Some things have been, as of late (I'd say since about late November to December), happening in my life that I'd call a kind of rennaissance if you will - a rebirth, a dramatic growth. And it has gone (is going) far beyond simply an intellectual or spiritual one, exclusive to one singular aspect of my being and my outlook - its a radical change and ( Read more... )

This is the largest digging machine (or trencher or rotating shovel) in the world. Although at the tine the treads are unnecessary, it was cheaper to make the machine self-propelled than to try and move it with conventional hauling equipment.

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As I've already said (I believe), I have foot-mouth disease as well as pink eye. On Tuesday morning I slept in and missed my 8:15 rec staff meeting, and in fact missed most of breakfast as well. The good part: as with almost every night I've been at camp, I had some pretty cool dreams. 'Cool' isn't quite the best descriptive word for it; they have ( Read more... )

So I've been home from college, been home, been home, been home, been home, been to camp, and now I'm back at home. I all too afraid this will turn into a rush-to-get-everything-down-and-the-though-alone-makes-me-tired, so I'll get to what I can when I can. When I got home from college I had high hopes that met the harsh reality of home, as it ( Read more... )

All-In-One Sidebar is a highly configurable Opera-like sidebar. It puts your bookmarks, history, downloads, extensions, themes and more all in the sidebar in a standard, convient format.

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Through my observations I have determined that Rush Limbaugh is the Art Bell of daytime talk radio, but instead of everything being UFOs and alien abductions, it's hippies, liberals and Democrats. And when he's really mad, Democratic liberal hippies that are communist spies. Well, I've only heard that one once, but you get the idea.

Coming home for the summer was probably the worst thing I ever could have done.

It turns out that the dark ages never actually existed. [link]

A good read to be sure.

To further clarify myself, I am referring to the "REAL ID" act that just passed and made law - is there a single valid point anyone can give for the acceptance of the act as it was passed, in its whole? I really can't think of any myself.

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

Benjamin Franklin