tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65453782011-07-19T09:53:05.168-04:00searching for truth. in the meantime, this is what i find interesting.jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12743885761226828482noreply@blogger.comBlogger17841100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6545378.post-19834412817058680242010-03-24T10:02:00.004-04:002010-03-24T10:09:19.094-04:00

this site now has a new address: http://jessicahuffman.blogspot.com/i am doing this in order to merge this blog with the photojournal (now all posts together!).beginning today, the new site will be regularly updated. but the new page is still a work in progress regarding colors, format, etc. it should be exciting for a while.i am also working on adding a redirect so that coming to this page

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on the new larger 30 oz. coffee at starbucks: "...it's hard to put a price on never having to blink again..."i'm still laughing.

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we watched and were excited about the return of flashforward last week, but we may have been the only ones. the show is not doing well and it seems it will not return for a second season. in reading this review, i love these ideas. the writer talks about creating a streamlined version of the show that could work better. You'd have to get rid of almost all of the FBI stuff. (Keep around John

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capital punishment is alive in virginia. last night, Paul Warner Powell faced the electric chair. no lethal injection for this guy. this case was especially trying. he first had beat the case, then bragged about it and was retried and convicted. you can read the account of what specifically happened here.this is the first execution for virgina this year. even though VA executed only three people

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metropolitan cities are ranked according to craziest (based upon psychiatrists per capita, stress, eccentricity and drinking levels). The top 10:CincinnatiSan FranciscoProvidenceMilwaukeeLas VegasPhiladelphiaNew York CityTucsonSan AntonioNew Orleans Norfolk makes the list at #47.

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guess this is motivation.or validation.

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the new drug bill, the fair sentencing act, reduces the crack-cocaine sentencing disparity from 100:1 to 20:1. not good enough. why won't anyone listen to local bobby scott? he's got the answers.no, lindsay lohan does not have a case. this lawsuit is crazy.this is a nice idea: construction begins soon on a new townhouse complex near ODU marketed towards teachers, police officers, fire officials

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i am loving this mental floss blog. here are some facts of the children's writer - but they are not all child-friendly.

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some random things. i love trivia and useless knowledge. ‘Jay’ used to be slang for ‘foolish person.’ So when a pedestrian ignored street signs, he was referred to as a ‘jaywalker.’Kathleen Casey of Philadelphia was born at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern time on January 1, 1946. This not only made her the first child born in the United States that year, but also made her the first “Baby Boomer.” [see more

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i found this little list interesting: seven ways people got up before alarm clocks. though i generally get up rather early (anywhere from 4:30 to 7), i hate having to get up for a particular reason. number one on the list, the water method, has worked for me in the past. between the water and the fear that i wouldn't wake up for that all-important event, i manage to be up in time. however,

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the truth behind a real estate ad. for instance, 4.Country Living = Your street will never see a snow plow.5.Cozy = Cramped6.Diverse Wildlife = Raccoons will raid your garbage. Bats will roost in your attic. Coyotes will eat your dog. Bears will eat your children. ha ha ha ha.

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i never put it together that this girl that i watched when i was young on 'as the world turns' was julianne moore. the article states that she may be back for the show's final episodes.i am loving these articles about 'back to the future.' maybe i'm a dork, but i love those movies!* first, there are things that BTTF II predicted right (like video conferencing and cameras everywhere), then

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i'm a gen Xer by definition, but i got a score of 64, meaning i am close to being millennial.How Millennial Are You?

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i had come across this article about ChatRoulette a few days ago and was waiting to look it up before i wrote about it. there was a segment on GMA about it, so i will take the two sources as sufficient information for now. the premise, in case you are not familiar, is that through the use of a webcam, you video chat automatically with strangers. just hit start and there you are, connected with a

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Teeth :: whiteSweeten :: jodyDemons :: and angelsPizza :: du jourProtector :: pocketSmooth :: rob thomasCoat :: scarfPebbles :: stonesPregnant :: barefootSing :: song

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happy easter early. i nearly died when i saw how cute this baby bunny was.

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jessica from feministing spells it out for us. she writes that for women in America, equality is still an illusion.

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the US is kicking butt!

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an article from the pilot today says that fewer colleges are printing yearbooks, referencing the decision this year for UVA to not print a yearbook. those quoted in the article cite social networking sites such as facebook as a reason for the decrease in student interest in obtaining a yearbook.i've been in college for quite some time and it has never occurred to me to buy a yearbook [though ODU

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that's what senator chris buttars is proposing in utah. he believes it is a financially strategic move to eliminate the fourth year of high school throughout the state, calling 12th grade a time for "nothing but playing around." i do not have direct knowledge of the quality of education in utah,* but this is a bad move in my opinion. the worst case scenario is that this would become a trend for

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matthew broderick is coming to tv. no doubt he will succeed with it. doesn't he do everything well?the commercials have gotten to me. i voted in the roll poll. i'm an over girl.i just heard about this one. a 14-year old boy in colorado killed his parents to get out of doing chores. he then stole a truck and was arrested while driving the next day. he was charged as an adult for an array of

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what sad news. a discovery report that there are fewer than 50 wild tigers in China. "there are only around 15 Bengal tigers left in Tibet, 10 Indochinese tigers in China's southwest, and around 20 Siberian tigers in the northeast, she told reporters.And the South China tiger may already be extinct. According to the international conservation group WWF, none have been spotted in the wild since

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33 strange buildings.

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the kid had me read "The Hitchhiker" by Lucille Fletcher (originally heard on the radio in 1946) after she read it in school. she thought is was an interesting read, but was a bit baffled at the interpretation that it may have had anything to do with the afterlife or god.i'll leave god out of it, but i am glad she shared the story. now i am passing it along.

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obama said he wants to repeal "don’t ask, don’t tell" in the military to allow gays to openly serve. from what i hear, many military officials are on board with this. and why not?military men already know that gays are serving in the ranks with them. what would be the difference? this is a case of the "older" people catching up with the "younger" people.on a similar note, i am discussing

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i used that same title on the other page for the post with my pics, but it is pretty cool. i wasn't believing it until yesterday morning when up to a foot was forecasted. we've had our fair share of playing in the snow today.here's a pretty cool time lapse video taken in va beach. maybe it was just because of traffic at this intersection, but we tons more snow here in norfolk.

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fleshmap puts together a unique map of the frequency with which body parts are mentioned in music. the size of a circle corresponds to how often that part is mentioned in each music genre. take a look.

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an eastern shore woman won $100,000 on a scratch-off. wish it was me.[thanks for the link HW.]

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i really feel this one:"Reality continues to ruin my life." -- Bill Watterson

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today i discovered this french (or at least lives in france) sculptor, jennifer robinson. she's great. it's too bad she is across the atlantic, i would love to have these cats adorn my shelf!update 01-21-10: it's the next day and i am still looking at these things. some people may know that i have a recent obsession with owls (as part of the animals i have a particular affection for - cats

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"The overwhelmingly liberal tilt of university professors has been explained by everything from outright bias to higher I.Q. scores. Now new research suggests that critics may have been asking the wrong question. Instead of looking at why most professors are liberal, they should ask why so many liberals — and so few conservatives — want to be professors."the answer is typecasting. the article

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from washington state: In a move that could see Washington inmates voting from prison, a federal appeals court has thrown out the state's restrictions on felon voting due to civil rights concerns.Under the Washington law at issue, citizens convicted of a felony lose the right to vote until they are released from custody and off of Department of Corrections supervision. The 2-1 ruling by a 9th

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class begins for me today. for some reason, my class is at 3:00 in the afternoon. stupid 3:00. i would much rather go now, early in the day, and get it over with.i wonder what the students will be like at 3:00. will they be tired from classes all day? or awake because they were able to sleep in all day?

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after writing the last post, i decided to look at the notes i made in the middle of the night last night of things that had to get done (including those things from the previous post). on the page were also some notes from who-knows-when, that i don't remember at all. along with shorthand of a dream i once had involving troy aikman and joe buck (thankfully, not that kind of a dream), i found a

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making a syllabus, writing a book review, starting an article about student opinions of the criminal justice system... oh yeah! and paying the rent.

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it seems that Law and Order will live another year, running then 21 years. with another season, it will break the 20-year record for a dramatic series (Gunsmoke).as with comes this time of year, there are 'best of the year/decade' lists everywhere. accordingly, tvsquad as a slew of posts of the best of the 00s. since i love tv sitcoms, i eagerly checked out two of their lists. for best comedic

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is it twenty-ten or two thousand ten? i bet most people will say the latter as we are all in the habit of such.happy new year.

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i can smell the pepperoni bread...i'm off to the shore, driving with two million other people. probably should have gotten gas yesterday.

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via email. i find this amusing:Dear Mr. President: Please find below my suggestion for fixing America 's economy. Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan: There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them $1 million apiece

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i have not been working on my papers lately. instead, things like shopping, wrapping, and football has consumed my time. at first, i was bothered by this, but i have come to realize it is okay. it is the holidays.football came three days in a row this past weekend, but i am bit sorry that i missed 'men of a certain age.' especially just to see the redskins get killed anyway.

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this is funny, for the sadistic baker.i never thought about the social construction of dirt before. but this is a very good point!did you know that marriage between two first cousins is legal is about half of states? i certainly did not realize that.

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although i know we probably just get rain, as usual.

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i'm happy about watching Men of a Certain Age on TNT tonight. i watched the series premiere last week and was excited about a show about men - of a certain age - that focused on real thoughts (how much weight you lose after you pee), hardships (you cannot quit work to find yourself because you have a family to support), and emotions (fear in regards to landing a job/audition) and not catering to

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yesterday was consumed with grading papers. this morning, i dropped the kid off at a synagogue in portsmouth to go play laser tag with their youth group. fun for her, i hope.again today, i am spending my day grading (today's batch is evaluating the final project, where i had students create webpages and write annotated bibliographies) which has its up and downs. but this lousy, rainy day is a

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michael vick's uncle is arrested in a heroin ring.a flash mob stormed through ODU, hundreds of students strong. apparently it is to relieve end-of-semester stress.

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We have become increasingly dependent on the criminal justice system, evidenced by the quadruple increase in prison populations in America over the last 25 years (Travis 2005). Criminological attention has recently turned to examine the consequences of these actions, especially in the realm of offender reentry (Travis 2005; Urban Institute 2006). Research has found that two-thirds of released

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a few weeks ago, i saw via a sign in the grocery store that there was a shortage of kellogg's eggo waffles. this, for my family, was devastating since eggos are the kid's favorite thing in the world. it seems the shortage is due to flooding in the atlanta and mechanical problems in tennessee plants.for my daughter, store brand is fine. however, due to the shortage, the store brand is often sold

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as we are coming to the end of the year, here are the capital punishment stats. there have been 48 executions thus far in 2009 [six more are scheduled, with two likely], up from last year when there were 37.an increase in the number of executions this year is somewhat surprising, given the movement in recent years for reform or abolishment of the death penalty in the US. the increase, though, may

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i've been quiet lately with all that has been going on. hopefully this will change soon.i found christmas sixlets tonight at the store and was so excited! eating a little package tonight made me feel like a kid again.

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i may be slightly back to human, finally. only time will tell. i have spent the morning catching up on things i have missed in the last week. hopefully, the rest of the day will bring motivation to catch up on important things (read: work, dissertation). in other, unrelated news, i have watched the 'taking of pelham 123' twice in the past few weeks and it rocks socks (hence, watching it twice). i

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i have been ill and out of commission for a couple of days now. it is the same old "pains" that i get and nothing new or dangerous, but this is a serious bout. each time i have gotten the pains in the last few years, it has not been this severe or lasted this long. i don't know why i am being plagued now, but i'm miserable.in other news, i am excited to be with my family soon, in more ways

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there's a big storm 'round these parts. stuck in the house due to coastal flooding.

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for those making over $200,000 a year, your tax burden will increase in the coming years. but look at the cuts you have enjoyed in recent years. according to the chart, those making more than $545,845 a year benefited above and beyond the rest, getting a quarter of the tax cuts themselves. the chart also points out that it has cost the government $2.34 trillion.

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here in VA. one of the beltway snipers is scheduled to die, unless a pardon from the governor comes in at the last minute.this is VA (second to TX in executions). no pardons will come.

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back from philly and the crim meetings. we had a great time, both at conference presentations and visiting the city. one highlight included touring Eastern State Penitentiary. beautiful and historical site.this guy, Roger Matthews, had the best presentation, revisiting the 'myth of punitiveness.' he called out 'everyone in the building' as wrong. very intriguing.

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news from cleveland: anthony sowell was convicted in 1989 and served 15 years in prison for rape. he was released in 2005. police have now discovered six badly decomposed bodies in his home, presumably raped and strangled to death. there is also some talk of a predatory myspace site that he used to lure women to his house. i know there will be some sort of media frenzy following this story [very

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folks in green bay changed minnesota avenue to aaron rogers drive. that is great! also, "The mayor says the city is marking Brett Favre's return to Lambeau Field with the rival team by wearing flip-flops to work Friday in honor of the gunslinger's on-again/off-again retirements."it almost makes me wish i lived in green bay.

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on this day in 1751: a letter was sent to Robert Charles, working in London, from Isaac Norris in Pennsylvania, asking for the purchase of a "good Bell of about two thousand pounds weight." the Liberty Bell arrived in America in 1752, nearly one year later.also, today in 79: Pompei was buried by Mt Vesuvius.i've been awake for about an hour already. i really want to officially start my day-

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that is all.

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i've heard stories like this before, even talk about it in my classes sometimes. but it is still horrifying.a 15 year old CA girl was gang raped by 4-10 men, for two and half hours, last weekend after leaving her high school homecoming dance. [i say 4-10 because i've read varying reports.] on top of this, as many as 20 people watched, twittering and taking pictures. i understand that people

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it's easy to see what is going on when they make it so blatantly obvious. the original post questioned, "progress?" [via contexts]

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people will be lining up at ODU for tickets to see Obama tomorrow. he is coming to ODU to endorse democratic nominee for governor Creigh Deeds.they haven't said what time Obama and Deeds will be speaking tomorrow, but i am going to go to class super early to be sure i get there in time for class.

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as the plants outside are dying (the past few very cold nights have really sped this process along), i bought two new plants for inside at the stockley gardens art show this past weekend. they had cacti and succulents; they were so pretty and inexpensive. it was only because i already have so many inside and a lack of space that i bought only two. i had to do some research, but it seems i now own

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"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." -- Niels Bohr

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so this balloon thing was really a hoax. what makes people do it?that aside, this is not something that is worth six years in prison.

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we enjoyed a halloween party last night. and football today (stupid eagles). not too bad.

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"it's easier to build strong children that to repair broken men." - frederick douglass

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a video you may enjoy:the girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes.the message is responsibility and sharing.

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i was up early, showered, and ready to go this morning. then begins the long, nerve-wracking process of waking up the child. this is why my everyday sucks, because it starts on such a sour note.

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earlier this week it was announced that the local mall will enact a new policy that anyone under age 18 cannot be in the mall upsupervised after 5pm. the reactions to this about town are flying. an article in yesterday's paper spotlights that several groups of teens are staging a sit-in as a form of protest. if only young people could come together more often to rally for a common cause.

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the kid's friends are featured in the paper today. the story is that the mall will be enacting a policy to not allow unsupervised kids. starting later this month, and before the holidays, anyone under 18 cannot be alone in macarthur center after 5 pm. i get that 12 year olds should not be unsupervised in the mall, after all, the mall is not a babysitter. but what about 16 year olds? what

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one of the things that i get asked so often is what the difference is between criminology and criminal justice. i ran across this interview with paul leighton, criminologist, and he sums it up nicely."There's a frequent misunderstanding is that all we do is train people to be FBI officers and police officers. There's confusion between what a police academy would do and what an academic

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pretty neat: oldest human ancestor discovered.can you believe this Letterman extortion news?i really can care less with what's happening with kate and jon gosselin.regarding my dissertation progress, i have spent the last few weeks reading about sex offenders. further, i am wondering if i should stick with the term 'social exclusion' or change to 'concentrated disadvantage.' The Office of the

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ThingyHers: Any part under a cars hood.His: The strap fastener on a woman’s bra.VulnerableHers: Fully opening up one’s self emotionally to an other.His: Playing football without a cup.CommunicationHers: The open sharing of thoughts and feelings with one’s partner.His: Leaving a note before taking off on a fishing trip with the boys.CommitmentHers: A desire to get married and raise a family.His:

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susan atkins died. she was recently denied parole after appealing to die at home [brain cancer] rather than at the expense of the california prison system. i think the 40+ years she served in prison was punishment enough for her role in the Sharon Tate/LaBianca murders.

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like a minute ago? boy, this weekend was quick. a few things:i find it baffling that Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland and will be extradited to the US. the man was so good at avoiding US officials for 31 years. the kid gets braces this week. the lions win a game! and against the redskins. that's good stuff.i'm working on a dissertation synopsis to turn in today.

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there was a story i heard the tail-end of this morning on the news and vowed when i came home to look it up. before i get to the story, let me repeat a rant from before. i don't know when, but i know i have complained about the news sites, eg., cnn.com, abc.com, regarding the lack of text stories. i wanted to find the aforementioned news story, but all i come across are video clips, eg. from the

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fastflip by google.

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i just wrote a letter. a real, handwritten letter to mail to an old friend. it felt good.

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i am getting very little work done with the limited capacity of my computer [i can't read pdfs, visit any webpages that require flash, or write in any program other than notepad - no microsoft office] and it is frustrating.the radio has not worked in my car for several weeks and the silence is making me crazy.if only i could spell the sound that i am making at the moment.

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i don't believe this at all: 75 Percent of Oklahoma High School Students Can't Name the First President.i will not disagree that some portions of our public school system are failing. i see college students all the time who have deficiencies in even the simplest things, writing, in particular. but there has to be something else going on with these results. even small children know many of these

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went to the thing last night to meet all the teachers. it was nice to meet the teachers, especially those teaching her three courses that are for high school credit (in seventh grade) - algebra, biology, and french. the french class is taking a trip to Quebec in April, during spring break. on one hand, i feel that a 12-year old on a week-long trip is a bad idea. on the other hand, i could use

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this piece is quite the example of that! a man in austria feared for his life while trapped in a elevator. he was so gracious to be rescued, he rushed to church to thank God. there, an ancient 860 lb monument fell on him and he was killed instantly. [via j-walk]

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"Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster." -- Quentin Crisp

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my computer is still on the fritz, however, i am still alive and well. just not spending as much time in front of the machine. here are a few bits: it's after ten, and i am still deciding whether to watch leno. kanye west is an pig. rip patrick swayze. i cannot fathom how different my life would have been if not for dirty dancing. a new FBI report says we are arresting someone for marijuana

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david bowie has had a large, yellow, hairy spider from malaysia named after him. to reiterate, the spider is not from mars. [via]

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Do You See the Glass as Half Full or Half Empty?: You See the Glass as Half Full No matter what's going on in your life, you can always find something to be thankful for. You try to remain positive and focus on the good. It's not as easy as it seems, but it's always rewarding.Your optimism and joy inspire the people around you. You make the world a happier place. By seeing the glass as half

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washington monthly's rankings for colleges and universities are based on "Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), Research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and Service (encouraging students to give something back to their country)."ODU is number 131 out of 258.

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the computer is now better, although not great. but i'm back online. although without flash and pdf reader, i am limited. [these will not install due to some remaining problems.]the weekend saw ODU win it's first football game in 69 years. [i hate that headline, it was the first football game in 69 years, and yes, it was a win. a bit misleading.] friday came with the news that braces are in

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there is no story linked to this poll [as there usually is], so i am not sure what inspired it, but today's pilotonline poll is:Should city employees face fines if caught running red lights in a city vehicle by a camera?the votes so far [it is still relatively early, so this is only 834 votes]:No -- 5% Yes -- 94% No opinion -- 1% no matter how one may feel about the validity of red light cameras,

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washing your hair the first few times after a haircut is always a strange event.

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but even still, norfolk public schools are losing ground. just a few years ago, the schools in norfolk were touted the best urban school system in the nation. now, "Norfolk will be the only city in South Hampton Roads with schools that aren't fully accredited by the state this year. Five of the division's 49 schools are likely to fall short." of course, these are just five schools, but i can

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i lived through it. just need to wait for news that i passed and then i'm ABD. in other news, now i need a computer expert friend to get rid of this virus on my computer.

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i am about to embark on the comps. there have been many moments over the past few weeks that i felt i was ready, prepared, and masterful. these last few moments, however, leave me feeling that the PhD thing was not a good idea at all. i'm sure all will be okay. just need my computer to hold up!

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"It is recomended to use special antispyware tools to pervent data loss. Windows will now download and install the most up-to-date.." i've been hijacked by something.it redirects all of my searches to bizarre webpages that are impossible... and disables my spyware software. anyone know what i can do?the timing is immaculate.

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tonight, like many others, i am all night again. on one hand, i can look at this as a summer's worth of prep for staying up all night during comps. on the other, i was hoping to be well-rested going in for maximum brain power.

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2006 is coming to an endthings i finally learned this weekcensorship is stupid

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birthday wishes to my mommy! i won't reveal her age here...

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what is a "viral video?" this is one of those buzz words, or phrases i should say, that is taking over in the media. searching for "viral video" results in 2,640,000 hits, but these results do not provide a definition of the terms nor do they explain how a video gets to be viral. above all, where did this term come from? who decides what is funny and/or important enough to become viral?update

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