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After running together, Janna and I ran into my neighbor who was out walking with her daughter. I can't believe the girl that gurgled in the stroller is now speaking and walking. I noted the diaper bag covered with day of the dead skulls. She pointed out that her daughter was learning about bones, and asked her:
"Where is your skull?"
The girl looked at her mom, looked at us, stuck out her rear and pointing at it said "Right here!"

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A good article on fed vs. private pay finds both sides are using exaggerated claims (though reality is far more in favor of the claim feds are underpaid) but notes there just aren't good enough stats to give a solid answer:
http://factcheck.org/2010/12/are-federal-workers-overpaid/
(great list of cites at the bottom)