As an assignment for my Archaeology of Children class, I'm researching what sorts of toys will decompose quickly, and which ones are going to stick around like a bad case of herpes.  Of course, what do I know about chemical decomposition?  Since Google Scholar was disappointingly useless today, I decided to cut right to the chase and went to Ask. ( Read more... )

One of the greatest things about Newfoundland and Labrador is the uneventfulness.  With a total population of 500,000, and the biggest city (St. John's) having only 100,000 people, we're not exactly a center of high crime.  Without shoot-outs and cocaine busts to report, the local news has to get pretty investigative to find stories, which results ( Read more... )

The great thing about public computers is that they can inadvertently tell a story.  And not just by the sticky residue the previous user leaves all over the mouse.  No, there's also the beauty of an uncleared history.

For some reason, MUN's library computers keep the history of all searches entered into Internet Explorer.  I'm not sure when they ( Read more... )

I recently received a Livejournal "nudge," encouraging me to give this poor, floundering livejournal a bit more attention.  Also, a friend informed me of the following last night, via MSN:

[Anonymous] says:
jill!
[Anonymous] says:
a few of us are here drinking
[Anonymous] says:
and admiring former entries of your livejournal

Frankly, I can't think of a ( Read more... )

Ok, Question Time.  I've been thinking about the practice of wearing shoes inside ones home.  As far as I can tell, this seems to be a thoroughly American custom, although by all means, if anyone wants to contradict me, right on.  Every home I've been in between here and Ontario has been a shoe-less one.  I read through a couple of message boards, ( Read more... )

After the island was thrashed by tropical storm Chantal, Prime Minister Pigface decided to grace us with his presence.  However, he and the premier still aren't on speaking terms, so he didn't call Danny to let him know he was coming.  Stevie strutted on through with his fancy entourage, and Danny was pissed, and Danny complained to the media about ( Read more... )

Dear Me:

Get back into livejournal.  Life is empty without it.

Huzzahs

Cheers for new cameras!  Feeling that I had pretty much maxed out my Canon Powershot to the full of it's abilities, I decided to upgrade to a digital SLR, and got a Canon Digital Rebel XT.  And it's completely bitchin:


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Huzzah!  I have my flight booked!  On August 21st, I will be leaving Newfoundland, the land of fish and brewis, and flying to the rodeo-rich world of Cowtown!  (Ok, I know Cowtown is supposed to be a nickname for Calgary, but I use it synonomously with all of Alberta.  I, personally, will be heading to Edmonton)  After tipping a few cows off some ( Read more... )

Well, I'm out of school, and (hopefully) back in in action.  Here's a wonderful little MSN convo between Shawna and I, based on honest-to-goodness, realtime events!  (If someone thinks this deserves an LJ-cut, let me know)

Jill says:
Well now...

Jill says:
In one of the more amusing spectacals of my young life, my (not water-proof) watch just fell off ( Read more... )

Well, another year of university is over, and a quick check back over my entries verifies my greatest fears: school is destroying the once thriving, vibrant, and glorious jungle that was my awesome imagination.  I'm hoping a summer of no school will allow it to restore itself, and thus far, things are looking up with the formation of a new hobby ( Read more... )