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"Wright said the children were upset, and that she was looking for a psychologist to speak to them next week. Some have asked her whether they are "too dark" to swim in the pool, she said."

That's depressing.  No kid should ever have to deal with racism.  Racism is a ( Read more... )

 Monumental moment for the dog....

He is now going potty outside (number two).  He will potty in front of us, and he's not ashame d of us.  This is so much better than watching him hold it in and being afraid to potty around us (he'd go in the house if you didn't watch him).  And, he's not eating his poo nor trying to hide it (before, he'd try to ( Read more... )

 So, Gizmo got his leg removed.  He was very drugged and loopy earlier.  And he's been crying a lot.  Recently, he's been getting up and trying to hobble around.  He's been whining and crying pretty hard the last few minutes.  Thankfully, he finally fell asleep on my lap.  I hope his recovery goes well...

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So, working for the Dean definitely has its perks.  The Dean gave some interning high schoolers office spaces in an office off to the side of his office.  And they had computers.  Well, my office space is in the basement of another building with no windows and no cell phone service.  And no computer.  So, I opened my mouth and asked if it'd be ( Read more... )

BRASILIA, Brazil - An airplane seat, a life jacket, metallic debris and signs of fuel were found in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday by Brazilian military pilots searching for a missing Air France airliner.

The debris was spotted from the air about 410 miles (650 kilometers) north of the Brazilian island of Fernando de ( Read more... )

 So, work was long today.  Did a few experiments incorrectly that will need to be repeated on monday ( Read more... )

 So, I will be taking Gizmo a week from today.  FYI, Gizmo is a three-pound Yorkie that my mom got a while back.  And Richard, my step-dad, doesn't like small dogs.  He also has anger issues, and the dog got in his way a month ago.  In the end, Gizmo's leg was broken.  The vets put it in a cast ( Read more... )

 We have internet at home at last.  And I have spent the last two hours on it.  But that's okay because Peter is in town and keeping Jared company.  Pictures...

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I'll have more updates later once there's internet at my house.  The internet's not working there.  So, I'm at the school's computer lab.  I have orientation today, and I kind of needed the address...  So, more later.  All I can say is, geez, we have a lot of junk...