in my english comp class i'm thinking of having my final paper's thesis statement be "video games are do not hinder a student's educational development (or something like it)." i don't think that there are too many stats out on the video games and educational development/learning ability. i didn't know if anyone had any suggestions, tips, or ( Read more... )

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Yesterday i watched Batman Returns for the first time in many years and it was even better than I remembered it. I never knew Danny Devito + Christopher Walken were in it. Hmm, the things you learn. Michelle Pfeifer filled the roll of Catwoman flawlessly ::and she was rather freaky, too:: There were too many dark puns in that movie. I stopped ( Read more... )

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"your mother thinks square roots are vegetables"
-jason fox; foxtrots

Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you're misunderstood ( Read more... )

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost"
--J.R.R. Tolkien

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall."
--Confucius

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and bloo, who strives valiantly...who knows the greatest enthusiasms, the greatest devotions, who spends himself in a ( Read more... )