If you're ever tempted to plagiarise on an assignment, just remember this: academics know about google and know how to use it to catch you!

*mumbles* cheating fuckers

I see myself, in my mind's eye. I am in the desert, and it goes on forever and ever - the dust under my bare feet, the relentless dry heat, the blindingly blue sky.

To do:

* My washing
* Try and migrate old mail and files to new computer
* Grade about 35 papers
* Finish up new evolution of a website (for work)
* Do my grocery shopping
* Do some writing

I've been away so long, I had forgotten. I hadn't forgotten about the heat, or about the humidity, but the storms, I had forgotten about. Late spring, and through summer, the storms in the afternoon are constant. The humidity builds through the day to a crescendo of dark clouds, flashes of lightening, and roaring thunder ( Read more... )

Seen at a tree planting event this morning

The scene: a small boy, around 5, is crouching down, wearing a big floppy hat, shorts, t-shirt, and a pair of sandals. He is very very close to the plants which are going to be given away for free to the tree planters.

Father: Son, what are you doing?

Son: I'm hugging the trees.

Father: was ( Read more... )

My Relation To Countries

Visited
Known People From

Offline
Online

Australia
Austria
Belarus
Canada
China
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Italy
Liechtenstein
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Poland
Russian Federation
Singapore
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States

Albania
Argentina
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Hmm, I guess I never really thought about Mother Theresa's life and work that much.

Orchids trick male wasps by emitting the female wasp sex pheromone.

Brewing right now: tea made from, 2 quills cinnamon, 2 tablespoons of thyme, one lemon sliced, about a palm-ful of sliced ginger, and about 2 tablespoons of honey ( Read more... )

Jimbo had this to say.

It's lingering across my life at the moment too.