On July 30, Mira Schwirtz will be playing for the Marinwood team in the championship match ending the 2013 Marin County Twilight League at the 6.5 level.  She’ll be matched up with the team’s captain, Jack Hicks, for season-ending play at MIller Creek Park.  Good luck mommy!

Check out the post-season bracket here.

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Recently Robert and Mira have had some discussions about how the new push of technology into schools has made it even more difficult for administrators to prevent students from being targeted as consumers.  Here’s some websites about commercialism in schools.

http://www.ibiblio.org/commercialfree/commercialism.html

http://www.commercialalert.org/issues/education/commercial-advertising-in-schools

They look really happy. 

Question: Is that a ladies belt? Is it?

Both Robert and Mira enjoyed this article in Foreign Affairs about preparations for D-Day.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139455/rick-atkinson/the-road-to-d-day?page=show

They look really happy. 

Question: Is that a ladies belt? Is it?

Both Robert and Mira enjoyed this article in Foreign Affairs about preparations for D-Day.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139455/rick-atkinson/the-road-to-d-day?page=show

This is so cool it can hardly be believed.

Whoa.  This one is good too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwKW29BTf_E