I realize that livejournal is perhaps the least personal avenue through which to announce my good news, but as I don't have all of your phone numbers - and since my fingers hurt from typing e-mails - I thought it would be, at the very least, efficient ( Read more... )

I moved out of my beloved Meadow Park last Saturday. Since my lease was up, but I still need to stay in Bloomington, I moved in with a friend who has the extra room. It was sad to leave my very first apartment and I really miss it. The school year's starting and for the first time in 20 years I'm not taking any classes. This fall I'll embark on ( Read more... )

I ran across this site today while reading an article on college scholarships (my sister's going next year) on MSN ( Read more... )

I'd really appreciate any suggestions my well-read friends might have for some fun, completely unchallenging, escapist summer reading ( Read more... )

Yesterday was one of the happiest days of my life. I received notification that I am a primary recipient of the Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grant for the 2007-08 year ( Read more... )

A friend posted this to her blog. I must say, I am absolutely thrilled that this has been produced and is on the market. I read that some prostitutes in Vietnam used a similar "trick." I wonder if I could get any of these in Kenya? So people, what do we think? Fantastic device and let's just give a casual "oh well" to the naysayers who claim ( Read more... )

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I saw this Dear Abby and thought I'd post it considering my discussions with some of you regarding singleness and our culture's dismissal of it. So, is this kind of party selfish and petty? Or is it justified? Does everyone deserve a little bit of pampering when they move out of their parents' home ( Read more... )

Despite the fact that I've long been opposed to taking up running, I have recently begun dabbling in the world of, shall we say, "soft-core jogging ( Read more... )

"Zimbabwe is setting up a new radio station to counter what it calls Western propaganda against President Robert Mugabe ( Read more... )