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merry christmas everyone!!! or happy holidays if that's what you'd like instead (: -
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yesterday was the birthday of the man who said "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." His name was George Santayana. He also said "There are books in which the footnotes or comments scrawled by some reader's hand in the margin are more interesting than the text. The world is one of these books." And that reminded me of a ( Read more... ) -
help feed poor people while making yourself feel smart (or stupid)
http://www.freerice.com
tell them the meaning of a word and they donate 10 grains of rice to some.... well i dont know all the details, but the fun part is testing your vocabulary!! some of the words are pretty hard and others are just SAT words :p
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jello
at practicum today we went to a middle school to hold hearings there for all the kids with FINS cases. the last one was this cute little asian girl whose only problem was tardiness and failing science. she told us about her upcoming project.. the one we all had to do where you make a 3d model of a cell. i told her how i did it with jello and ( Read more... ) -
Mr. Cent
Listening to NPR this morning, they covered a story on the dual-release-duel of the most recent rap albums of Kanye West and Fitty-Cent. Fitty-Cent threatened to quit rapping if Kanye’s album outsold his in the first week, then John Inskeep was wrapping up the story when he said “Mr. West and Mr. Cent-” then he just started laughing and said, “ ( Read more... ) -
the dead
I heard on NPR this morning that in Baghdad alone the average monthly death toll is 630 people. That's 21 people every day, nearly one person every hour. It's almost inconceivable. -
every new beginning...
well, this is probably the last time i'll post from my bedroom here on Levee View in River Ridge in my parent's house. I'm about 80% moved in to my new apt in Mid-city and this will be the last night I sleep under my parents' roof, hopefully for a long time ( Read more... ) -
scott's moving out!
i've committed to an apartment in mid-city, a couple blocks off the city-park end of esplanade. so exciting ( Read more... )