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the tourist prayer
THE TOURIST PRAYER by Art Buchwald Heavenly Father, look down onto us your humble obedient tourist servants who are doomed to travel this Earth taking photographs, mailing postcards, buying souvenirs, and walking around in drip-dry underwear. We beseech you oh Lord, to see that our plane is not hijacked, our luggage is not lost, and our overweight ( Read more... ) -
productive day is productive
so the power went out here about 3pm.. cue me actually having to do something rather than being a sloth ( Read more... ) -
hosting
hey intarwebs;
my Dad's looking at getting a website for a non-profit charity he's part of and has been recommended Australia Host. Anyone know if they're good? What/who are some other good hosting companies? -
Westpac
Why is there such a fuss about Westpac raising their interest rate? Yes, it's going to cost you more, but if you're not happy then go somewhere else!
How is it any different from any business deciding they aren't making enough money/want to make more money and putting up their prices? If you like the product and can afford the extra interest stay ( Read more... ) -
help
so I'm teaching Chronicles of Riddick to my 11s and there's a lot of religious imagery in there, and I think the Necromonger's ships are particularly reminiscient of a sculpture or painting of the doors to hell or purjury or something? I have no idea what it's called so google can't help... but it's these huge metal doors with lots of faces and ( Read more... ) -
Bad service
Was just in Garden City Betts to try boots on, ready to spend about $200 and the stupid girl serving me first fobbs me off to someone else who took forever getting my shoes so she had to check on them. Then stupid girl the second gets me one pair in size 8 and one in size 10 when I asked for both in size 9. Stupid girl the first comes to check on ( Read more... ) -
book rec
I've just finished Larry Niven's Ringworld series, after going through Orson Scott Card's Ender series.
Can people please rec me books/finished series in a similar space themed science fiction genre or style that isn't overly romantic, and has intelligent characters? -
Research
Academics, if you can imagine it, in a world where you do not have access to a university and thus the subscriptions to online databases they hold, where do you find reputable sources of academic articles?
I'm teaching 1984 to my wonderfully intelligent 12s and want to give them readings on some of the concepts within that are more in depth and ( Read more... ) -
iphone
I have a lovely new iphone, if you want me to have your number, please comment (screened)
those with iphones, know of anyway to get contact information from the phone memory of a nokia to an iphone? the iphone won't register the nokia on bluetooth (the nokia does), and I didn't bring the cable to connect the nokia to the computer to do it that way -
can you tell it's school holidays?
what do you do when it's hot outside, you're too sick to really do anything, and don't have any thing to do?
I'm sick and at Dad's place, so there is none of my own stuff to pick up and do (other than read or watch TV, which I don't really want to do)