In case that you, like me have always wondered who the mysterious Gen. Tso was...here's something fun from the book that i'm currently immersed in:

The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, by Jennifer 8. Lee c. 2008 New York City: Twelve Publishing

page 66:

"But rivaling Chairman Mao's stature in the United States is another man, one who plays a more ( Read more... )

only four more days until the ithaca trip!  and not only did i find about seven waterfalls that i want to visit...the IBC has began their tours again! yay!

even though i know that most people on lj are probably already on facebook, i still figured i'd post it...shameless ploy for comments...

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I ( Read more... )

 I'm very close to being exhausted.  Greedy customers combined with commuters cutting me off in traffic after getting stuck in traffic have almost frayed my last nerve.  these nine hour shifts are too much...

I belong to a forum on livejournal for, well, employees at my current place of employment.  I lifted this off of someone else's recent post, because it currently describes my level of frustration and experiences.  If she'd posted something about return scammers, it would've been complete ( Read more... )

I was planning on posting something about my beliefs on the definition of church, or something political after listening to the debate on friday, but on Monday my sister went into the hospital.  I don't feel comfortable posting the details online, but it was something that was sudden and unexpected.  I would appreciate it if all of you who pray ( Read more... )

       I bought a paper yesterday to read about the Bills game and came across a feature article on a new bookstore in South Buffalo called the "Dog Ears Bookstore."  South Buffalo-an ethnic, working-class, blue-collar Irish Catholic neighborhood-doesn't exactly have a whole lot of indie-anything shops, so I was excited to hear that an independant ( Read more... )

    Yesterday Andy and I actually ended up with a whole day off together, and when I asked him what he wanted to do with it, he said, "let's go to Zoar Valley!"  The day trip ended up wearing us both out, but I think the sheer size and scope of the valley ended up being bigger than either of us expected.  Then again, I think that it's kind of hard ( Read more... )

   Believe it or not, I don't think that a grade school or high school teacher ever made me write that essay. But I feel like I owe a few people this post, and the longer that I've put it off the more intimidating it has become in my head.  So, I'll just make a list.  Here's goes the fun ( Read more... )

So, I was reading this book yesterday in preparation for a small group bible study and came across these two passages ( Read more... )