Daydream Believer

The comment spam is out of control. I’m going to have to see if Mark can do anything about it.
I’m totally obsessed with the Gilmore Girls on DVD. Thanks to Jessi for lending me the seasons.
So, the thing about the holidays is that you see a lot of people that you [...]

I’ve been back home for about four days right now. I’d like to say I’ve been sitting on my butt watching Star Trek TNG and Law and Order reruns all day, or scrapbooking up a storm, or catching up on leisurely reading….but that’s not the case. I have a philosophy paper due tomorrow, [...]

Oh my god. I wrote to a highly respected science historian/professor/columnist to tell him how fascinating I found his work, and to let him know that I was using it in my grad work (just because I think this guy is great and wanted to write to him. I’m one of those people). [...]

This marks the 21st hour that our campus e-mail system has been down. This is obviously severely inconveniencing many people – I, for example, was unreachable for the parking services office, who needed to inform me that they received my payment for my parking ticket two days late, thus a late fee was assessed, [...]

TEN FIRSTS
First Best Friend(s): Melissa Phillips down the street
First Screen Name: wpooh82
First Pet: Roy, the shaggy dog
First Piercing: Ears in 1st grade I think
First Crush: Mike Wiley in 2nd grade
First CD: Salt N’ Pepa
First Car: My 97 Dodge Neon, named Violet, now somewhere in Louisiana
First Love: LOL, perhaps Mike Wiley
First Stuffed Animal: Courderoy, a [...]

So, this article makes me angry.
TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) — A University of Kansas course devoted to debunking creationism and intelligent design has been canceled after the professor who planned to teach it caused a furor by sending an e-mail mocking Christian fundamentalists.
Professor Paul Mirecki, chairman of religious studies, canceled the class Wednesday, the [...]

Most of us are probably more or less familiar with the rules of torture that are agreed upon under the Geneva Conference, the U.N. Convention against Torture, etc. Although the U.S. has agreed to stop acts of “cruel, inhuman or degrading” treatment (CID) we’re still conducting it outselves overseas. In this article from [...]