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Pre-1982 pennies make the best squishing pennies for their copper content.
Modern zinc pennies or – heaven forbid – those metal alloys sometimes provided by the press manufacturer just don’t stack up.
Back to the task at hand.
Of all Founding Fathers, Hamilton is the most deserving of a place on our currency.
Hamilton . . .
Grew up in the West Indies.
Acted as Washington’s senior aide in the Revolutionary War.
Served in Congress under the Articles of Confederation.
Spearheaded the Annapolis Convention,
which led to the Philadelphia Convention,
which led to the Constitution as we know it today.
Advocated for constitutional ratification in the Federalist Papers.
Using the pseudonym Publius, Hamilton wrote 51 of the 85 papers.
Today, these papers are considered the single most important source of constitutional interpretation.
Established the foundations United States’ federal government, specifically in arguing in favor of the doctrine of implied powers and the creation of a National Bank.
Influenced early foreign policy, especially in America’s preferential treatment of Britain.
Swayed the electoral college to make Thomas Jefferson third President of the United States.
Opposed Aaron Burr’s attempts to become President and Governor of New York.
You may recall that Burr attempted to establish his own empire in what would become the Louisiana Purchase.
By this time, Burr had killed Hamilton in a duel over comments made regarding the aforementioned elections.
Alexander Hamilton lived the American Dream before it was a thing.
Removing him from our currency would be both a travesty and a dishonor.
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Philosophy, Theology, Literature, and Other Things Human Beings Do Well
Not for the intellectually faint of heart.
But the hosts are funny, and they plug Dante.
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Where has the week gone? I spent most of the week since last Tuesday binge watching House of Cards, Parks and Recreation, and Supernatural on Netflix doing profitable things like housework and talking to my parents and cleaning up my home computer.
I also spent some time reading, so once again the wheel of time has landed on:
Just in case you don’t know, Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! All you have to do is grab the book you’re currently reading, open to a random page and share a few sentences from that page. But make sure you don’t share any spoilers!*
*I wish I could take credit for this introduction, but I shamelessly stole it from Heather over at bitsnbooks. To help me make amends, you should go check out her blog.
This week I’m readingAtonementby Ian McEwan. Although I’ve had this book for over a year, this is my first attempt at reading it. One motivator to finish my current at-home TBR is my personal vow to avoid the library until I’ve finished the books already taking up space.
I use the Truly Random Number Generator to pick the page number for my Teaser Tuesday post; today we go to page 186.
The men came a couple of steps closer and raised
what was in their hands. Shotguns, surely.
Turner released his safety catch.
He heard Mace and Nettle do the same.
"Easy," he murmured.
In Retrospect
I finished reading 1916: The Easter Rising by Tim Pat Coogan and gave it four stars. It would have been five, but the first 25 pages or so were so uncompelling that I almost gave it up. Once I made it to page 30 or so, things picked up and I finished it easily, especially the last fifty pages or so.
What have you been reading?
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It should come as no surprise: I enjoy trivia shows.
As Calvin once said,
I have a command of thoroughly useless information.
As of today – June 15, 2015 – my favorite trivia shows include
Jeopardy!
Every year I take the online test.
Every year I’m disappointed.
They always ask about pop culture and sports.
Two categories I care/know little to nothing about.
Who is Jay of Running In My Head?
500 Questions
Like Jeopardy!, I do really well on this at home.
However, I believe I’m smarter than most of their contestants.
Then again, that’s what most people probably think.
It’s always different when you play for real.
Celebrity Name Game
Craig Ferguson is hilarious.
K watches it without getting mad at me.
It helps me with those pesky pop culture Jeopardy! questions.
 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
When Regis Philbin hosted, Millionaire challenged Jeopardy! for my top spot.
Namely, I liked the idea of being tested on my own knowledge.
Those Jeopardy! buzzers can be brutal.
Well, they were in Scholastic Bowl.
I assume it’s the same on national TV.
One hallmark of the original Millionaire was the lifeline.
Contestants were given three:
Phone a Friend – call someone who may or may not know the answer.
Ask the Audience – ask the audience what they think (so long as you don’t live in Russia).
50/50 – remove two incorrect answers.
I always hated when contestants used a lifeline. I viewed it as weakness. However, they were actually on the show. I haven’t. Maybe they know something I don’t. Since we’re talking about trivia shows, it obvious they do.
I’m calling you, my readers, because the blog is struggling. At least, I think it’s struggling.
Don’t let the total number of followers fool you. I was cursed with being Freshly Pressed two months after my first blog post. I didn’t know what I was doing, and I lost followers.
I also received an extraordinarily large numbers of spam followers. I’ve spent the last year and a half trying to build it back up by taking the Blogging U courses, and I’ve gained a few regular readers.
If I’m interpreting my statistics correctly, each new blog post gets around 50 views in its first month. That’s not too bad. What worries me is that Running In My Head isn’t growing.
Like actors on the stage, sometimes I need a bit of prompting.
Feed me your favorite word, a vivid scene, an unlikely pairing. A piece of dialog, an object, a potent verb. I’ll write them on slips of paper and put them in my tea tin of ideas.*
I’ve also linked this form to the home screen menus.
Feel free to drop in any thing at any time!
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Don’t worry, I wasn’t driving!
Running In My Head 