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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...

humor, religion, science

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...

sports

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...

general

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...

general

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...

general, sports

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...

religion

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...

general

Happy B-day Tupac

Happy Birthday to Tupac Amaru Shakur. He would have been 34 today. Rest in Peace Tupac

music

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...

news, politics

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...

general

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...

politics

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...

politics

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...

news

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...

general

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...

general

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...

general, technology

Grades are Out!

I got 2 As and 2 B's. 3.50 GPA this semester, and made the Dean's list. Yay for me!

general

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...

general

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...

science, technology

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...

general