So I got this guy

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to play at OU.

This Monday at 8 in the Scholar's Room in the Union for $10 at the door.

And this is stressing me out more than my finals ever did.

(Stupidly overdue LJ update #3)

Viva la revolucion... again!

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Every year, the NPPA holds a television workshop, designed to teach broadcast journalists from around the world how to cover an unplanned event.  Want to be a part of this?

In 2008 we will stage yet another a fictional revolution in the fictional country of Normandia.  This revolution will ( Read more... )

Stupidly overdue LJ update #2

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The Oklahoma Marriage Initiative is a government-sponsored organization that provides free marriage/relationship councelling, workshops and classes.  While it doesn't solve the problems it was created to address (single-parent families and out-of-wedlock births... ( Read more... )

Stupidly overdue LJ update #1

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So, like all classes, I have required readings.  This year, two of the books I have to read are "Servants of Satan: The Age of the Witch Hunts" by Joseph Klaits and Christopher Hitchens' bestseller "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything."    Both books ( Read more... )

Get ready for updates.

Event InfoName:
Laser QuestingTagline:
'Cause it's my B'day, and I want lasers!Host:
Jay!!! Time and PlaceDate:
Saturday, September 15, 2007Time:
2:00pm - 5:00pmLocation:
LaserQuestStreet:
10944 N. May AvenueCity/Town:
Oklahoma City, OK 
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$7.50 per person per game. I'm personally going for three-ish games.

...Whee!

Well, it was good, but not OMGW00T.  It wasn't the best of the series--I'd hold that to either Order or Prisoner.  Overall, two points:

-When the characters were bored and frustrated, the reader was bored and frustrated.  Merit or flaw?  You decide.
-Rowling has a talent for making you want to keep reading. That talent does her absolutely no good at ( Read more... )

I would say spoilers ahead, but if you haven't read them by now, I doubt you're going to.

1) Rufus Scrimgeour is Sirius' brother Regulus Black.

Why? Sirius is a dog, as is the metaphor of his namesake, the lead star of Canis Major the Big Dog. Regulus is the lead star of Leo the Lion, so it is likely that the character will have qualities like a lion ( Read more... )

Voldemort's given name is Tom Marvolo Riddle. In the Chamber of Secrets it is established that "Lord Voldemort" is derived from an anagram of his name.  Thus "Tom Marvolo Riddle" became "I am Lord Voldemort," and he became a lord of death.  Despite the many possibilities, he decided not to be ( Read more... )

>Heroes commercial<
Mohinder:  I'm sorry, Mrs. Petrelli, Peter is dead.
>/Heroes commercial<

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