Sunday, September 17, 2006
"They took away the spinach because it kills."
Every so often something happens in your life that makes you just stop and look around. They happen on national levels, such as September 11, and they happen on smaller levels, such as the sudden illness of a loved one. The one thing they have in common is that they make us stand still, for just a...
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Saturday, September 16, 2006
Did I Go Too Far in Helping My Friend?
I broke innumerable rules yesterday when I went to go visit my friend at work. He had gotten stuck working the closing shift at the library, from 8:00 to 10:00pm, and was in poor spirits because of it. He had hoped to get out early, but as 9:00 rolled around, he still wasn't back so I decided that...
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Friday, September 15, 2006
What Blogs Can You Just Not Stand? I Have My Own List!
There are very few categories that I don’t want to read (antiques and collectibles and sports and leisure come to mind, simply because I don’t have those interests). I really enjoy reading Science, News, Politics, and Fiction categories, but they generally require a larger investment of time to...
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I'm Still Laughing About What I Just Did!
Proof that I am losing my mind! I just grabbed a handful of laundry, some from the clean pile some from the dirty pile, and proceeded to walk out of my room, down the hallway, and just about threw it all in the trash. I have no idea what I thought I was doing. I found myself standing over the...
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Thursday, September 14, 2006
I Am Being Forced Into A Very Uncomfortable Situation...
It was a bad idea perhaps to decide to major in anthropology, especially considering my aversion to dealing with people so directly and so personally. Today, my professor explained our major semester project, which is to find someone with an illness and then record an oral history of that person and...
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
I Don't Even Recognize This Place Anymore!
I used to think it was great when I first saw the construction plans. My college is putting in a new science building, tearing out a street and replacing it with a park, and making numerous other changes to the tune of $40 million. What excited me most about it was that the science building is going...
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Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Private Online Fantasies May Not Be So Private After All
I recently read an article about a site called Second Life, which apparently is a 3D program where users can live out a "virtual life," exchanging real currency for in-program currency called Linden Dollars. I found this idea really intriguing - and, I have to admit, slightly compelling. There is...
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Monday, September 11, 2006
I Bet You'll Never Guess What I Just Did...or will you?
Unpredictability can be a powerful asset, and it is one characteristic that I prize above many others. In some sense, I suppose, people can't really be predictable in the first place. We all have a tendency to act a certain way, but we always have the choice to change, and, as I have discovered,...
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Sunday, September 10, 2006
It Makes a Thing Seem More Valuable, Somehow, When You Have to Fight for It
For some reason, there seems to be an impression that the things we value the most are the things we are willing to fight for. Freedom. Family. Friends. If any were threatened, and we merely stepped aside, this would likely be seen as indifference, cowardice, or ill will. Why is contention so...
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Science: New Spaceship May Reach the Stars in a Matter of DAYS!
NASA is currently investigating a new spaceship design, based on principles of multiple dimensions, that would allow a craft to go faster than the speed of light. If it works, this spaceship would be able to reach Mars in only three days. Currently, it takes up to 280 days to reach Mars by...
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