Poll Santorum?

My last post was made in an extremely hectic period at the end of the summer semester. I gave an exam on Monday (7/24), a lab final on Tuesday (7/25), and the course final on Thursday (7/27). The "Hooray for Hollywood" dress rehearsals were Tuesday and Thursday nights. I slept only a couple of hours Thursday night and took off at around 3 AM to ( Read more... )

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Those of you on my friends' list who are in Georgia might want to remember tomorrow that we have an open primary. That means that you can vote for a Republican even if you plan to vote for the Democratic candidate in November. That was a tactic used a few years back to drive Cynthia McKinney out of office ( Read more... )

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One of my recent posts linked to a tender ballad written and sung by dedicated U.S. marine Joshua Belile. The object of his longing and affection?

HADJI GIRL, a demure local Iraqi maid who meets her end when they are ambushed together by her family. Joshua plaintively relates ( Read more... )

I did my dissertation research in a part of Pennsylvania that is suffering severe floods right now. I looked into the meteorological causes for large floods along the Susquehanna River and its tributaries. While noone would have predicted the current floods, I did conclude that tropical storms are not the only or even primary cause of flooding in ( Read more... )

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Your potted plants are alive, and you cannot smoke any of them.


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