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1. Whoa...some really good Kindle Daily Deals. Why should I be the only one who impulse buys books for $1.99? Although I've been waiting for some of these to come on sale for a while now.

* We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hedrix is $1.99 for Kindle Daily Deal.
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* So is Sunshine by Robin McKinely and The Sympathizer .


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2. Today, Chidi stopped by my desk just after lunch and for no clear reason and seemingly out of the blue, told me:
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3. Meanwhile, I watched a rather inspiring video from NYC Mayor on FB of Megan Rapino's speech.

The first part of the speech is rather boring...

Megan Rapinoe's Speech at the NYC City World Soccer Parade

I didn't watch the soccer games, because I kept forgetting they were on or couldn't find them. But for the US -- a women's soccer team winning this big -- is major for the following reasons:

* US doesn't really respect soccer or put as much into it.
* US doesn't put as much respect in women's sports or athletics.

Get to the end:

"We have to love more. Hate less. We got to listen more and talk less. We got to know that this is everybody’s responsibility. Every single person here. Every single person’s who’s not here. Every single person who doesn’t want to be here. Every single person who agrees and doesn’t agree. It’s our responsibility to make this world a better place,” Rapinoe said.

“I think this team does an incredible job of taking that on our shoulders and understanding the position that we have and the platform that we have within this world. Yes, we play sports. Yes, we play soccer. Yes, we’re female athletes. But we’re so much more than that. You’re so much more than that.”

“It’s every single person’s responsibility. There’s been so much contention in these last years. I’ve been a victim of that. I’ve been a perpetrator of that ... But it’s time to come together. This conversation is at the next step. We have to collaborate. It takes everybody."


4. Immigrant Cookbooks

5. Mother will not let go of the idea of me visiting my brother and his family, preferably this year.
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6. Well, it had to happen...someone wrote and published a fanfic about Calvin and Hobbes and it sorta went viral.

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7. So, I decided to pay $20 to release my "genetic traits" on ancestry. So far Ancestry has been quite disappointing.
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