Amy On The Web http://amynelsonmile.net/amyblog Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:41:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 en Signing Off, Probably Permanently http://amynelsonmile.net/amyblog/2007/08/31/signing-off-probably-permanently/ http://amynelsonmile.net/amyblog/2007/08/31/signing-off-probably-permanently/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:28:09 +0000 Amy Blog Housekeeping http://amynelsonmile.net/amyblog/2007/08/31/signing-off-probably-permanently/ I’ve had a wonderful time posting entries here for the last 1 ½ years. Now I’m turning my attention to other projects–although, on the principle of “Never say never,” I won’t rule out returning at some point.

I’ll leave both blogs up so that you can look at the archives, and I’ll be posting new links periodically on the links section of my website. Please drop by there from time to time, and always feel free to send me a message.

Definitely check out the great blogs listed in the right-hand sidebars of this blog and my other blog (Books, Words, and Writing).

Thanks so much for reading!

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Find out where you stand in the hierarchy.

Via Scribbling Woman.

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Via Watermark: A Poet’s Notebook.

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You Are a Grilled Cheese Sandwich


You are a traditional person with very simple tastes.
In your opinion, the best things in life are free, easy, and fun.
You totally go with the flow. And you enjoy every minute of it!

Your best friend: The Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

Your mortal enemy: The Ham Sandwich

What Kind of Sandwich Are You?

Via Books, Inq.

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Martha Moore Ballard was fifty years old when she began her diary on January 1 of 1785. Every day, for twenty-seven years, she recorded the daily events in her diary, beginning with the weather. Initially the entries were short and choppy, but gradually they became fuller and more regular. What began, most probably, as a record of her midwifery and healing work, grew into a remarkably steady account of both the ordinary and the extraordinary events in her life.

Martha Ballard’s massive but cryptic diary was handed down through her daughter Dolly’s family as a pile of hand-made diary booklets. Remarkably, none were lost. When a great great-granddaughter of Martha’s, Mary Hobart, graduated from medical school in New York in 1884, Dolly’s daughters gave her the diary. Mary Hobart had the scrambled leaves of the diary put in order and bound in homemade linen covers. And at the end of her career, in 1930, she donated the diary to the Maine State Library, where historian Laurel Ulrich found it fifty years later.

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Bird Cinema was founded in May 2007. This is a video website for bird enthusiasts to watch and share original bird videos worldwide through the web. We look forward to seeing your videos on our site.

]]> http://amynelsonmile.net/amyblog/2007/08/26/bird-cinema/feed/ Medieval and Renaissance Weddings http://amynelsonmile.net/amyblog/2007/08/25/medieval-and-renaissance-weddings/ http://amynelsonmile.net/amyblog/2007/08/25/medieval-and-renaissance-weddings/#comments Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:09:24 +0000 Amy Popular Culture History http://amynelsonmile.net/amyblog/2007/08/20/medieval-and-renaissance-weddings/ Medieval and Renaissance Weddings: extensive information on vows, clothing, and much more.

]]> http://amynelsonmile.net/amyblog/2007/08/25/medieval-and-renaissance-weddings/feed/ Inside Your Brain http://amynelsonmile.net/amyblog/2007/08/24/inside-your-brain/ http://amynelsonmile.net/amyblog/2007/08/24/inside-your-brain/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:24:47 +0000 Amy Psychology Science & Nature http://amynelsonmile.net/amyblog/2007/08/24/inside-your-brain/ Inside Your Brain:
What’s your brain like? Is it soft and squashy, or hard and rubbery? … and is it really made of grey matter?

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You Would Be a Pet Cat


Independent and aloof, you don’t like to be dependent on anyone.
And as for other people, you can take them or leave them. You often don’t care.
You live your life by your own rules. And you have deep motivations that no one truly understands.

Why you would make a great pet: You’re not needy or greedy… unlike other four legged friends.

Why you would make a bad pet: You’re not exactly running down to greet people at the door

What you would love about being a cat: Agility and freedom

What you would hate about being a cat: Being treated like a dog by clueless humans

What Kind of Pet Would You Be?
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Starfish may well be the most unusual well-known creature. They have no front or back: they can move in any direction without turning. Rather than using muscles to move their hundreds of tiny legs, starfish use a complex hydraulic system to move around or cling to rocks.

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