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Apparently he's a great guy.  Unless you believe in rationality.

Lately I've been thinking about what its going to be like to have children of my own someday.  And then I read this and think about how I would react to someone leaving a mark on my child.  I have a hard time thinking I wouldn't go find this guy and ( Read more... )

My acupuncturist has me drinking this tea twice a day to strengthen my liver function.  She said "its not going to taste very good."

Not taste very good?

I've puked and had it taste better.

Blech!!!

Reese's peanut butter cups really clears the palate, but they're probably part of the reason I need to drink the tea.

Do I hear the Universe laughing at me ( Read more... )

A meme from IvyLuna

1. First Name: 
Robert.  Rob to my friends.  Various dimminutive forms of the name to family members.  I used my last name at one of my past jobs that already had a Robert and a Rob.  (I haven't used any other variation on my name since 7th grade.)

2. Age: 
38 in thirty-eight days.

3. Location:
My office in downtown Austin where I ( Read more... )

Saw this on a truck parked behind the AT&T switch building downtown.  Ever wonder why our phone bills are high?  Parking Tickets!!!


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I think this is awesome.  It can feel weird--for you and the service person--when you thank them for what they do.  This is a great way to get around that.

http://www.gratitudecampaign.org/shortmovie.php

The German people were manipulated throughout the 1930s by propogandists that would look like bumbling fools by todays standards of mass-media and Internet savvy.  It makes me wonder what mad genius(es) may lie hidden behind our current political leaders pulling our strings.  Then I come across the quote from below, and I remember that line from ( Read more... )

I just found something very odd through mapquest.  I was getting directions for a trip to Houston, and noticed that all the buildings were showing the same aspect.  I thought, "I wonder how much the angle changes if you go farther North."  So I zoomed in on downtown Chicago and things got really weird.  It look like different buildings are ( Read more... )

I just used the Avaaz website to send an email to Bush about the China/Tibet situation. 
You can too.I've also been doing some research on the history of this conflict, and I can't say that the Tibetans are totally blameless.  Both sides have contributed to a historical animosity.  Tibet has exploited Chinese weakness, and helped Mongol invaders ( Read more... )

It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error.

- Robert Houghwout Jackson, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and Chief Judge at the War-Crimes Tribunal in Nuremberg