I'm feeling generous, so ask me whatever you want to know about me!

[liberalhistorian]

Of course, I might not answer, but you never know if you don't ask! And yes, before I get a hundred of you asking about the same thing, NightTrain and I are scheduled to meet in PA (halfway between our respective states) the weekend of March 19, 20, 21, and 22!

[Shrek]

1. Which history is your specialty?

And why?

[liberalhistorian]

5. Actually, I only have a B.A., so I don't

really have a "specialty" academically speaking, but I'm pretty much an expert on Western (the American West) history, and I like Russian and American history as well.

[Maddy McCall]

2. BA, MA, or PhD?

[liberalhistorian]

6. B.A. from

Kent State University (yes, THAT Kent State, lol, I was a member of the student-run May 4 Task Force), with a minor in sociology.

[Maddy McCall]

7. LOL @ "THAT Kent State"

[TXlib]

26. I have an unusual name IRL

The *only* other person on the planet with my name is a network administrator at Kent State.

[grannylib]

3. If you had to live in one of the following periods/places in history which

would you choose and why?
American west in the 19th century
England in the 16th century
Italy in the 18th century

[liberalhistorian]

8. I'd have to say American West

in the 19th century, I know the most about that time, and it would be far better to be a woman then than in the other two times! Although it still would have sucked being a woman then, there was much more freedom and leeway for women in the 19th Century American West, especially if they were single.

[Maddy McCall]

9. Have you read any of Patricia Limerick's books on the West?

She dispells a LOT of frontier mythology in her books.

[liberalhistorian]

11. Yes, I've read and enjoyed some of them,

she gets it right and it's always good to see myths being dispelled and disproved.

Love your sig line and picture, btw, my parents and I have that picture on our wall at home. I especially like studying Sioux history and culture, we vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota and I go to the Crazy Horse Memorial every year. The hell with Rushmore, it's like indoctrination city there! Have you read a book that came out last year, btw, Rushmore: An Icon Reconsidered? It talked about how hypocritical it was for Rushmore to have been put where it was, considering how the Black Hills had been forcibly taken from the Sioux and how badly they were and are still being treated, and considering how all the presidents put on the mountain were horrible as far as treatment of the native Americans.

[Maddy McCall]

13. She really tore apart the Turner thesis.

She writes with smart-assy attitude. I adore her.

[Maddy McCall]

4. One more question: How's your son doing at school?

I remember him having a problem with teachers. How's he doing? :-)

[liberalhistorian]

10. He's doing much better, he actually got on the

honor roll this grading period. He still has some problems, but he's learning how to better express himself, and his speech therapist is working with him on "debating and discussing vs. ranting", since he would rant and not really discuss.

[Maddy McCall]

12. That's GREAT!

I kept up with you threads on you son because my son had problems with teachers, too. After 5 years of hell we finally found a solution, but it took involving the school system's superintendent.

Good for your son!!

[NightTrain]

16. What 13-year-old *woudn't* rather "rant than discuss?"

Personally, I'd cut the boy some slack in that regard.

Just my opinion, y'understand....

[liberalhistorian]

19. I hear ya, Dean, and that's true,

but sometimes he took it way too far, he'd take over classes sometimes.

[NightTrain]

20. He took over classes? Wow!

Wait 'til Chris gets to college. He'll be taking over the Administration building!

I can hear him now: "Fuck the pigs, fuck the pigs, fuck the pigs, fuck the pigs!" :hippie:

[liberalhistorian]

23. LOL!

He already chants that when he sees Shrub or another repuke on TV!

[NightTrain]

25. Sounds like you've done a great job of raising Chris!

Looking forward to meeting the lad someday.

[liberalhistorian]

31. I'm sure he'll

really like you too, Dean!

[NightTrain]

35. Sure hope so!

You do realize, of course, that my daddying skills are somewhat limited.... :shrug:

[eyesroll]

14. When did you attend Kent State?

My father and father-in-law both went there. (My dad graduated c. 1969. My father-in-law was there a little later, I think.)

[liberalhistorian]

15. I transferred there in

1985 and finally graduated in 1990. I lived on campus for the first few years, then off campus the rest of the time.

[NightTrain]

17. When we talked last night, you didn't mention the kitten.

Can I assume the worst of that experience is behind you now?

[liberalhistorian]

18. It was really hard the first

few days, but it is getting easier, especially considering how much he was suffering. Chris is still upset, so I'm focusing on trying to make him feel better. The dog and cat that had "adopted" him have finally stopped looking for him, so that makes it easier too!

[Drifter]

21. How many Balls ...

can you juggle ?

(you thought I was going to ask how many you have ... didn't you).

Cheers
Drifter

[liberalhistorian]

22. Well, I can't juggle

at all, and I'm a woman so I don't have any of the "other" kind of balls you were referring to, so I guess I strike out on BOTH counts, lol!

[NightTrain]

24. You can use mine if you want.

Of course, I'll need them back when you're finished with them!

[liberalhistorian]

32. LOL!

Oh, you know it, Dean! I still refuse to post any pictures here at DU, though! Although I'm sure you realize that, come the morning of Tuesday, March 23, EVERYONE here is going to be bugging us for how things went with us over the weekend.

[Zomby Woof]

27. do you ever pick your nose at red lights?

:shrug:

[liberalhistorian]

30. NO,

lol! I'd think you could have come up with a better question than that, Zomby, a man of your edumacation and all, lol!

[Zomby Woof]

48. I just gotta be me...

lalalala!

Well, I had to ask something I was sure no one else would ask!

[liberalhistorian]

49. And one thing we can always count on

you to be is creative, just like your partners in crime matcom and GOPisEvil!

[Endangered Specie]

28. SSN, and any Credit card numbers?

-Please

[liberalhistorian]

33. My SSN is

999-99-9999, and my credit card number is 9999-0000-9999-0000!

[camero]

29. How many brewskis can you drink?

Before you pass out? :)

[liberalhistorian]

34. Let's put it this way.

I'm one of those people that, after just one or two drinks, no matter what they are, I'm totally out of it! You wanna find out anything from me, get a drink in me and you'll have whatever it is you want. That's why I almost never drink at all, lol!

[camero]

36. Aaah, the key to nirvana.

:P

[liberalhistorian]

44. LOL!

That's why I'm smart enough to hardly ever drink. I learned the very hard way, believe me!

[1a2b3c]

37. What was the name you had before you got tombstoned and made up this one?

[liberalhistorian]

46. This is the only name I've had,

I've been here since March 16 or 17 of last year. I haven't ever been tombstoned and I hope I never am! Of course, I can be a good girl when I have to be.

[1a2b3c]

38. Thats a mighty long weekend.

[NightTrain]

40. Yeah...one day longer than I had planned on, in fact!

:shrug:

[liberalhistorian]

43. March 22 is a Monday, remember

I said I was going to take that off from work so I wouldn't be rushed when I had to drive back home? So it will really be just the 18, 19, and 20th.

[creativelcro]

39. When did you first start to

[Spirochete]

41. Why is Neapolitan ice cream

always about 65% strawberry?

[liberalhistorian]

45. Probably because they want

you to go out and buy more in order to get more of the chocolate!

[brainshrub]

42. Do you like Bees?

[liberalhistorian]

47. None of

your Beeswax!

[populistmom]

50. What did NightTrain say

about meeting Jonnyblitz and myself a couple of weeks ago?

[liberalhistorian]

51. You guys met a couple of weeks ago?

I didn't even know that, Dean didn't say anything about it. How'd it go? I hope Jonny didn't bring that awful picture of me his sister took at the D.C. March in October, lol!

[NightTrain]

53. No, Jonny did *not* bring those pictures along!

So rest easy, mon cherie. ;)

[mdmc]

52. who is nighttrain?

:dem:

[NightTrain]

54. That would be me, pretty much

:hi:

[liberalhistorian]

55. A really great,

wonderful, funny, sensitive, kind, smart guy whom I can't wait to meet in person, finally, in March!