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Bad Holiday.
Happy Independence Day, everyone! I hope it's been a good one. I've had a hell of a couple days, and am sitting on my sofa with a ringing sound in my ears. It's nice to just sit ( Read more... ) -
Education Legislation...starts with an E and that rhymes with P and that stands for...
Pondering Pedagogy
I had an interesting day today, part of which was spent volunteering at the Grassroots Campaign Headquarters. This got me thinking that perhaps I should do some more research into the candidates, so when someone asks me, "But why are you voting for ____?" I can have a more responsible answer ( Read more... ) -
Hang On, Little Tomato(es)
Los Pobre TomatesMy foray into balcony gardening is (literally!) beginning to bear fruit! My tomatoes have survived freak freezing, buffeting winds, baking temperatures, and me forgetting to water them on some days. The first pear tomatoes should be ripe sometime next week, and the beef steak tomatoes in a couple weeks. I'm inordinately excited ( Read more... ) -
Stupid Criminal
So, I've figured out that I apparently find the "-ant" sound very funny. I vaguely remember my dad saying there was some word he would say when I was a baby that would make me laugh. I wonder if it had that kind of sound in it. Anyway, this is funny, because it involves a plant ( Read more... ) -
NOIR!!!!!
The Noir Festival begins this weekend. Double Indemnity is playing at 3 and 7 today and tomorrow. Who wants to go/which would be better?
Hats optional but prefered. -
Oooookay...?
So, you may have noticed that my apartment complex is very tidy. I just thought we were all considerate tenants, and that maybe the manager hired a groundskeeper to trim things from time to time. But no - the manager is outside my apartment with a Shop Vac vacuuming the gravel.
Wow. That's clean. It's almost guilting me into cleaning my flat. -
Holy Crap!
Tim Russert died?! I just found out...I guess I didn't watch the news at all this weekend ( Read more... ) -
Dum de dum diddle dum...
So, in between working very hard at doing nothing today, I found an amusing article, whose very existence seems to support the claim it's making ( Read more... )