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QOTD
"The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit." - Wade Davis -
School Security Notification
OCC-Orchard Ridge is starting to be a little scary. Just rec'd e-mail alert of a criminal attack at the campus, the 2nd since I officially returned to school over the summer. Part of the problem is that the campus is large and there are long walks from parking to class buildings with multi-level outdoor patios and corridors. I'm going to have ( Read more... ) -
Musical Flashback
I was at the local BGLT Community Center today doing homework (English Inquiry Paper on School Prayer) and one of the kids plunked out a few notes of Windmills of Your Mind on the piano. So I had to go out and find it to get it out of my own little mind. Here is Alyson Moyet's rendition, with stirngs and a glass harmonica! Hope you like it as ( Read more... ) -
"I AM AN AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE"
This popped up on another blog and was interesting and informative. It's in the comments section lower middle part of the webpage (I used "find" Randomnoise's entry)
I AM AN AMERICAN CONSERVATIVEthis morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy ( Read more... ) -
Religious Humor...
Several centuries ago, the Pope decreed that all the Jews had to convert to Catholicism or leave Italy . There was a huge outcry from the Jewish community, so the Pope offered a deal ( Read more... ) -
Hmmm...
I go by this place on Woodward (home of the Woodward Dream Cruise) all the time. Next time I have money I'll have to stop in. Buy Local: Al’s Famous Deli does right by buying Detroit -
School: English Assignment
To write a paper on an absurd idea (a la A Modest Proposal by Swift). Came across the following idea from 2003 by googling "modest proposal ideas."
mb.sparknotes.com (MarsGirl200):We have this same assignment in my class. I'm writing mine right now. Someone in my class is doing this idea: You could write it about prisoners.. Take all the ( Read more... ) -
The Two Wolves
I heard this somewhere (forget where) and thought I'd share it. This is as accurate a description as I've ever heard of my understanding of human nature. Others have commented on missing attributes to either wolf...this is a parable, if something's missing we should be able to deduce which wolf it would end up with.
One evening an old Cherokee ( Read more... ) -
Homework results
The assignment is to choose 3 ad's and identify which techniques (reviewed in class) they use. Here's four (I may not use the Nintendo ad).
( Christmas Cheese / Benefiber / Paula Deen / Nintendo )
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