And the classic movie quiz...

What Classic Movie Are You?
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Now, how in the hell am I a movie with Dennis Hopper in it? The guy's insane! He's a freak! Is that what I am? Oh, and let's not forget that Happy Jack Nicholson had a part in it too! What gives? Come on, people, give me a leg up on the 411...

Four score and 30 seconds ago...

Well, I tried out this little personality quiz, and I ended up as:

What Famous Leader Are You?
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That's what I get for running for public office...

I must be doing something right

I am sailing on an A in Philosophy halfway through the semester. I thought I would struggle a lot more with this class and its sometimes abstract subject matter, but I'm handling it well enough I guess. I even got an A on my midterm. And Geography, well, that's actually more fun than work, except for my discombobulated prof, who is sometimes like, "Oh, by the way, don't forget the homework I gave you...you can hand it in, oh, well (looks at everything but us), next week should be good, yeah." I wonder if Miss D'Amore is as on-the-ball as he is when she's ruling the classroom.

The last album by Dream Theater, my favorite band (Octavarium comes out in June). A sometimes dark, very heavy recording, the best since Metropolis. Not to dis Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, because I liked that one too, but I have to be honest. 

I was reading this article I linked to via the Green Bird Journal and nearly laughed myself to death. If you've never read it, then read it. If you have, then read it again. And again. And once more.

Jon Carroll's Column

My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Neutron Bomb of Mild Reason.

Get yours.

I don't get around enough...

I thought I would give this a try too. I only count Texas because we had to switch planes in Houston, so technically I set foot in the Lone Star State. I think I would like to visit them all! Maybe if the gas prices ever drop again...



create your own personalized map of the USA

Blogs...public or private domain?

There have been some interesting debates going on at some other people's blogs as to whether a person's blog is a private or public area. Now, I'm certain that this debate has been going on for a while on many, many different blogs. I honestly don't know if any agreeement would ever be reached, but as I see things, a blog is there for public viewing and public comment. True, let's say on my blog, I might still have the final say as to whether certain material should be on it, and I have the ability to make that material disappear, but honestly, if I didn't want comments or materials I didn't like, then I would've started a blog in the first place. Yes, I did delete a photo of myself that was potentially embarassing. At the time, I was secure enough in myself to let it be taken, and probably should not have been bothered enough by it to eliminate it, but what's done is done. I may not agree with comments on my post, but I put the material out there for public consumption, so I can expect all kinds of responses, and would not delete them just because they insulted me or whatever (that dropping of the g's thing that Genia did to UtopianHell would make me laugh too). If somebody wants a private area to hold a conversation, they should stay off the internet.

Octavarium

Dream Theater's new album, entitled "Octavarium", will be released on June 7th. They will be part of a tour with Megadeth and 3 other bands during the summer and fall. I am jonesing for new music from these guys...I'm surprised I didn't wear out my copy of "Train Of Thought". Also, Queensryche will tour this summer with Judas Priest...what a 1-2 punch that is!

Smoother than smooth

It's awfully hard to concentrate on the prof discussing "Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals" when the girl behind you keeps filing her damn nails during class. I felt like grabbing her little Emery board and snapping it in half. At least I don't have to hear it while I do my research. I'm writing my first paper on The International Campaign to Ban Landmines and their successful efforts to get over 130 countries to sign a treaty agreeing to never allow these left-over weapons to be used again. Maintaining that commitment through all countries may not be easy, but it was such a monumental success that it garnered this loosely-structured organization the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. I don't like writing papers, but I'm looking forward to this one, a little.

Here are my nephews...Richie, who just turned 5 on the 1st, and Jake, who will be 2 in July 

But it won't save you any money on car insurance!

Now, here's a possibly misunderstood quote about Razorba, the back hair removal wand...

"If you'd like to put your back hair days behind you, perform a reach-around with the Razorba." -Maxim

Hope the blade's not too sharp...

I swear, I'm going to see climate boundaries in my sleep! I'm supposed to draw in all of these boundarylines for climate zones, so he gives me a shrunken map of the world. I hope he doesn't expect too much detail, like the difference between, say, south Asia, east Asia, and southeast Asia, 'cause they're all running together. Oh Joy!

Gooooooooooaaaaaaaallllllllllll!!!!!!!!!