Was phoning my former bosses, a married couple, for whom I worked as a rafting guide for several summers. They're listed as references for many of the jobs I've been seeking. We've become good friends and they came to H's and my wedding this summer (we scheduled it especially for their availability). Good people, they are. The three summers I worked for them were the
At my relatively conservative Christian college, exactly half the history faculty were liberal and half were conservative, and all of them taught war studies classes except the one who was into philosophy. The thing is, though, I worked for one of them and she had to lobby for three years (!) to get a Veitnam History course on the books. They weren't doing away with the Civil War and WWII, but they weren't exactly updating their courses to include Kore
Funny. As long as we're flame-free, my favorite bumper sticker was the "Republicans for Voldemort" one, though i'd be willing to edit it to "Voldemort for President" to keep it less partisan.... Cheers. -A.
In answer to this question, I say, "On some days." But if you're not looking for a discussion, that's not a good answer to give, as it tends to elicit responses. My Christian background wants to pipe up and tell you that you're doing it the hard way, trying to do everything yourself instead of giving yourself to God and letting him take over. Hmm. Most be one of those "some days." Cheers. And welcome to JU--good luck. -A.
Raven, could you tell me the chinese customs or lessons you learned from your grandfather? Mine was also raised in China, but he died before I was ever interested enough to ask him about it. Cheers. -A.
This has been happening to me--I've been getting quite a few referrals recently on old articles. One is my article on students plagiarizing and I would bet that students are getting the beginning of term plagiarism talks and are googling ways to get around them and hitting my article. But the others? I have no clue. And there was a really dry spell just before this. Weird. -A. BTW I'm looking up the "seige of the deer" series...the na
Personally, I believe that you should be well-informed before making your decision at the polls, so I agree with the sentiment that if you aren't relatively up to speed with what is going on... you shouldn't cast a vote Bingo. Insightful, as it were. -A.
I haven't entirely broken with my religion--there are a lot of intelligent individuals who work on our particular church from the inside out. Unfortunately, churches start with the right idea, but that quickly degenerates into an organization and into politics from there, so it becomes very hard to change. But I do disagree with my church on many things--I'm just glad they wait to baptize us until we're cognitive, though I wish baptism just meant sayin
Good blog. -A.
BlueDev, I admire you for writing this, and at the same time I'm jealous that you're able to believe so absolutely. I don't think I'll ever be able to do that again. -A.
I vividly recall few things in grade school, but I do remember one Red Ribbon Week, which is the don't-do-drugs type of thing. You sign a pledge form and wear a red ribbon on your clothes all week, and then on Friday you tie ribbons on the fence to demonstrate to the neighborhood and all the parents that your school is one where the students are drug-free. Our teacher
Those are really cool. Nice job. Makes me look forward to winter. -A.
Me too, Messy. An apple a day keeps Bill Gates away. -A.
No, no, I have the solution: e-mail me and I'll send you back a good password. I have a random password generator on my PDA and it gives me good stuff. You just have to come up with an acronym after you get whatever it's generated. -A.
I see teens and twenty-something-year-olds (and older) whose opinions are shot down because they're not "real." But coming up with the idea is just the first step--implementing it takes time and thought, so I see nothing wrong with this idealism. In the best world, idealism is never replaced with cynicism (as it is in mine), but rather, it is bolstered by experiences. As for the ESL people, I used to be one of "those people" who jumped on bad
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Lucius Malfoy/Voldemort...compared to the other candidates, I think this would be the least of all evils.... -A.
I can see Jim Carrey doing this as a one act.... Sorry for your toothpaste troubles. May your luck improve next time. -A.
Although I tend to agree with the consensus, there are a couple issues at play here: the Catholic church as a very good hospital system (which, incidentally, employs many people who are not Catholic); and hopefully, people would do their research before selecting it, and NOT select it if it were not right for them -A. .
For the first time in my life, I don't want to be around family for Christmas. At Christmas you're supposed to give meaningful gifts that everyone loves. The trouble is, H and I are newlyweds and are also dealing with unemployment. Suffice it to say we can't afford presents for 20 cousins and our immediate family. (That's the way things have always worked.) M
Chiprj, CostPlus isn't a membership place or anything. It's actually pretty cool, kinda like a cheaper version of Pier 1 without the annoying commercials. Good stuff there, esp. their int'l food selection. You gotta try the Hobnobs--they're the best. I also recommend Cadbury Crunchie bars. (It's some kind of wonder that I didn't gain more than 10 lbs over there.) -A.
An anology: Wal*Mart : Microsoft :: Bush : Kerry In all cases, we must ask ourselves, which is the lesser of two evils? -A.
Oh man. I'm glad it worked out for you in the end--there must've been a couple minutes where you wanted to throw expensive vials and centrifuges (okay, whatever equipment you work with) across the room. I used to date a guy who was a microbiologist and he had a similar thing happen--a week or two before the project was complete, the exact same study was published with almost the same fin
*nail pops out of coffin* Mugz is back at visitor status. I, for one, would forgive you, Mugz, if you decide to keep posting. You have a lot invested here. Plus I just love that weak-in-the-knees feeling you give me. -A.
I heard an interesting viewpoint. It was related to the League of Women Voters and PBS, somehow. Anyway, the gist of it is this: Since the debates have been done independently of the League of Women Voters, it's been the two major parties (Reps and Dems) who've decided on the 90-second response segment. Basically what you said about politicians pandering to America's attention spans, except with a little more conspiracy involved. I can't remem
Yeah, Chip, if you don't watch out, I'll hex you and turn you into a garden gnome. I love Harry Potter. I've read it so much that I know most of the inconsistencies and not a few of the nuances she's going to have to address if she'd quit popping out babies and sit down and write. *mumbles incoherently* Stupid authors. Shouldn't be allowed to have lives. <img src="../images/smiles/joke.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle