Nasreddin Hodja was named the kadi of Aksehir. One day, two men with a dispute came to him and asked him to resolve their conflict. The Hodja listened to the plaintiff first ( Read more... )

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A simple post I submitted to my Gov class at the present.. We're talking about the low voter turnout in TX. Even though this last election was amazing, I do think this stuff bears looking at. I don't want everything sinking back into the doldrums in the future... And really, this is more than something about voting. It is about allowing others to ( Read more... )

Today was a nasty day. A really nasty day. It started off well enough. Thursdays are my grind days... so I leave early. But my lab professor was in a bitchy mood. She admited it, but then proceeded to make me look like a fool in front of everyone by misinterpreting my question and persisting even after I told her to just drop it. She told us to ( Read more... )

This semester has been one of extracurricular activity. This is not the most common thing for me, especially when I am focused on keeping a 4.0, but things just kind of turned out this way. I'm glad they did. I am an officer in the Japanese club, which is fun, and I'm also designing a web site for them. But the extracurricular organization that has ( Read more... )

3 More letters in the mail! Personalized, high quality glossy thing. And a multitude of emails that say stuff like "(company name) LUVS YOU!" I kid you not.

*facepalms* I might as well admit it... I'm being stalked by my lab supply company.

A lab supply company has become pretty excited over my recent purchase from them. Not the "We regret to inform you that we have notified the FBI..." kind of excited. It is the "WE LOVE YOU! Please be our constant customer friend forever ok? ok!" kind of excited. When I order something, I usually expect to get a package with a packing slip and that ( Read more... )

Today I was abruptly jarred from my interesting dream by banging on my front door. I threw on some pajama bottoms and greeted the postal worker as he handed me a package from a lab supply company. Inside this mysterious prism of cardboard hid my lovely new lab coat, a pair of laboratory goggles, chemical resistant gloves that cost more than the ( Read more... )

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