I know I haven't posted in a long time...far too long. And I'm sorry that again I'm just going to make a post plugging something, rather than actually giving an update of my life or offering analysis on some of today's current headlines or anything...but that's what I'm doing ( Read more... )

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I am so addicted to my death space it's not funny...no seriously. it's really not funny. something is wrong with me.

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So, I've had strep throat since last Friday. It's been pretty miserable, but I'm definitely feeling better. I still get tired really easily. Yesterday I was able to eat solid food for the first time since Friday. Today I was able to brush my teeth all the way in the back without gagging myself (what with the severely swollen tonsils). I got my ( Read more... )

I don't know why, but I found this to be the most amusing headline in today's The Economist update...

Eight men were found dead on a farm in south-western Ontario in what appeared to be a resurgence of a battle among Canada's biker gangs for control of the drug trade.

For those interested in reading more about Canada's biker gangs and what they've ( Read more... )

So I took this from Erin's post about the new Penguin Classics Library Complete Collection (which, by the way, Amazon only had one copy left of about 5 minutes ago...crazy!)

First I just want to say that I have a little trouble with establishing a real percentage, because many titles are actually repeated or contained within other titles, and ( Read more... )

Pictures from St. Patrick's Day


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For anyone who wants to see pictures from the Chattanooga/Nashville trip, here's the link.

No pictures in the actual show, no cameras allowed and all. Sorry kids. The pictures are mostly from the Chattanooga aquarium and the Nashville Parthenon...and there's one of me in the Country Music Hall of Fame, One of the Wiener mobile (which, by the way, ( Read more... )