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[kleenexwoman]

I'm at my mom's house, hanging out with the dog and the contractor, snacking on pistachios and wearing someone else's robe. It's nice. Quiet. Mom has cable and interesting things in the fridge and the dog is really sweet. It's like a vacation. I'm doing my homework (research on the writer of "American Beauty") and watching "Real Housewives of New York" as research for my Yuletide project. I seem to have lost my Down the Chimney challenge in the shuffle of my inbox, but I do vaguely remember what it's about, so I'm looking up obscure jazz songs and stuff on aquatic apes for that.

What are you guys up to? Working on anything you need to do research for? Learned anything cool?

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[majorenglishesq.livejournal.com]

Today I learned that, after the Civil War, Texas was broke. However, it was cow-rich. Rich with cows. Hence the cattle drives and the evolution of the cowboy. Cowboys were actually kind of looked down upon in their working circles, but everyone else idolized them. Cowboys were literally guys who had to see to the cows at the back of the heard, and to put them in their place, ranchers and businessmen would call them "boys," hence "cow-boy."

Yesterday I learned that the "bitch" in Jay-Z's "99 Problems (but a Bitch ain't One)" is actually a bitch, a female dog. The song actually refers to a time Jay-z was pulled over while drug trafficking. He managed to talk the cop out of searching his car by being aware of his rights and the fact that his car couldn't be searched without probable cause. As he pulled away from the roadblock, he saw, a few feet from where he'd been stopped, a K-9 unit. The "bitch" he didn't have a "problem" with was the dog cop who surely would have gotten him busted if he had not been able to drive on.

Yesterday I also learned that Tiger Woods doesn't usually blink when he plays golf. His concentration on his job is so singular that it is almost like being asleep or in a hypnotized state.

I have been learning a lot of crap lately, lulz.

[pianolessdevil.livejournal.com]

I need to do more research on guns and certain military tactics, but hoping a reunion with a military uncle will take care of all that. Maybe.... probably.

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

You must share what you've learned. Tell me about plate tectonics? :D?

[(Anonymous)]

Certainly! What would you like to know about it? I can tell you lots!

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

Will California ever tumble into the sea?

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

That is all fascinating and I did not know that about the evolution of the cowboy. Also, the Jay-Z fact is pretty amazing. I like that song and will listen to it entirely differently now.