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June 25th, 2006

1948, A Very Good Year

Woody  Gandhi Alice Cooper

June 26 is my birthday, so I have been thinking about the year I was born, 1948.

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June 25th, 2006

Commencement

SkylarOn Friday, June 16, Buckley and I flew to San Jose, California. And two days later, on June 18, we flew back home to DC.

In between, we drove to Santa Cruz to attend the graduation of my niece Skylar from UC-Santa Cruz. Skylar is adorable and very bright. She received her bachelor’s degree at the age of 19. Yes, she’s still a kid, but she’s an ambitious, goal-oriented kid, and she’s scrupulous about meeting her goals — one of which was to graduate college before she turned 20.

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