I've been there.

On the link on the side of my blog there is a "historical fact of the day."  Today is about Joan of Arc.  I clicked on the link.  I found this picture.  

I've been here!  It's in Rouen, France.  I didn't actually go in the building, but I sat in a large square next to it.  I watched a large homeless woman wearing garbage sacks play with her gross dread-lock type hair.  I ate an eclair.  I had a tummy ache in a public bathroom to the side of this church (sorry Peter).  At a large cathedral down the road a ways (the cathedral at which the trial for Joan of Arc was held), I saw the biggest, fattest pigeon that has ever lived.

  

Meeting of the Presidents

Regardless of what your political views may be, you have to admit that this is pretty cool!  And it doesn't happy very often.

The last time it occurred was in 1989.

Here are some interesting facts about living presidents (courtesy of Wikipedia).

The longest period between deaths of United States Presidents was 26 years, 6 months and 20 days, between the deaths of George Washington on December 14, 1799 and the death of Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1826. The shortest came immediately after the longest, in the approximately five hours between the death of Jefferson at around 12:50 PM and the death of John Adams at approximately 6:00 PM.^[1]

• If the longest period between deaths is to be exceeded, no President must die before July 16, 2033 (the current oldest surviving President, George H. W. Bush, would then be 109 years old and his first "runner up", Jimmy Carter, would be 108).
• The next longest was between the deaths of Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, 21 years and 3 months between their deaths.

Back to the Rat Race

The worst part of holiday breaks . . .  going back to work.  Ugh.

Highlights of today

• At 8:00 a.m. the fire alarm went off.  Lots of scantily clad high school students froze in 10 degree weather.
• "What did you do for your holiday break?" was the question of the day.  One student made a firework explosive and said he almost burned his hand off.  One student got a tattoo of a black crow on her back.  One student said she let so-and-so graffitti her legs (not sure what that means).  Many students said they "partied."  Whatever.
• No students wanted to do any math.   Surprised?

One other thing . . . 

• James ordered his sister a book of wedding pictures.  It came today.  Do you recognize these people?  We don't.  She's a cute girl, but she's not Amber.  This wedding took place in Depew, NY and they got married in front of a fire truck.  Walgreens sent the wrong book.  Oops. 

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