The current issue of National Geographic has an article about archaeology in Bulgaria. The online edition is just a little snippet, but check it out anyway, cause the archaeological site mentioned is WHERE I LIVE! Pavel Banya is in the Kazanluk Valley, AKA the Rose Valley.

Coooool.

A couple of very kind people on my flist have offered to send me money to use in my classroom. It's extremely sweet, but Peace Corps Volunteers are not permitted to receive direct cash contributions. However, if you would like to help some very worthy projects that Volunteers are working on, I suggest you participate in the Peace Corps ( Read more... )

( From Tanja )

I love Heather and Jessica!

Exhibit #1
Exhibit #2.

Oh, and cause my counterpart had the last two days off, I have tomorrow off. SCORE.

I didn't observe Yom Kippur in the traditional way yesterday, but I did contemplate some ways in which I could be a better person and make the new year better than the previous.

I'm a know-it-all. I'm elitist. I'm often mean.

I need to be a more humble person.

Hoping you all have a pleasant Tuesday. It's time for class.

Where the fuck are my archives? I can't find them with this new LJ crap.

ETA: Never mind. I'm retarded.

Greatest Wikipedia article of all time.

The Chicago Elections webpage is so awful. I don't think it's been updated since 1996. Seriously.

On the plus side, I did manage to find the information I need so I can vote. Since my Congressman is a lock for reelection and neither of my Senators are up for voting, and all. I'm sure there's something worth voting on, though, right?

Bump my thread, you jerks!