"The people affected were largely poor people. Poor, black people," said the Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem.

-- NYTlooking at the disaster pictures, you really can't avoid that conclusion, can you? a group of 12 of my coworkers went down to new orleans and they all got back just fine. as cyndi says, ( Read more... )

what kind of dell laptop should i get? we get a discount at work so i'm thinking of getting one.... what's a good basic laptop for doing homework and downloading music?

article about the season to come (lorelei gets a dog!), from the Seattle Times:

I do... NOT know if Lorelai marries Luke
By Pamela Sitt

If you are a fan of "Gilmore Girls," then we can be friends. If not - well, then, I never liked you anyway.

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The new energy bill:

For consumers, one of the biggest changes appears to be a four-week extension of daylight-saving time.

what the?!?? so weird!!

there is a nest of peregrine falcons on top of the PG&E building:


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you have to read this:

For Them, Just Saying No Is Easy

http://www.austega.com/education/articles/flow.htm

excerpt:

In simple terms the research showed that people were generally unhappy "doing nothing", were generally happy doing things, and generally knew very little about what made them happy ( Read more... )

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link: the journal and photos of a young woman who rode her motorcycle through chernobyl

( a few of her pictures.... )

T minus nine minutes until a meeting begins and i can go get coffee and food.

last night in class, i doodled the words "maple bar doughnut" and "chocolate bar doughnut" in my notebook, and the guy next to me laughed.

then after class, wonder of wonders, andrew called to see if i wanted a papalote burrito. the answer to that question is never no ( Read more... )