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Jan. 5th, 2008 @ 09:53 am presidential expectedness.
I feel like I'm getting soft in my liberalism if Dennis is only a 77% match for me. And Mike Huckabee and I are not friends.

84% Barack Obama
83% Chris Dodd
83% John Edwards
83% Hillary Clinton
80% Joe Biden
79% Mike Gravel
77% Dennis Kucinich
73% Bill Richardson
44% Rudy Giuliani
33% John McCain
30% Tom Tancredo
29% Mitt Romney
25% Ron Paul
24% Mike Huckabee
14% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz
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Sep. 16th, 2007 @ 09:22 pm It must be meant to be...


1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top ten results.



1.

Professor

2.

ESL Teacher

3.

Activist

4.

Communications Specialist

5.

Lobbyist

6.

Writer

7.

Critic

8.

Computer Trainer

9.

Political Aide

10.

Corporate Trainer

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Jul. 19th, 2007 @ 01:25 pm lolcats ftw!

Sure, you deserve one. You helped popularized lolcats from a running gag to an online sensation. Now mainstream media writes asinine columns on this 'phenomenon', students write theses on the topic, programming languages adopt the grammar, and losers write tests about them on dating sites. Now take your cheezburger and never touch the internets again.

To see all possible results, checka dis.

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Jul. 13th, 2007 @ 08:13 am My morning off
Going in today to have 1600 dollars worth of dental work while I still have dental insurance.  Nitrous oxide FTW!
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Jun. 13th, 2007 @ 07:08 am Goodbye, Mr. Wizard. :(
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/12/obit.mr.wizard.ap/index.html
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Jun. 7th, 2007 @ 10:52 am An ode to my cell phone
It's time to move on.

I've had my Nokia 3100b cell phone for...well, since I still lived in state college, which makes it at least 3 years. 3 years, one cell phone. This little phone has been left outside overnight during the Muncie ice storm, dropped in the ocean, hit by a cab when I dropped it in the street in Chicago, dropped down staircases and onto every hard surface imaginable many times... and still never broke. I'm pretty sure I will never find a phone this durable again.
Unfortunately, years of daily use are taking its toll - it needs to be charged nightly, my talk time is down to about 45 minutes, and the numbers on the keypad are mostly worn off. I've been trying to kill it for a few months now, but it wont die. Time to replace it while it's still alive.

I can only hope my next phone is half as good as this.

I'd love to get an iphone, but with my track record with cell phones, I dont think that's a good idea.
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Feb. 2nd, 2007 @ 07:45 pm Huh.
If you had told me a few years ago that Jennifer Lopez is receiving a Human Rights Award and Al Gore is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and TWO Oscars (ok, his movie, not him per se), I would....well, I probably would have dismissed you as mentally ill.

Life is funny that way. Sometimes I feel like I'm living inside a chick tract.



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Jan. 18th, 2007 @ 02:20 pm I nearly wet myself.
If I haven't subjected you to reading this yet, just go. It's so worth it.

http://www.zompist.com/rants06.html#23%23
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Dec. 15th, 2006 @ 11:40 am Jesus in my taco
the LA Times has an interesting story this morning on how we're hard-wired to see religious figures in our food.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tortilla15dec15,0,5992557.story?coll=la-home-headlines

My favorite part:
"The church encourages Christians to see the face of Christ in the homeless, the poor, the destitute and the immigrant — not in a plate of pasta," said Tod Tamberg, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of LosAngeles. "Imagine showing up on your judgment day in front of God, and he says, 'Where did you see me? Did you see me in the poor and the immigrant and the homeless?' And you say, 'Well, no, but I did see you in a piece of chocolate once.' Doesn't sound so good, does it?"
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Dec. 12th, 2006 @ 05:31 pm So apparently soy makes people gay.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53327

This guy also wrote a book called "The Meaning of Life." Obviously he knows what he's talking about. :-p

Note his lack of cited sources....
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Dec. 12th, 2006 @ 09:54 am we sold out!
http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2006/12/12/afx3246407.html

good news, or bad? we shall see...
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Dec. 5th, 2006 @ 09:53 am (no subject)
The wind chill today is 6 degrees...and it feels downright comfortable compared to the last few days. Gotta love lake effect.

(What, i dont post in several weeks, and this is all you get? Yeah yeah, I know. I'm a bad blogger.)
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Sep. 11th, 2006 @ 01:23 pm wtf?
Of all the liquids you're not allowed to carry on a plane, I find it amusing that you are permitted to carry up to 4 oz. of KY jelly.

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm#0
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Jul. 18th, 2006 @ 02:17 pm Go Raf!
Ball State grad student to translate university site into Spanish

It's good to see him back with the Digital Storytelling program.
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Jul. 11th, 2006 @ 08:42 am Stupid thingy of the day
Headline from the Muncie Star Press online:

BMV: Don't visit branches today unless it's necessary

I'm sorry. Do people normally visit the bureau of motor vehicles when it's not necessary? You know, just for kicks?
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Jun. 30th, 2006 @ 10:08 am I need help.
Dear friends (many of whom are teachers/instructors):
Any advice on how to teach Internet research without the Internet? I'd love to be able to show them how to use the Virtual Library and evaluate sources (most don't have computers at home),  but the room I teach in does not have internet access. I can borrow a projector and use my laptop to show them things, but without a connection (there's no stealable wifi around the building) I'm not sure how much I can do. Screenshots?

I teach at an outreach site, and having them all drive down to Muncie is not an option. The public library in Hartford City is also not available for use. So really, I need to teach research with a pen and paper system (they can't master sending emails anyway).

Any suggestions or creative ideas?
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Jun. 24th, 2006 @ 09:27 am Dumbass.
From the muncie star-press:

"A Muncie man has pleaded guilty to robbing an adult novelty store and trying to hold up a Mexican restaurant.

James W. Adams, 45, pleaded guilty in Circuit Court 1 to armed robbery and attempted armed robbery, both class B felonies with standard 10-year sentences.

He was arrested in December at Puerto Vallarta Mexican Restaurant and Cantina after his inability to speak Spanish apparently hindered efforts to rob the establishment long enough for police to arrive.

He also admitted to robbing a nearby adult novelty store, authorities said."

http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060624/NEWS01/606240326/1002

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Jun. 23rd, 2006 @ 11:53 pm A conversation between me and my cat
Me: "Hey, look, Fatty! Nice clean sheets and blankets that are all freshly washed and not covered in cat hair!"
Fatty: *spew*
Me: ...*sigh*
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Jun. 20th, 2006 @ 08:52 am This made my morning.
While the star press opinion pages generally aggravate me, I have to say that this woman made my morning.

http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060620/OPINION03/606200303/1014

In other news, I have the sweetest cat ever.
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Jun. 3rd, 2006 @ 10:47 am Eww! make it stop!
Girls Gone Wild is coming to Muncie.
http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060601/ENTERTAINMENT/606010318/1040

My momma always told me if I rolled my eyes this much they'd get stuck that way.

You know who else is coming to Muncie??
Tonight might be the last time Muncie-ites ever get to yell "Freebird!" in context, as the Star Press so fittingly pointed out.
http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060602/LIFESTYLE/606020307&SearchID=73246538999799

You know what the Star Press didn't cover, though? The fact that they apparently dont pay their assistant sports editor enough to afford internet access so he can masturbate to porn at home, instead of Ball State's library.
http://www.bsudailynews.com/media/storage/paper849/news/2006/06/01/News/Library.Staff.Saw.Suspect.Masturbate.Once.Before-2015375.shtml?norewrite200606031051&sourcedomain=www.bsudailynews.com
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