Time Wasting
If nothing else, just for the disclaimer.
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Thursday, March 31, 2005
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Storm Season
It’s been an odd day.
It started out with a dream that I had to teach the class that I am still writing the documentation for. On the dream scale, that ranked quite high on the unpleasant factor.
Then when we were walking at lunch, we walked past an older gentleman carrying a book. He looked [...]
Ick. I Mean Really
S is right. There had better be a special place in Hell reserved for this man.
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (2001) Terry Pratchett
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents is one of Terry Pratchett’s young adult books, that are set in Discworld.
Talking cats, talking rats, and an appearence by Death (as well as by the Death of Rats). Aside from being slightly shorter normal, this is a typical [...]
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
I Think I’ll Change the Tunes Now
As much as I like “I Think I’ll Disappear Now” I have got to change the songs in my MP3 player.
Running into you like this without warning
Is like catching a sniff of tequila in the morning
But I’ll try, I’ll try to keep my food down
That’s quite an aftertaste that you’ve left now that you’re not [...]
Today’s Word: Moxie
moxie
Pronunciation: ‘mäk-sE noun
1 : ENERGY, PEP
2 : COURAGE, DETERMINATION
3 : KNOW-HOW, EXPERTISE
Etymology: from Moxie, a trademark for a soft drink
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Monday, March 28, 2005
Supporting the Troops
Two excellent articles in the NY Times on American soldiers.
The first is a photo essay on battlefield medicine and the care that those soldiers who are wounded in Iraq recieve. I strongly suggest that you take the time to view the pictures.
The second article is on how creditors are treating reservists who are being [...]
Fast Food Once Again Looking Out For Your Health
Now Burger King does its part to further the American obesity epidemic, with a 730 calorie breakfast sandwhich.
“The critics will still label it food porn,” Sherri Daye Scott, editor at fast-food magazine QSR, told USA Today, which first reported the story. “But the average male fast-food customer does not have a problem with this.”
Guess they [...]
Friday, March 25, 2005
You! Out of the Gene Pool!
Congratulations to the basketball team for their win last night.
However those students who set fires and “pelted (firefighters) with bottles and cans as they tried to extinguish them“–I hope they are both arrested and expelled.
Coolest Dinosaur Bone Ever and Other Science News
For those of you who missed the news, this is the coolest things ever.
NC State Paleontologist Discovers Soft Tissue in Dinosaur Bones
It means that maybe, one day, we really could grow a dinosaur. It means we may well learn whether dinosaurs are cold-blooded are warm blooded. What color their skin was. What their skin was [...]
Thursday, March 24, 2005
End of Life
Oddly enough I’ve been relatively silent on the Terri Schiavo case. Oddly, because end-of-life care has been a major focus of my studies.
First things first, I am morally and ethically opposed to euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. I am pro-life across the board (and in a way that the president and most conservatives most certainly [...]
Electronics Recycling
Electronics Recycling
Saturday, April 23, 2005
9am – 2pm
Finally! A chance to make Michael get rid of some of the computer parts that have been piling up in the basement!
Chaos in Kyrgyzstan
Anti-government protesters have overrun the presidential palace, the White House, in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek.
This is where my cousin spent his time in the Peace Corps, until he came home this fall.
I wonder whether he is surprised by the unrest.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Desire
I’ve been thinking about desire.
Not the kind that stars in movies and advertising, but the kind that makes people go–the desire that motivates people to achieve and succeed.
I have friends who are working to achieve their desires. One wants to be a poet and author. Another wants to be a mother. A third wants [...]
God and Country
I’ve been thinking about the continual claims of the religious right, that America was founded on religion, and is a religious nation, and thus Christianity should be forced upon all Americans whether they like it or not. (There’s a disgusting billboard on University Avenue that claims that those who aren’t Christians are traitor to America, [...]
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Going for a Ride in the Car, Car
Just got back from picking up my car.
I missed my car.
I decided two things. First, that I dislike Nissan Sentras, and I really dislike automatic transitions.
How can people stand to drive those things?
Monday, March 21, 2005
Time Wasting
Really not ready to be back at work.
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Sunday, March 20, 2005
I’ve Been Reading…
While were on the subject of books, I signed up for the Amazon Associates club, which means that if you click on any of the book images or links (in the book portion of the site), they’ll take you to Amazon, and if you buy that book, I’ll get a few pennies towards an Amazon [...]
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Bawlm’r
We had a fun, although busy time in Baltimore. We made a trip to Va to visit my aunt, uncle, and cousins; we visited Cousin Pat and Aunt Doris; we rewired half the lights in Grandmom’s basement to put them on switches instead of pull chains; we went to the National Aquarium; and we ate [...]
Oh Yeah…
Bit and pictures from the trip to Baltimore coming eventually.
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