On Life and Love
Whatever is making or breaking my day.
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Enemy combatants, xkcd, and male bathroom etiquette
“Congress’ shameful retreat from American values” (from Prometheus 6) is a rather shamefully emotionally manipulative piece, but was the first I’d heard about the “[tag]enemy combatant[/tag]” proposal being passed by the Senate. This makes me sad. This kind of shit is why I’m voting in a midterm election year. [tag]Xkcd[/tag]’s “Cryptography is just too cute. I just had to go listen to [tag]Missy Elliot[/tag]’s “Work It” afterwards. “Male Restroom Etiquette” is one of the coolest uses of The Sims 2 I’ve seen (from Tiffany Brown)
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Chomp, chomp
There is a biting bug in my apartment. It only bites feet. Growl. I was up at 04:00 thanks to the marvelous burning/itching sensation of three new bites on my feet. I already had seven across both feet before I went to bed. I got a few more between 04:00 and 07:30. So I’m on campus, wearing loosened Tevas due to painfully swollen feet. I vaccuumed the apartment, but if it doesn’t stop, I’m not sure what to do.
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Back when I was 13…
…I used to study for exams during storms hoping that the power would go out so that school would be delayed or canceled and I wouldn’t have to take the exam. It’s not that I did poorly on exams, I just wanted to be rid of the stress. Well, it’s storming now. I figure that if the power goes out in fifteen minutes, it only needs to be off until 09:30 for my test to be canceled…
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Women get hot as quickly as men
Read Little Professor’s take on “Thermal imaging shatters arousal gender gap myth“. From her post: *dictating to tape recorder* “Baseline for most respondents, except for this one weirdo who jerked off while watching Mr. Bean get his head stuck in a turkey.” That, um, that oughta be sufficient to prove her post is entertaining.
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Jesus Camp: interesting.
See, now I went to a Christian camp when I was a kid. I learned a few catchy songs about Moses and got to ride a horse for the only time in my life. The camp wasn’t anything like the “[tag]Jesus Camp[/tag]” making waves right now. Better yet, here’s a bit of video footage for you (courtesy of Andrea). I’ve heard that children can’t possibly make “valid” decisions regarding religion at that age. I think that children can make religious/spiritual choices, even at so young an age. Those choices are perfectly valid, even if they later change as they grow. I also don’t invalidate everyone’s spiritual choices just because they…