Monday, October 17, 2005
Yes, I've always been this way
So I was reading This Day In History from http://www.reference.com/thisday/
and saw this entry:
1962 - The Cuban missile crisis began when President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba.
Yeah...mid October 1962. That meant I was a few days away from turning nine. When I read that little snippet, I could suddenly see in memory, as clear as anything, an arithmetic book and paper, with warm sun streaming in on it as I lay on the floor by my parents' bed. And I remember just as clearly what I was thinking.
"We are probably going to get blown up by an atom bomb any time now. So I don't see why I have to do this stupid homework!"
and saw this entry:
1962 - The Cuban missile crisis began when President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba.
Yeah...mid October 1962. That meant I was a few days away from turning nine. When I read that little snippet, I could suddenly see in memory, as clear as anything, an arithmetic book and paper, with warm sun streaming in on it as I lay on the floor by my parents' bed. And I remember just as clearly what I was thinking.
"We are probably going to get blown up by an atom bomb any time now. So I don't see why I have to do this stupid homework!"
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