This box haunts my 2nd grade memories. Bleak, but using SRA was the first time I remember feeling competition, individualism, and ranking as important in the classroom. We learned to tie our worth in education to quick card completion and next leveling. I kind of get the chills thinking about it.

Cheers to my local public library for saving me a trip driving to campus!

Another day, another 5:00pm update in the super close, yet-to-be-called 2024 U.S. House of Reps race for CA District 45: Derek Tran (D) now leads Michelle Steel (R) by 581 votes. With every update he adds a few dozen more votes to take a wider lead.

Another 5:00 update for the U.S. House 45th District race: Derek Tran (D) now leads Michelle Steel (R) by 480 votes. Again, huge for those of us in Orange County.

It's 5:00pm and the new numbers are out, so here's your daily update on the U.S. House District 45 race: Derek Tran (D) now leads Michelle Steel (R) by 397 votes. Again, this is huge for these close congressional races in Orange County, CA.

Latest update for the District 45 race: Derek Tran's lead over Michelle Steel is now up to 314 votes! Exciting news if you live in Orange County and are tracking the votes in our close, close House elections.

Just checked this out from the library with a knowing look from the librarian. As someone who’s biracial and grew up seeing so few Filipinos in the media or popular culture, Maria Ressa is the Fil-Am hero I’m so grateful to have as an adult.

And now the nightly update on the CA District 45 race: Derek Tran's lead over Michelle Steel is now up to 102 votes.