Word: waxing
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...WAX NOSTALGIC: Remember that cute guy who always seemed too shy to ask you out back in high school? Or that friend you lost touch with when you went off to college? Highschoolalumni.com lists more than 22,000 public and private high schools and lets you add your name and contact information to the list. It will even send you an e-mail notice if someone from your class (or any graduation-date range you designate) signs up. I was amazed to see that my California school, which had a senior class of just 93 students, was listed...
...important too to remember the restrictions on servicemen's correspondence. Whereas in the Civil War soldiers could wax poetic in detailed epistles about the topography around battlefields, the long rock gullies of the Maryland countryside or the paltry food rations at Vicksburg, 20th century U.S. troops were censored from describing their surroundings for fear of tipping off the enemy to military movements. As a result their letters home are far more personal, more expressive of the gripping fears and hopeful longings of young men with no illusions left. Each one of these introspective letters sounds the distant and disturbing echo...
...final edition of In the Mix. I would wax nostalgic, but then I'm not sure of how successful this has been. For that matter, I'm not even sure anyone reads this column. It's not even columnar in shape, damn it. Maybe I'll just wane nostalgic. Wane. Wayne's World! Party time! Excellent...
Finally, host pre-frosh. If you love it here, tell them why. If you don't, tell them that too. Wax nostalgic if you must (and we all do sometimes), but then go out and do something you'll enjoy and remember. It's college, after all, and the years do pass quickly...
...looking for a hotspot, try the Wisconsin Dells-a budget-friendly Disney World with miles upon miles of lined-up attractions. Want to be a care-free kid again? In one afternoon, you can hit Ripley's Believe it or Not, The Dungeon of Tortures, The Rock Star Wax Museum, Clown Heaven and Robot World all for about $20. It's all about cross-cultural exchange-urban families are flocking to Wisconsin to avoid the Orlando crowds and to expose their children to the wonders of gem mining, fishing and cooking your own meat. Will it last? Of course...