Archive for November, 2008

It’s not because I’m messy, moody, dependent on others for transportation or a food stealer; it’s because sometimes I wake up early to do school work, get hopped up on caffeine and decide to make a website about you while my oatmeal microwaves. This morning as my room mate, the titular Josh Wood, snoozed...
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A recent New York Times article got me thinking about this topic. It begins by stating: “Michelle Rhee, the hard-charging chancellor of the Washington public schools, thinks teacher tenure may be great for adults, those who go into teaching to get summer vacations and great health insurance, for instance. But it hurts children, she...
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1.  V is for Vendetta – Alan Moore 2.  Go Ask Alice – Anonymous 3.  Crime & Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky * Thr33s is a column created by slackers inspired by 5ives.  Feel free to post your thr33s.
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When I think of epic historical novels, I usually think that they are too long and poorly edited (that is probably redundant). I also expect them to cover several generations, some of which are rather uninteresting and several decades and events, many of which have no need to be remembered or romanticized. So when...
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I have a problem. I want to contribute to this site, but I never know what to write. I am not the most creative out of the bunch, nor the best well spoken, nor the smartest. I am just me and sometimes *I* think that is a little boring. I read my fellow contributor’s...
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As a preface, let me point out that this post has nothing to do with Mormonism, which I’ve posted about lately. Mainstream Mormons long ago denounced polygamy. Although Fundamentalist Mormons still practice it, they are entirely separate from regular Mormon church. What this post is about is whether polygamy is consistent with progressive ideals....
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I live in Wisconsin. Wouldn’t you expect the string cheese to be so good here? Well it’s not. It’s nothing compared to polly-o orange and white twist-ums. (This is where I would insert a picture for all of you who don’t know what polly-o twist-ums are…but I just looked on google and all of...
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I’m probably in the minority here, but I was raised Mormon.  My mother has been Mormon her whole life, and my dad did convert for a time while they were courting and for some time after they got married.  He got fed up with the church before I was born, though, and for as...
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I’m trying to become a vegetarian. It’s really hard! Last night I had a dream about hamburgers. I need a coach. Right now i’m eating vegetarian chili and i wish that my zucchini and beans were replaced with meat. I don’t think i can do it!!!! tips?
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As someone who is dangerously close to having a mustache himself, this story really hit home for me (link has some NSFW pics farther down, but don’t worry, they’re tasteful). Perhaps it’s a subconcious fear of this kind of second-class treatment that is stopping me from shaving the rest of my beard and letting...
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