Love, War and The Matrix
Yeah, I forgot to warn you, The Matrix: Revolutions was playing at the Mountainlair this weekend, so Michael and I went last night.
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Saturday, February 28, 2004
Friday, February 27, 2004
Minnijean Brown-Trickey
Minnijean Brown-Trickey spoke Thursday night as part of WVU’s Festival of Ideas program.
Minnijean Brown-Trickeywas one of the “Little Rock Nine”-students who desegregated Central High in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957, and she spoke about how that time affected her personally, as well as changed America.
She said that the Little Rock Desegregation Crisis is part [...]
Quizzy Time Wasting
You are Rerun!
Which Peanuts Character are You? brought to you by Quizilla
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Speaking of Strange Dreams
“The Mob was afraid of me because I was hungry”
–Gina
Packed
Odd dream again last night. I pulled out one of the more coherent and amusing parts to write up.
There were even stranger parts about the house filling up with foam as a result, but that was weird even for me, so I left everything else out.
And in case it isn’t clear, this was one of [...]
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Happy Lent
In case you had missed that yesterday was Mardi Gras (French term that sounds better than Fat Tuesday), today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.
For those who missed the opportunity of being raised Catholic, Lent is the time when we are supposed to give something up—to make a sacrifice.
After Vatican II, the [...]
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Sylvia Nasar: A Beautiful Mind
Sylvia Nasar
A Beautiful Mind: Genius, Madness, Reawakening
WVU’s Festival of Ideas kicked off with a lecture by Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind, the biography of the mathematician John Nash.
Her talk was good—I think you could tell she was a writer—however her question and answer session was a tad bit rambling and disjointed. It seemed [...]
Just for Erin & Melissa
YOU ARE RULE 8(a)!
You are Rule 8, the most laid back of all theFederal Rules of Civil Procedure. While yourforefather in the Federal Rules may have been astickler for details and particularity, youhave clearly rebelled by being pleasant andeasy-going. Rule 8 only requires that aplaintiff provide a short and plain statementof a claim [...]
That’s Right, He Said Terrorists
Education Secretary Rod Paige said Monday that the National Education Association, one of the nation’s largest labor unions, was like “a terrorist organization” because of the way it was resisting many provisions of a school improvement law pushed through Congress by President Bush in 2001.
Paige’s comments, made to the nation’s governors at a private White [...]
Professor Gale on Mel Gibson
I just found out that Professor Aaron Gale has a piece in the Sunday Gazette Mail on Mel Gibson’s film “The Passion of the Christâ€.
Aaron Gale is one of the best professors I have had, in my numerous years at WVU (and they are numerous), so I am always eager to read and hear what [...]
Monday, February 23, 2004
Refuting the Right
Teresa Nielsen Hayden has an excellent post (as usual) in response to an e-mail missive floating around cyber-space.
What I infer is that its creators view their target audience, not as fellow citizens, nor as brothers in arms, but as a bunch of suckers.
I’m resisting the urge to send this to my (Republican) [...]
Brain. Ears. Dribble.
I don’t know if it’s the weather, or not getting enough sleep over the weekend, but I just feel tired today. And tired makes me feel stupid–as if my brain has dribble out my ears.
I had aspirations of spending today’s down-time working on school projects, but I fear that anything I may have written probably [...]
Sunday, February 22, 2004
Not Bad
Grandmom looked surprisingly good, and was in good spirits. This was a tremendous relief, although she did say she was still a little tired.
I am, however, more worried than ever about her going up and down the basement stairs to do laundry. If she were to suffer a bout of weakness while going up or [...]
Saturday, February 21, 2004
Saga of the Volsungs
Saga of the Volsungs Trans. Jesse L. Byock
I found this book more frustrating than gratitfying (but I have to admit in a way that bothers me about some folktale collections as well) in that we have a fantastic story, but no one has not bothered to do anything other than lay down a bare translation. [...]
Friday, February 20, 2004
Speaking of Random
In Rock Island, Ill., the wife of a man on trial for indecent exposure testified that he was not well enough endowed for anyone to have spotted his male appendage from 35 feet away.
Amount it would cost to fill the gas tank of the average car with ink-jet printer ink:
$175,000
Farthest a frozen cricket has [...]
All the News that Isn’t
Grandmom is doing okay. Her pluse rate has slowed to about 80, although her heart rate is still irregular. She hopes to get out of the hospital today, but won’t know for certain until she talks to the doctor.
Plans are that my Dad and I will go to Baltimore over the weekend. Michael is on [...]
Thursday, February 19, 2004
St. Odo
Yes, there really is a St. Odo. He is not, however, the patron saint of shape shifters.
Strange Dreams (Are Made of This)
Had a bizarre dream last night. Most of it was incoherent bits and pieces taken from things I read throughout the day, making my normally surreal dreams even moreso. One part, however, stuck with me long after waking.
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Not A Good Night
Walked in the door after picking Michael up from work and the phone almost immediately started ringing. Never a good sign.
Grandmom is in the hospital. She went to the doctor today (regular appointment) and after an EKG, her doctor put her in the hospital. Not ambulanced over kind of emergency, but she’ll be there [...]
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Faker
Spot the fake smiles
Results: You got 13 out of 20 correct.
This is neat. It does not, however, tell me what the average is, so I don’t know if I did better than average, or worse than average.
Ah well, it was still rather neat. Plus it’s science, so you can say you’re learning something to boot!
And [...]
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