Well, I'm quite the slacker, aren't I? I hadn't planned on taking a blog break, but that's the way it worked out. I flew up to western New York on Thursday to spend a long weekend in my hometown. Saturday was...
It took less than a day for someone to co-opt the tragedy to score cheap political points. Even so, American soul-less, heartless, and conscience-less trash journalism still doesn't hold a candle to the country that showed us the ropes. And Obama, well,...
From CNN: BLACKSBURG, Virginia (CNN) -- "A year and a half before before Cho Seung-Hui went on a deadly shooting spree on the campus of Virginia Tech, a professor was so concerned about his anger that she took him out of...
One of the great things about having a scooter is that it encourages you to travel while somewhat limiting the reasonable range in which you can travel. The result is that you (or at least April and I) tend to...
When we are born, we are given a name. We keep our name throughout our lives, and when we die we are remembered by our name. After we leave this worldly life, one thing stays behind--our name. ...
Working 60 hours a week is happening no longer for me!! I was working part-time at the Post Office; which the part-time didn't get me, it was the 5 days a week on top of my primary job. It would...
Here in the southeast, the membership of the many different trail clubs contains a fascinating cross section of our society. You can participate in a hike with a club, and find yourself hiking with doctors, lawyers, scientists, carpenters, school...
Well, I presented in class, today, and it went well. I'm so glad that's off my plate.This Saturday, I'm volunteering at WUTC 88.1 for the phone drive. They are having a hard time getting people to volunteer, so if you...
I am sitting in Starbucks. The radio is playing Mad World and I am chillaxing for the first time in 3 months. Mad World always makes me feel very Melancholy, I don't know why. I have such...
We Are Virginia Tech -- Nikki Giovanni We are Virginia Tech We are sad today and we will be sad for quite a while We are not moving on We are embracing our mourning We are Virginia Tech We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly We are...
If you've noticed the little ticker at the bottom of recent entries, you know that I have 76 days left until Amanda's arrival. The purpose of the ticker, at least one of them, is cuteness. The cute little stork moves...
Since becoming pregnant, I've read a ton of material. I've kept up with which body part of Amanda's is developing which week and when to expect certain body changes. One subject I've read a lot on is breastfeeding. Apparently, this...
On Saturday May 5, The Great Southeastern Hiking Festival comes to Black Mountain, North Carolina. From 9 AM until 7 PM, a free festival will take place in downtown Black Mountain. This free festival runs concurrent with a...
A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from...
Ars is reporting that California has just authorized the tagging of gang members with GPS devices. This follows up "Jessica's Law" which authorizes felony sex-offenders to be so tagged even after their parole is up. I'm pretty sure I don't...
Aubrey read this to me this morning and I found it to be quite fitting of my life right now. I know this will come across as rather depressing. The truth is, it is depressing. "a hundred times I...
My best friend had a baby 2 1/2 years ago and when I first found out she was pregnant, I racked my brain trying to think of an appropriate gift. I finally started making a uni-sex afghan, and while it...
No matter what I make in art class, she hates it. I spent weeks making a table out of an old wooden TV, I sanded, I tiled the top, I created edges, I used a saw for goodness sakes, I...
How to work with difficult clients - Lifehacker» 12 Breeds of Client and How to Work with Them There are loads of different types of clients out there and chances are at some point you’ll get to meet all...
On Monday April 16, American Hiking Society's work in the southeast was profiled in a 1-hour interview on the Charlotte NPR affiliate 90.7 WFAE. Jeff Brewer of the Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail, American Hiking Society Ambassador...
Sue Turner (aka Hammock Hanger) is currently making her way north along the Great Eastern Trail. Sometime in late summer, Sue will find herself in the Keystone State. There she will walk the Mid State Trail, which is...
yes, i am sitting here with two days left to pack wondering how this explosion of stuff that is now filling my house can be systematically contained within boxes and moved to our new home by this friday. how...
I bought my Mac mini the day Apple released them and I have never regreted the purchase. The one thing I have regreter is not having WiFi added when I ordered it. Upgrading the Mac mini is not encouraged...
For Immediate Release: Speaking of the death of another, the poet John Donne said, "No man is an island, entire of himself." So today we mourn deeply the lives lost at Virginia Tech yesterday, a tragedy felt throughout our land and the...
32 people died at Virginia Tech in the worst shooting massacre in US history. Click here to view a video report on the worst shooting massacre in US history. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of the families...
I'm supposed to be packing right now, but I had to check my email to see if someone had sent me something. I am sitting on the floor surrounded by piles of laundry that I haven't put away. Folded? Yes....
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