manu, from manus, "haKeep calm and carry on...
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04-03-2007, 02:30 PM #6
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I'm surprised the greeting card industry hasn't taken advantage of these celebratory days.
Think of the cards you could get for your friends on Blah Blah Blah day!Keep calm and carry on...
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