My name is Mary Kaszynski and I'm a junior majoring in history here at the University of Oklahoma. When I'm not in Norman, I live in one of the beautiful Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN.

I love reading, both fiction and non-fiction. A couple of the books that I read recently include Grant And Sherman: The Friendship That Won The Civil War and   Now They Call Me Infidel, by Nonie Darwish, both of which I really enjoyed. Next up is Betrayal at Pearl Harbor. As you can tell, I enjoy reading all different kinds of history. As for fiction, my favorite authors are P.G. Wodehouse, the genius who inspired authors like Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, and Vince Flynn.

I'm a huge baseball fan, and of course my favorite team is the Minnesota Twins. I like to keep up on baseball news at the Twins official website. As you can see, we just resigned the 2006 AL MVP Justin Morneau for another year. yay!

One of the coolest traditions that we have in Minnesota is the annual Winter Carnival. This year I went to downtown St. Paul to take a look at the ice sculptures
.Image of Wizard of Oz ice sculpture                             Image of Dancers Ice Sculpture
             We're Off! A Wizard of Oz Ice Scuplture.                                                               Enchanted Evening, An Ice Sculpture of a Dancing Couple.
Web Source: Winter Carnival Photo Gallery.                                                                            Web Source: Winter Carnival Photo Gallery.



Finally, my favorite photo...
Image of 2004 Ice Palace
Photo of 2004 Ice Palace, by Darrin Johnson.
Web Source: Winter Carnival Fan Club. (Ice Palace Pictures, 2004)


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