Over 15 weeks ago was the last time I postd to this journal. Here's where I make a guilty confession: I've been seeing another blog...yes and that blog has been giving me everything I can't get here, including site statistics and the feeling that I am reaching a wide audience. If you are reading this, then perhaps you would like to read that as ( Read more... )

Your results:
You are Green Lantern
Green Lantern
80%
Hulk
80%
Superman
80%
The Flash
65%
Spider-Man
60%
Catwoman
60%
Robin
50%
Iron Man
50%
Wonder Woman
40%
Supergirl
40%
Batman
40%

Hot-headed. You have strong
will power and a good imagination.


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Wow, I hate to still without attributing someone's name, but this is the best physics paper I have read...ever:
Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass ( Read more... )

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From a February 12th article in the Washington Post:

Seaman Apprentice John Graff, 19, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., enlisted in the Navy a year ago, changing abruptly from being openly gay to hiding it. After eight months on active duty in training at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut, he decided he could not hide his identity any longer and ( Read more... )

Well I meant the magazine, but rationality in general can be better than all the happy pills we swallow to prevent our overwrought minds from contemplating the emotionally wrenching public issues of the day ( Read more... )

Cats make you crAzy, well sort of ( Read more... )

I just realized the most disturbing thing about something I read in an article the other day. It was from Reason magazine's Brickbats section about a priest in China arrested for printing Bibles. Although printing Bibles per se is not illegal in effect since one must be licensed to print them and this is a government-controlled monopoly, you can ( Read more... )

you clever quiz kids:
You scored as Linguistics. You should be a Linguistics major!

Linguistics
100%
English
92%
Anthropology
92%
Sociology
92%
Psychology
92%
Biology
83%
Philosophy
83%
Journalism
83%
Art
83%
Theater
75%
Engineering
75%
Dance
67%
Mathematics
58%
Chemistry
58%
What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3)
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I was surprised when my boyfriend first told me he waned to go to Barcelona, if only because I figured he would rather go to Greece or Turkey even.  I was even more surprised upon reaching Barcelona to find the first Dunkin' Donuts I've seen in Europe.  Yes, I'm sure there are more, perhaps even in Amsterdam somewhere...but I don't think so...they ( Read more... )