So. I'm in the 55th percentile. I'm gonna have to work hard this semester in my difficult classes to make it into top half at least. It shouldn't be too difficult since in the 55th percent I'm around a bunch of non-competitives; moving up 55 places will put me in the 48th.

from Click Opera"In your daydream of "the beautiful life" you're living ( Read more... )

I googled "felt so good to not" :

" It just felt so good to not have sweat burning my eyes, heat rash
all over my body, and delirium from dehydration for once "

" and yet, it felt so good to
not be alone. "

" It felt so good to not have to explain. "

" and it felt so good to not have to do everything by myself. "

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Eco-city (click)

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I can't sleep, I had way too much coffee and way too much tea today. Bad choices. I was up late last night too, only it wasn't caffeine, it was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceHomo sapiens is an unfortunate thing to be. Able to ask "why" but unable to answer it, able to consider the 'meta' but not able to ( Read more... )

'To end terror, we must end occupation in Islamic world'

I just saw a new kind of Jesus Fish. It's a big Jesus Fish that says "TRUTH" in it and it's eating a smaller Darwin Fish. Here...

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Taken from a Green article, "The decision expands the power of government to condemn private property ('eminent domain'), permitting officials to transfer property from one private owner to another." (i.e. in Ohio, a bunch of people's homes were destroyed to make room for a mall!)

Justice O'Connor says,
Any property may now be taken for the ( Read more... )

If you're in the mood for an excellent short story:

click.

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Read a book called The Napoleon of Notting Hill while in Florida. It was written in 1904 by G.K. Chesterton and it is set in 1984 (Orwell: thief?). It has an interesting premise, read about it at amazon if you wish to. Chesterton, in the first chapter, ridicules the modern prophets of his day (H.G. Wells et al with ideas of a technological future) ( Read more... )

Posting from New Orleans ( Read more... )