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Liviu Librescu
Liviu Librescu. Today's buzz word is: Liviu Librescu. This man died at the age of 76. By my caluclations that means he was born between 1930 and 1931. He was a survivor of the Holocaust, and because that's unique he got the most air-time today. Do I believe that this man should be mourned? You bet your ass I do. I simply think that we need to shed ( Read more... ) -
Jamal Albarghouti
Jamal Albarghouti: That was the name that CNN International had on it's banner. Of all the kids that were probably witness to the events that took place at Virginia Tech this morning, that was the name. For those watching in restaurants and coffee rooms, with no sound or full story, that's not the type of name that should be across the screen. It ( Read more... ) -
AU ID: 2024022
Below is the essay I submitted for my American University application. I think it's good, but nothing to write home about. It just seemed like something that belongs in a journal.
Prompt:
"A. Imagine you are the editor of a major national news magazine. Write the cover story you would choose for the issue that would be on the newsstands January 1 ( Read more... ) -
A Praise Chorus
Somewhere in a psychological evaluation of my two-year old self is a statement to the effect of, Praise from the proctor doesn’t seem to affect Taylor’s performance. I don’t know if everyone read that and decided to stop praising me, if it was true enough that I stopped listening to and for praise, or if I’m simply not worthy of accolades. My guess ( Read more... ) -
Social Penetration?
I don’t know what I’m doing up, but since I’m awake, I’m going to post ( Read more... ) -
The Ireland Portion
So I'm finally recording the memoirs of my best trip to date. I'll skip over some rather tedious details of little importance and dig right in to the good stuff. So the weather was about 79 degrees with about 84% humidity. I think that there were 12 mph winds coming 32 degrees north of west. I was wearing...I'm just kidding. Emily came and picked ( Read more... ) -
I'm out
And here I am, at 7 of 7 o'clock GMT -5 (EST), already having been awake for some 30 minutes, quite anxious and excited. Today is a day for which I have been waiting sometime. It is the beginning of the trip that I've taken great care and efforts to plan. I pray that the execution plays out as wonderfully as it has in my mind. I've packed clothes, ( Read more... ) -
The Perks of a NWO
Perhaps I shouldn't be joking about the New World Order as we near 06.06.06, the predicted birth of the anti-christ. But with so much warring still occurring throughout the world, I can't help but believe that the End-Of-Days is still quite a way from us. Honestly, right now a unified currency would be a brilliant thing. Not just within Western ( Read more... ) -
Here comes the sun.
I take off my shoes today and find that there is a lot less sand than I remember leaving there. Less sand than I used to be comfortable leaving there. The weather recently has been reminding me of when I first came out here. It's only fitting that it should as two weeks from today commemorates the third anniversary of my having met Emily at RENT. ( Read more... )