A Letter to the Kansas School Board
I am writing you with much concern after having read of your hearing to decide whether the alternative theory of Intelligent Design to be taught along with the theory of Evolution. I think we can all...
Golf Movies
You know, I don't know what it is, but I love golf movies. I don't care what it is, Happy Gilmore, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Tin Cup. It doesn't matter to me. If it is about golf, I like it. Saturda...
Black Egypt
I'm really loving this new Blogs of the Day plugin. True, it is a popularity contest, but the thing I like most about it is the amount of people using it and getting their sites listed. It allows for...
What Would You Do?
I found this while browsing other peoples' blogs. Things I'd do if I had the powers of Superman - 1. Skydive naked and chuteless into a major city, using my flight powers to make sure I didn't land on...
3 Generations of Cardinals Fans
On Father's Day we all took a trip down to the city to look at the progress of the new Cardinals baseball stadium. This picture sums it up. Three generations of Cardinals fans. Me on the left, my neph...
This is what is wrong with religion
Yet another reason why I think religion is inherently bad. A trainee nun who was crucified in an exorcism at a monastery in eastern Romania and left to die has been buried in a religious ceremony. The...
Student Teaching Update
I recieved my first school for student teaching. I will be teaching at my old high school, Fort Zumwalt South. The teacher I will be teaching under is not one I had while in school, but he was there w...
Happy B-day Tupac
Happy Birthday to Tupac Amaru Shakur. He would have been 34 today. Rest in Peace Tupac
Save Big Bird!
Please take some time out to sign the petition to save PBS and NPR. These two stations are the only public stations left. They need your support. The House is threatening to eliminate all public fundi...
You're Too Late
My parents went off to Cali for vacation on Monday. Normally, I would throw a big party, but my sister and 1 year old nephew are living with us. You guys planned this trip a bit too late. I probably w...
Don't Have Grass Roots? Steal Someone Else's
A Republican running for office couldn't generate his own grass roots campaign. So what did he do? He stole someone else's, more specifically, from Howard Dean. One photo was taken at a 2004 Dean for...
Take Action!
Take action against lies! Dear Friend: As many of you are aware, a classified memo was recently disclosed in Great Britain that I believe has serious ramifications for the integrity of the United Stat...
Murdered blogger?s post leads to killer
A post to blogger Simon Ng?s journal just before he and his sister were killed in their New York apartment led police to his murderer. In his Xanga journal, Ng wrote: At 3 some guy ringed the bell. I...
Time for an Update
Not really anything going on. Just working and enjoying a bit of time off. Next week I might be starting my second job, who knows... This summer is going to suck compared to past summers. Pretty much...
I've Got a Brick
For graduation (yes, i know i don't grad til december, but i'm a very convincing person and was able to convince my parents into giving me the present early) i was given a brick. This isn't just any b...
Bad News
So, I don't know when the next time I'll update is. The storm last night caused several power surges AS my computer was shutting down. I tried to turn the computer on this morning, and it won't boot u...
You Can Find Me In St. Louie
Yes, I'm back in St. Louis, on a nice internet connection too! No more crappy mediacom, it's Charter now baby! Anyone want to help me unpack? I'll give you a case of beer. Come on, you know you want t...
Whoa, Reproducing Robots
This is very interesting, and scary in a way as well. US researchers have devised a simple robot that can make copies of itself from spare parts. Writing in Nature, the robot's creators say their expe...
Emotional Ending
So, I worked my last few hours in the Computer Labs today. It was sad to leave some good friends that I have made and might not ever see again. I will try my best to keep in touch with people like Ada...