and then one person always argues that it’s a nut
and I always forget to look it up when I get home
so I just did and it’s a BERRY
A GODDAMN GIANT BERRY
Yes, I’m reading the wikipedia entry on avocados now. It’s very informative. Did you know avocados were named…
I want this! (Reads: “Fairest and Fallen, I’ll give you the customary greeting and defiance the moment I’ve finished my tea.”)
(Note to self: reorder to replace the busted one. Also get the two Keep Calms & the caffeine one.)
Standing up and cheering wildly for my President is difficult in this situation… because he cannot hear me of course, and because the laptop will fall right off my lap.
But ladies and gentlemen, I am feeling patriotic!
Jacob spoke first.
“I want to know if my hair is just like yours,” he told Mr. Obama, but so quietly that the president asked him to speak again.
Jacob did, and Mr. Obama replied, “Why don’t you touch it and see for yourself?” He brought his head level with Jacob, who hesitated.
“Touch it, dude!” Mr. Obama said.
As Jacob, who was 5, patted the presidential crown, Mr. Souza snapped.
“So, what do you think?” Mr. Obama asked.
Margie was a very different kind of pin-up girl. She was not salacious, and her clothes were neatly buttoned up. She was a young wife on the homefront pining for soldier husband, and her serious and articulate “letters” that appeared alongside her image were about managing money. But she was a big hit with the young men fighting overseas during World War II.
“Margie” was created to encourage soldiers to manage their pay. Her letters informed soldiers about soldiers’ deposits, personal transfer accounts, Class E allotments of pay, War Bonds, and National Service Life insurance. The posters were distributed in posts, commands, and theaters of operation.
She was also a real person. Margie Stewart passed away this May at the age of 92. She was not a soldier, but she gave the men overseas a reason and a reminder to plan for a life with their sweethearts after the war ended.
These posters are part of the holdings of the National Archives and can be found in Record Group 44.
