So I get up this morning after both going to bed late and not sleeping well, take a shower, brush my teeth, and then I notice that it’s raining. Hard. So I dig my crappy umbrella out from beneath all my towels and Ziploc bags on one of my shelves in my closet–I say it’s [...]

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Well OK, I’m done ranting about war for now. I got a lot of comments about my last post, both positive and negative, though mostly positive. It seems that many people that I talk with feel exactly the same way as I do, so I’m glad I’m not alone. Both my parents expressed concern for [...]

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With my reluctance to start the work I have due tomorrow and things headed the way they are, I thought that I’d step up on the soapbox for a moment and discuss my feelings about the Iraq situation since things are not likely to be resolved peacefully. The deadline for Saddam Hussein and his sons [...]

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Well, I have some good news and some bad news. Actually, I guess the good news is more interesting than good. The interesting news is that this morning when I woke up and checked my mail, I had received my very myself Nigerian 419 scam email. For those that don’t know, the Nigerian 419 scam [...]

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It sure has been a short week, at least it feels like it to me. I could have made it go even faster if I’d worked on my paper, but alas, it was not to be. I actually haven’t done anything on it since about Saturday or Sunday, and since the first draft is due [...]

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It has been a long week so far. My goal of read/write/read/write hasn’t exactly worked out, but don’t let that fool you; I’m still ahead of the curve. My goal was to have at least 15 pages to turn in next week as my first draft, preferably more, and I have 12 already. Yup, you [...]

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I got my take-home midterm done on time, thankfully. I started reading the material on Saturday after I wrote my last update, and then I began writing on Sunday. I worked pretty hard on it, and despite a feeling of dread, I ended up with about 6 pages, exactly where I wanted to be. I [...]

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Well, break has officially started, and I have officially started working…some. Just a bit. I didn’t get any done last night, though I certainly had plenty of opportunity. Last night I watched “Farscape” (one of the two hours of TV I watch a week, though I did also watch two episodes of “Seinfeld” and one [...]

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