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Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Dies at 92
Now, I'm in no position to speak intelligenly on Rosa Parks, but there should be no doubt that her actions sparked a movement for civil and human rights that is still on the move. We still have a lot of work left to do. Godspeed, Mrs. Parks. -
friends!
For reasons that don't sound foolish or paranoid, I'm switching my journal to friends only. I'm sure nobody who reads this will care, but if you happen to lurk and want to be added, lemme know. -
maps
I think the coolest piece of software I've seen recently has got to be Google Earth. Seems like they do a good job of adding not only well-known landmarks but also geography in the news -- and it's constantly being updated. Simply awesome. -
survey, continued
10 years ago: I was eighteen, and was five weeks into my first semester at Iowa State University. I was living in Lundgren Hall, in MacDonald House, with a kid from north of Waterloo named Andy who liked racing cars and rap music. He had a huge stereo that took up our entire dresser countertop. I had a lofted bed that cost me $40. I was ( Read more... ) -
cheesepants?
It has come to that point in my Indonesian career in which I think I understand how to use the dictionary enough to translate THE key phrase in any language:
Mencintailah celana keju saya!
(muhn-CHEEN-tye-lah chuh-LAH-nah KUH-joo SYE-ah)
(That's "Love My Cheese Pants!" for all you sinners.) -
quote
I don't often post quotes because I find they are usually needless exaggerations, broad and underqualified, but --
"Nature will win if we decide that we can beat it."
- Bill Read, National Weather Service at Galveston -
hurricane, continued
We have a historical paradigm for rebuilding cities precariously located within the path of a hurricane in Galveston, Texas. A large city built on a Goddamned barrier island, two feet above sea level, was utterly destroyed in 1900 killing six or seven thousand. When they rebuilt, the pumped sand in from out at sea to bring the city level up to ( Read more... ) -
weekend!
We cancelled the Katrina benefit, but we still enjoyed some fabulous cajun food! ( Read more... )