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Monthly Archives: April 2008
A Brief Silence
It’s that time of the year semester again, in which I find myself running about putting out fires that have either 1) burst forth just recently or 2) been smoldering all semester while I ignored them. The biggest fire is … Continue reading
Term Paper Woes (Part 2)
I wrote a couple of days ago about having some serious problems with getting started on a term paper for one of my classes. Things with it have moved forward a bit, and so I wanted to toss an update … Continue reading
If You’re Dead, Can You Still Get Life Insurance?
I wrote back in August of 2007 that my father was receiving mail from Physicicians Mutual, the life insurance company; most of the mail had Welcome back! in big letters stamped across it. There’s nothing wrong per se with getting … Continue reading
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Term Paper Woes
It’s that time of the semester again – that is, close to its end. I think just about anyone who’s done the whole college thing would say that the end of the semester, the last few weeks, are the worst. … Continue reading
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Showers and Hydrant Flushing – Do Not Mix
Some people take their showers in the evening before going to bed. Others, like myself, prefer to take a shower in the morning, immediately after getting up. This morning, I wished that I was was one of the former. I … Continue reading
War Games
I’ve long been a fan of war games, particularly World War 2 games. Red Orchestra, Company of Heroes, Day of Defeat, Hidden and Dangerous 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein1 – all of these hover at the top of my list … Continue reading
Some Cool Facts About Water
In geology class, we just recently covered streams, in which the prof. included some interesting information about the “global hydrologic budget”. While I’ve long been acquainted with the “about 70% of the Earth is covered in water” bit, some of … Continue reading
Used Books: A Quick Update
I mentioned in my last post that “two weeks to find a rare book and to have it delivered from over 4000 miles away isn’t too bad at all!” I still stand by that. However, it’s even better for it … Continue reading
Used Books: One Internet to Find Them All
I seem to go in cycles; I’ll go for a long period of time not really thinking about the internet and how it’s changed things, and then out of nowhere, I’ll get a slap of reality. My cheek is still … Continue reading
Bested by a Magician.
This morning – early this morning – was not overly fun. No sir, no fun at all. On days when I have to be at work at 7:45, I usually get up between 6 and 6:20; plenty of time to … Continue reading