So I think there was some kind of misunderstanding ( Read more... )

"Until 1971, it was thought that the Nile was the longest river in the world. That year, National Geographic explorer Loren McIntyre, along with a local Indian guide and a friend who owned a pick-up truck, set out to discover the source of the Amazon. On October 15, 1971, McIntyre and his party reached a summit 18,200 feet in altitude, an icy ridge ( Read more... )

So, Scott, my friend of the week, and I went to the shooting range. It was fun. The people at the actual shooting range were crazy, which made me very nervous when it came time for me to pull a trigger. I kind of wanted them to tell me which gun to rent and how to use it, but they refused ( Read more... )

So, I think I've only had one mental breakdown in my life ( Read more... )

Or do you know of the concept of half-love? Is love really quantifiable?

Divisible?

Can you put it on a scale?

And add in other things like money and the weather and a career, so that even if you could measure it and compare it, it would be a meaningless measurement...

Like the love itself?

So I am studying like crazy for final exams and today I thought I would try to use my powers in ordinary situations. So people always say law school is supposed to make you think like a lawyer and I was worried/elated that this wasn't happening to me. But today, after a long study session, I decided to try it on the bus home. And ironically, this ( Read more... )

"We all need somebody to look at us. We can be divided into four categories according to the kind of look we wish to live under. The first category longs for the look of an infinite number of anonymous eyes, in other words, for the look of the public ( Read more... )

"I believe in life after death but not death after death. I do not ask people whether they love me. Only once will I be able to say without telling a lie, I'm dying. The best day of my life may already have passed." -Edouard Leve

I have an interview to work on the Hill this summer for the Senator from Washington. I really, really, really want this job. Anyways, the Senator's proudest achievement?

S.RES.295 : A resolution designating September 19, 2007, as "National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day".
Sponsor: Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] (introduced 8/2/2007)

Is the government trying to hard to rectify something beyond its means?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/28cnd-prison.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin