Done, done, all done!
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silveradeptI completed the last object of my requirements today. Wasn't too bad, although I did have to stand around for a couple hours and watch the snowstorm outside. Lots of fun, that. But it's all finished. No exams, no papers, all that's left is to see my grades and wonder whether they did anything good or not.
Unlike most American mindsets, in things like the brain, it might be true that bigger is not necessarily better. Others take this sort of idea and extended it to current society, suggesting that after the collapse of petroleum as a viable energy source we'll start forming, behaving, and utilizing tribes as our way of survival. I'm not sure I'm willing to accept the premise of the petrocrash quite yet, but afterwards, I'd wonder whether we'd regress or finally kick in the technosolutions that we've been toying with and possibly hiding away, waiting for the moment where it becomes actually profitable to reveal them.
And yes, here's this bit of off-beat news that's been circulating everywhere - Anatomically correct snow sculpture smashed. Calvin's spirit is a little more alive, and possibly a bit more mature, but still here, nonetheless. Anatomically correct snowmen, quickly, and in army-sizes!
Another casualty of the War on Christmas - someone who's so fed up with the war on Christmas that they've decided to just fuck it. And if you're going to get offended by my one use of that word, then you're probably not going to get anything out of the link, because the f-word is prevalent. But you really should read the page, because interspersed with the f-bombs are some biting critiques of the way things are being run around here and about the histories of the people claiming that there's a war on Christmas. If you're not so up for the f-bomb, then perhaps you'll be inclined to hear a nice poem from one of the Congressional Representatives from my state over a House Resolution expressing some need to protect Christian symbolism. John Dingell's poem - apparently with a video link (I couldn't get it to work, but the poem itself is great.) Expresses much of the same sentiments in a wonderful meter. If he wrote it himself, bravo. If it was written for him, kudos and a promotion to that speechwriter.
That's it from me tonight - you might not be seeing much of me at all from here on out, as I probably pack up myself and head back to the places of no Internet and dial-up. Regular posting will probably resume at about the beginning of second semester or so.
Unlike most American mindsets, in things like the brain, it might be true that bigger is not necessarily better. Others take this sort of idea and extended it to current society, suggesting that after the collapse of petroleum as a viable energy source we'll start forming, behaving, and utilizing tribes as our way of survival. I'm not sure I'm willing to accept the premise of the petrocrash quite yet, but afterwards, I'd wonder whether we'd regress or finally kick in the technosolutions that we've been toying with and possibly hiding away, waiting for the moment where it becomes actually profitable to reveal them.
And yes, here's this bit of off-beat news that's been circulating everywhere - Anatomically correct snow sculpture smashed. Calvin's spirit is a little more alive, and possibly a bit more mature, but still here, nonetheless. Anatomically correct snowmen, quickly, and in army-sizes!
Another casualty of the War on Christmas - someone who's so fed up with the war on Christmas that they've decided to just fuck it. And if you're going to get offended by my one use of that word, then you're probably not going to get anything out of the link, because the f-word is prevalent. But you really should read the page, because interspersed with the f-bombs are some biting critiques of the way things are being run around here and about the histories of the people claiming that there's a war on Christmas. If you're not so up for the f-bomb, then perhaps you'll be inclined to hear a nice poem from one of the Congressional Representatives from my state over a House Resolution expressing some need to protect Christian symbolism. John Dingell's poem - apparently with a video link (I couldn't get it to work, but the poem itself is great.) Expresses much of the same sentiments in a wonderful meter. If he wrote it himself, bravo. If it was written for him, kudos and a promotion to that speechwriter.
That's it from me tonight - you might not be seeing much of me at all from here on out, as I probably pack up myself and head back to the places of no Internet and dial-up. Regular posting will probably resume at about the beginning of second semester or so.
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Date: 2005-12-16 04:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-16 04:52 am (UTC)I hate people with persecution complexes. It's usually just an excuse. "They hate me because I'm Christian!" No, they hate you because you're a jerk!
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Date: 2005-12-16 11:45 am (UTC)I hate people with persecution complexes. It's usually just an excuse. "They hate me because I'm Christian!" No, they hate you because you're a jerk!
Here here!
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Date: 2005-12-16 11:06 am (UTC)http://www.drive.com.au/editorial/article.aspx?id=10663&vf=3&bg=5&pp=2
(I'd have linked to the New Scientist article, but you have to be a subscriber to read all of it).
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