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Enough about Jonah, let’s talk more about me

Damn Facebook! I was tagged by so many people for the “25 random things about me” I think I have permanent paint drips. While I want to feel honored that all of these people care, it’s really just your average chain letter–complete with “send this to 25 people”–and I happen to actually have a good number of friends on Facebook.

So here you are: 25 random things about Melissa.

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“Are we so lost we have to be sold our own democratic right?”

The election. You just can’t get away from it these days. 😉 I’m not one to usually go on about politics–political discussions tend to end up in some form of debate and I’m not usually well-versed enough to argue my position. That’s not to say that I don’t have strong opinions regarding the issues and the candidates. I think “Sarah Palin hates polar bears” cleared up any confusion one might have regarding where I stand.

Another view I hold strongly was best represented by Craig Ferguson in his Sept. 10 monologue on “The Late, Late Show.”

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This I Believe

“In all honesty, what I believe is neither inspirational nor evangelical. Passionate faith I am suspicious of because it hangs witches and burns heretics, and generally I am more in sympathy with the witches and heretics than with the sectarians who hang and burn them.”
-Wallace Stegner

No matter your faity, this is an amazing essay from Wallace Stegner.

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OMG It’s June!

Well, I’ve been quite the slacker, haven’t I? No posts since March? What in the world have the Johnsons been up to? Only the usual, but it’s kept us pretty busy. Chris is always busy with the route during the school year, eCollege has kept me in front of my computer, Zachary’s been attending preschool…

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