Do you enjoy carpooling the kids to high school?
One of the perks of being a parent is that you get to spend
some time with your child and his friends. There is no school bus where we live
so parents take turns to drive the kids to high school, which is about a mile
away, but with the morning traffic, driving requires navigating through the various
turns and streets to get to the school on time.
Most high school kids have a hectic after-school schedule
which makes getting together for dinner not consistent. So the car becomes an extension of where conversations are made. It's surprising to learn that the kids look forward to the daily morning anecdotes, discussions and the words of the day.
November 13 is the 317th day of the year. There are 48 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).
1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
1940 – Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the first night of a roadshow at New York's Broadway Theatre.
1956 – The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1964 - Pope Paul VI gives away the papal tiara to benefit the poor
1974 - Dodger Steve Garvey wins National League Most Valuable Player
1982 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC
1997 - "Lion King" opens at the New Amsterdan Theater in New York City
2012 - A total solar eclipse occurred in parts of Australia and South Pacific
