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another survey for Aryn
I know you're probably getting really sick of these by now, but if you had the time to take one last survey, I would be very grateful. (Hopeful there won't be any more for a little while...) Here's the URL if you're willing to spend another 2-3 minutes helping Aryn collect some valuable data ( Read more... ) -
replacements for the Citi dividend credit card
My Citi dividend card died this week. Well, it didn't really die, but it's not nearly as lucrative as it used to be. Up until last week, that card gave me 5% cash back on gas, groceries, and drug store purchases and 1% cash back on everything else. Last week, however, they changed the terms and conditions so that it only pays 2% cash back on gas ( Read more... ) -
He’s Just Not That Into You? Call Anyway.
I just finished reading a fascinating book about why Generations X and Y are getting married so much later than previous generations and why so many of our marriages end in divorce. I'm going to write a complete review of this book on this blog soon. But I read an interesting article on Yahoo today that commented nicely on some of the themes in ( Read more... ) -
facebook is raising my blood pressure
Well, facebook kept importing duplicates of all my blog entries. I finally had to delete every single blog entry that I imported to facebook and start from scratch. That meant all comments were deleted as well, which I'm kind of upset about. Oh, well ( Read more... ) -
Full Moon on the Quad
Aryn and I went to Full Moon on the Quad Saturday night. In spite of living in the Bay Area for six years (four of them as a Stanford student), I had never been to Full Moon on the Quad. For those of you who aren't aware, Full Moon on the Quad is a tradition at Stanford. It occurs on the night of the first full moon after school starts in the ( Read more... ) -
interesting quote on religious faith
"I was brought up as a Catholic but left the Church in 1965 when I was fifteen. After twenty years of contented atheism I became a mother... I realized my ethics and morality were rooted in religion and began to reconsider those decisions I had made when I was young. I found myself drawn to Judaism and eventually converted ( Read more... ) -
wedding photos
If you want to see my wedding pictures, here is how you can do it ( Read more... ) -
another short survey
If you could help my wife by taking another short survey, that would make me very happy. It won't take more than 2-3 minutes of your time. The link is below:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=260842684610
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Republican leadership keeps a pedophile in Congress to win an election
Hopefully everyone already knows about the whole Tom Foley mess, but here's the short version of it: Tom Foley was a congressman from Florida, and he apparently sent a series of sexually explicit e-mails to some teenage boys who were working for him. The Republican leadership in the House of Representatives knew about this, but they tried to sweep ( Read more... ) -
terrorism scare at USU football practice
Logan, (UT)--Utah State University Aggie football practice was delayed nearly two hours today after a player reported finding an unknown white powdery substance on the practice field. Head coach Brent Guy immediately suspended practice and called the police and federal investigators. After a complete analysis, FBI forensic experts determined that ( Read more... )