I breathed a heavy sigh of relief about 5 minutes ago. I had been watching this proposal for the past few weeks, and was very worried that they would have the 50 votes needed to put it on a 2008 ballot. Thank you, Massachusetts ( Read more... )

My high school friend Emily sent me this Washington Post article. It's fascinating, although extremely long. I've cut and paste all of the text into this post, but you really need to click on the link to see the videos and listen to the beautiful music.

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Pearls Before Breakfast
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Pastor resigns over homosexuality (Denver Post, 11 December 2006)
Paul Barnes Of Grace Chapel Admits Homosexual Relationships
By Eric Gorski, Denver Post Staff Writer

( 'I have struggled with homosexuality since I was a 5-year-old boy,' Barnes, 54, said in the videotaped message. '... I can't tell you the number of nights I have cried myself to sleep, begging God to take this away.' )

This kid is absolutely amazing. I can barely rollerblade with my eyes open!

... but I assumed it would have been a crocodile.

Stingray kills 'Crocodile Hunter' Irwin

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Not only does Holst miss Pluto, but now we have to add Ceres, Charon, and Xena(: Warrior Princess) to the equation!

Nine no longer: Panel declares 12 planets (Front Page, Boston Globe, 081606)

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Poor guy. I don't know enough about the Lamont / Lieberman to comment further.

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It was pain, sunny days and rain

In other news, I'm finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Paper #1 (research article) was just submitted to Catalysis Today. Paper #2 (preliminary exam) was ( Read more... )

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Marine: Music video about killing Iraqis a joke

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