In part four of my series of essays on this issue, I’m going to address another common argument against capital punishment that is so obviously faulty that I almost didn’t bother to include it at all. But the fact remains is that it is a argument frequently posed by optimistic people who only...
How Hitler's doctor just might have helped the Allies win the war. Via More Intelligent Life HITLER WAS EVEN SICKER THAN YOU THOUGHT | November 7th 2007 The Nazi leader wanted to control the world, but he couldn't even control his own digestion, and nor could his half-baked doctor, writes Tony...
Tell us two truths and a lie about yourself. Two Truths and a Lie - what a great game. This question brings back memories of substitute teaching. One day I got called in to sub for a high school English class. Now, subbing in high school can sometimes be quite intimidating. I am a whopping five foot...
Last sunday i organized my bdday dinner for my friends in a vegetarian restaurant. Im a vegetarian and so is my whole family and thats why i did it in a vegetarian restaurant. This time i will be able to join in the fun and not like all d other Bdday parties where i end up sitting in a seafood or...
After a bit of a respite from politics...well...no...I have been keeping up still on politics (the debates, etc.) but I just haven't been paying that close attention to things...at least not enough to let things get to me. I think the leading candidate for me is still Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! So far, none...
AT-TAQADDUM, Iraq (May 27, 2008) – Search the web for a skateboard move called the “Butterflip,” and it will give technical, step-by-step directions on how to execute the move, assuming one is already experienced with a skateboard. Or ask 1st. Sgt. Butterfield for help. After all, he invented...
I grew up in "Thatcher's England" when they were closing out the coal mines and the fabric of whole communities was rent asunder. It was brutal, angry, violent, tragic... and, I realized long after I had grown up and moved into a bigger universe, unnecessary. The era of coal was over, yes, but the...
I got a warning on the James Bond board I post on. My offense? this: sh!t.An edited(or so I thought) version of a word that we're not supposed to use. I get a message from one of the mods that I apparently bypassed a filter they have on the MB for such things.Really?When I posted it,it looked exacty...
i am so glad that i've gotten rid of almost all the blythe thingies. with it it gets rid of the stale air caused by stupidity and obsessiveness from certain individuals in th eblythe world. particularly individuals that think they are creative, take great photos but are sadly medicore at best (and...
July 19, 2008 My first reaction to my lesson was: phew! Whenever I pack a lot into 50 minutes, I am nervous for the lesson, but I am also more on the ball. This lesson easily could have filled a block. I was pleased with my lesson because it built on previous student work. Independent practice was...
"The person that I talk to in my songs is mostly me. When I say, 'You gotta blah, blah, blah,' I'm talkin' to myself" (Neil Young in Shakey, 129). "autocritique" = artists telling themselves the truth about themselves as they see it. How I see it: through a 30-year project to rid itself of...
Before starting school last year, I spoke with a then MTC 2nd year that had taught the previous year in the middle school for my district. During our conversation, he highlighted several “problem” students and retold stories of their middle school antics. It was the summer. I had probably just...
Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do. - Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and novelist...
7 of Japan's most mysterious and notorious cryptids, complete with grainy photographs where available. Whether you regard these tales as fact or fiction, their impact on the culture where they were encountered is undeniable. Seven Mysterious Creatures of Japan: Hibagon The Hibagon (a.k.a. Hinagon)...
DOA PEOPLE, PM me. Flickr referrers, email/fm me Note that my requirements when comissioning Mio was I needed them to suit Unoa as well as Narae Girl and Narin Boys as I dont want to get the same pair of pants for my girl and another for my boy so these all fit interchangeable. Meaning they both can...
Yay come and play! Don't know the game? Doesn't matter! No idea what's going on? Unimportant! Forgotten your name? Make up a new one! And dancing is always a good option. About once a month Elsewherians play CITY. This is a performative game that, in the words of the director's at a recent...
We just had an interesting visit. The landlord was bopping around and there was a knock on the door. I wasn’t gonna be real thrilled since he STILL hasn’t fixed my floor. Friggin slumlord. *rolls eyes* But that story is for another day. Those of you who have read my blogs for a long time know...
I set up a blog at LiveJournal so I could keep up with my friends there. Then I came back here to Vox to set up cross posting. Now I'm testing it. :) Just for fun, I'm adding this to my post. I've always loved those two troublemakers! :)
Champagne and Strawberries = Vindication Or, Have You Hugged a Forum Moderator Today? From 1988 until 1994, I was a SysOp (old-fashioned term for “Moderator”) on Genie. Most of you are too young, or too new to high tech even to remember Genie, but for a while there it was a hot competitor of...
Folks, I've been talking a bit lately about what's been happening to Malaysia's Indian community. There will be some who might misread my words as being disrespectful to that country and her people. Far from it. It is only because I have a very soft spot for Malaysia that I write about what's...
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