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Reading Material:	The Time Machine by Herbert George Wells
	Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
	The Book of Masonry Stoves by David Lyle
	+ asst. romance novels and children's books

"There is a sentiment arising, and it will grow, against connubial jealousy, against fierce maternity, against passion of all sorts; unnecessary things now, and things that make us uncomfortable, savage survivals, discords in a refined and pleasant life."

It was quiet. Too quiet. I think, if I ever write a book I will begin it this way, but I would always know that I stole it from a lovely 1980 documentary about Mount (volcano) St. Helens. I should have guessed that the eruption would have inspired a fair bit of folk music. And I really shouldn't have been surprised that 4 college kids and a camera, tromped, Blair Witch style, through the creepy steaming landscape within hours of the eruption. Their drama as a local sheriff cited them and sent them slogging miserably back the way they came...