Six years ago yesterday the world changed, and not for the better. As a historian, I could list out the numerous ways that this is true, and I could also recapitulate the events of that horrific day, but I will not. That is not my purpose this morning. This morning, I write because of reflection, as a way of providing a tertiary perspective to ( Read more... )

Well, here I am again: at home in the library. I really do love this place. There is something about the smell of printers ink and book-binders glue that just makes me feel at home. My little carrell, my small place I'll call home for 50 hours of the week, smells of books, ink, and Darjeeling tea. Such a happy place ( Read more... )

Not really a cat person, but I needed to procrastinate...
Besides, LOLCats are amusing in their own way...

Your Score: Longcat

55% Affectionate, 19% Excitable, 37% Hungry


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I'm still alive, but that's not saying much ( Read more... )

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/12/obit.mr.wizard.ap/index.html

Rest in Peace, Mr. Wizard, you'll always be my favorite science teacher.

It has been a while since I've posted, and a lot has happened. A lot ( Read more... )

The semester is done, and I passed everything. I'm not exactly thrilled with the professor's "justification" of the grades, but whatever. A passing grade is a passing grade ( Read more... )

I survived the semester. I passed my classes, not sure how, but I did ( Read more... )

I was thinking today about my life and decided to list out the things that make me happy, for no real good reason ( Read more... )

So over the past few weeks life has sucked. I've averaged somewhere around 1,300 pages of reading due each week, 4 tests and one major exam. It is now Spring Break and I am reading books to write a paper on the Tennessee Valley Authority. This sucks tremendously. Once upon a time spring break was fun, exciting, and a respite from it all. Now, ( Read more... )