As a quick reference for all those students out there, be they age 6 and in elementary school or age 26 and in grad school. Here is a list of things that, as a teacher, I don't care about ( Read more... )

I have trimmed my journal significantly. There was some good stuff in there, but none of it was really who I am at this time, so I got rid of it.

How many cans must I stack up
To wash you out of my mind,
Out of my consciousness?

The "Rules": Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen albums you've heard that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me, because I'm interested in seeing what albums my friends choose ( Read more... )

I've actually stopped arguing online about unemployment, because it is obvious that the economy is pretty bad right now, and even skilled positions are difficult to come by. If you are in the construction or manufacturing industries, it's even worse. As such, if you are currently unemployed or underemployed, this will simply be another bit of ( Read more... )

Came across this again today when reading the appendix to the Screwtape Letters, out of a toast that C.S. Lewis wrote. The toast is written from the point of view of Screwtape, an older demon, as an address to a grouping of younger demons giving them advice on how to best prepare the souls of mankind for damnation:

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Democracy is the word ( Read more... )