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The One-Dollar Legacy

In honor of what is for many, back-to-school week, I want to tell you the story of a very fine educator and his legacy.  That educator is my brother, Andy.  (Yes,  my hairy brother.)  He’s been teaching high school science for  an eternity about 15 years or so.

Andy, the eduquarter. I mean the educator.

In fifteen years, he’s taught a lot of students.  Recently,  I had, on separate occasions, the chance to meet two of his former students, both a few years out of high school.  When they heard I was his sister, they both went on and on about how nice he was, and what a great teacher he was, and how much they loved his class…

…and then they both said the exact. same. thing.

“But what I remember the most about him is that he showed us how he could put four quarters up his nose.”

Let me just type that again for you.

“But what I remember the most about him is that he showed us how he could PUT FOUR QUARTERS UP HIS NOSE.”

What??  Well, I guess that’s what I would remember most, too, because OHMAHGAH EEEWWW!

One of his former students told me this when we were sitting in the lobby of the DENTIST’S OFFICE. What am I supposed to say to that???

I’m proud of you, brother.  You are leaving a lasting legacy.  A fine education that is worth no less than one whole dollar.

Do you put the quarters in some sort of sanitizing solution when you’re done with them? Because I really do not want to think of those two-bits back in circulation.

People. Use quarters with caution!  You do not know where they have been.

**UPDATED**

My sister-in-law just informed me that it’s four quarters IN EACH NOSTRIL.

Two-Dollar Legacy.

I can’t even continue writing.

WE SHARE THE SAME DNA!!! I fear for my children!

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People. We are getting old.

Each fall, I enjoy checking out The Mindset List from Beloit College – you know, the thing that makes you realize just how freaking old you are by telling you all the things college freshman consider ancient history? Yeah, that. So now that I think about it, “enjoy” may not be an appropriate word. Regardless, it is pretty interesting. And frightening.

Let’s start with this little fact – this year’s entering college freshman were born in 1994. Had MTV been less Pedro/Puck and more Farrah/Janelle at the time and I had been striving to be on 16 & Pregnant, I could theoretically be their mom.

Frankly, that’s enough for me. I don’t need to read the rest of the list.

But… let me throw a couple more things out there.

#4 – Michael Jackson’s family, not the Kennedys, constitutes “American Royalty.” Now, I am not old enough to remember the Kennedy dynasty (just the tragic deaths of the subsequent generations) but the Jacksons? For real?

#8 – Bill Clinton is a senior statesman of whose presidency they have little knowledge. Just imagine the comedy they’ve missed!

#20 – Exposed bra straps have always been a fashion statement, not a wardrobe malfunction to be corrected quietly by well-meaning friends. #20.5 – the term “wardrobe malfunction” is not new-fangled.

#25 – They have lived in an era of instant stardom and self-proclaimed celebrities, famous for being famous. See also: The Real World and Teen Mom references above.

#34 – Billy Graham is as familiar to them as Otto Graham was to their parents. Otto who?

#71 – Despite being preferred urban gathering places, two-thirds of the independent bookstores in the United States have closed for good during their lifetimes. Oh, my heart.

But, there are some good things, too.

#12 – For most of their lives, maintaining relations between the U.S. and the rest of the world has been a woman’s job in the State Department.

#23 – Women have always piloted war planes and space shuttles.

#24 – White House security has never felt it necessary to wear rubber gloves when gay groups have visited.

Maybe the last 18 years haven’t been in vain after all.

I wonder what the Beloit list will look like when Kate and Joshua enter college. That’ll be the 2026 List.

Surely – surely – we’ll have flying cars by then.

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Pin for the Wednesday: Eye Shadow

Happy Wednesday friends!  I’ve decided this week to combine Pinterest with something I love and can actually do – makeup! So a couple of weeks ago I pinned an eye makeup look that I thought I could replicate and I went for it.  Here’s the original pin:

I re-created it using my own makeup that I already have – I use Mary Kay.  For the brown I used one of my favorite colors, Chocolate Kiss on my eyelid, and for the orange-y shade, another I love called Amber Blaze, in the crease of my eye.  I also lined my bottom lashline with both colors, Amber Blaze below Chocolate Kiss.  I don’t have any liquid eyeliner, so I just used regular black eyeliner. I couldn’t quite get that cat-eyed look, but I still liked the results. Here’s how it turned out:

What do you think? I think I’ll keep cruising Pinterest for ideas for my #doyourmakeup looks that I post every day on Instagram. I’d love to have you join me over there!

But for now, I hope you join me over here! If you’ve been pinning and blogging about it, leave your link below! We wanna see what you’ve been whipping up!

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1) In your post, please link to your original source – the pin you got the idea from.

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