I'll be voting in favour of the euro-constitution tomorrow. Not that I am a big fan of the EU as it is but everything that tries to smooth the whole bunch of current treaties is an improvement. Besides the no-camp is made up of ridiculous complaints. I honoustly heard one of my bosses saying: 'The EU thing is entirely corrupt... look at the
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Yesterday I did my exam on modern history. It was tough but I think I made it... although not as well as history of the new era for which I scored 75 out of 100
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I just came to the shocking and dramatic conclusion that the woman I love and have married doesn't either know nor is familiar with, in any way whatsoever, the classic rockballad November Rain by Guns N' Roses
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Last weekend was completely and utterly bizarre. Extreme pressure, complete sadness and excessive hapiness ran the gauntlet through my life and mind
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Pleasant surprises in the american bible belt and how incredibly prejudiced I am without even realizing :)
The Role of Religion in the Deep SouthI may not agree with fundamentalist christians, televangelists and people predicting "Jesus is Coming - What do YOU do?" but at the bottom there are great people doing great deeds that are far more
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Yay... the ghost of yesterday was proud spectator of me finishing my first draft of my first historical writing thingy thesis stuff ... and it's only 800 words over the 3600 word limit
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Last friday Half and me visited the medieval Hanze town Zutphen. It's a great town where parts of the old citywalls and towers are still standing. The ruins of a great watergate span the river Berkel and is largely intact :-). Inside the town a large 13th century cathedral with one of only two surviving original monastic libraries (the other one is
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