One of Jamie's big surprises last week was that there is 'gang' activity at her new school and even in her class. She was a class on corporations and business and used an abbreviation on the board for Burger King (we still don't understand its significance) and this sparked a few gang involved students to start 'dissin' each other which apparently lead to a fight at lunch time. She was understandably taken back by having sparked friction between the school yard ...

I've been in "historic" Edenton for almost a week now and the place is not that bad. Other than some old buildings I'm not sure why it is so historical - its a quaint little town with a number of old houses and buildings and ex-civil war canons. My travel agent in Oz tells me that Google says that Edenton is the pretties town in the south. This might be a stretch but it is rustic and located on the landward side of Albermoral Sound which...