On July 3rd, I heard from one of my sisters that my mom landed in the hospital again-- nothing new, time for another round of pancreatitis and a week of morphine-induced sobriety before she's let out only to begin drinking again within the week. I didn't hear anything more about it.

Then on the 20th I checked my email after returning from a Volga ( Read more... )

Well, I'm back at school. I found four letters waiting for me in my mailbox, all from friends (yay!), so I spent the evening writing responses (feeling lonely) rather than hanging with friends (yet antisocial ( Read more... )

There really is no excuse for this: http://fromtheleft.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/fox-news-places-egypt-on-the-wrong-continent/

So, I just read the details for my final paper. 3 to 5 pages on a topic of our choosing; all in all, not too bad. Pretty much like the other papers due in this class.

And then I see that he wants us to use 8 books we've read this semester.

Now, his other papers were annoying because we had to have five sources total. But 8 books we've read? To ( Read more... )

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Dear Family & Friends,

Please read this short important info.
US House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875).
There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before people realize what is happening.

Main backer and lobbyist is (guess who) Monsanto  ( Read more... )