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Today I have an extra day off. \u00a0Did it so I could get the benefits of a full Memorial Day weekend. \u00a0Since I work most weekends, just having Memorial Day off was barely a boon, so took today. \u00a0Will be spending it in the garden weather permitting, and then later tonight eating leftovers from yesterday\u2019s bounteous feast. \u00a0When the sun has set and the lights are low, we\u2019ll then continue plotting and backstabbing as we recreate the world\u2019s perilous position in the years leading up to the War to End \u00a0All Wars. \u00a0I don\u2019t have the original Diplomacy game, but the modern remake of the classic does quite well. \u00a0And the best thing? \u00a0Since it falls right around the right period for their studies, and since they\u2019re home schooled, we can count it as a Social Studies project by comparing our take-down to what really happened! \u00a0Fun stuff.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Turkey this time around and have already obtained some footholds in the Balkans. \u00a0But my wife has hit our soon to be 8th grade Cossack out of the blue. \u00a0Meanwhile our 9th grade Frenchman and my soon to be Senior Austrian are staking their claims. \u00a0We\u2019ll see. \u00a0My money is on anyone but me at this point. \u00a0But that will certainly occupy our day. \u00a0See you all soon.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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