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I like to ride my bike.

jack hanna missed econ

Jack Hanna must have skipped econ 101. I flipped on ABC this morning to catch him praising the work of a man in Ecuador that saved little monkeys (sp?) by trading local villagers a horse or cow for monkeys in their possession. The monkeys were then released to roam freely in the lush [...]

no me gustan

no me gustan;
pears o raspberries
mosquitoes
Blackout 2003
excessive questions
snobs
diets
most blues
overly dramatic people
constant noise
being unemployed
the Green party
clutter
Christina Aguilera
average
tariffs and protectionist policies
olive drab
NYPD Blue
mindless conversation

just a list

A few of my favorite things;
Late Night with Conan O’Brien
‘The Heart Asks Pleasure First’ by Michael Nyman (I almost have the marcato on the melody conquered)
classical song titles (ex. Rondo a Capriccio: Rage over a lost penny)
frozen lemon torte in the summertime
not wearing a bra
the Artisan Kitchenaid mixer in red
my car
free trade
catching mice
a good book
being [...]

Average doesn’t work for me

Does anyone else loathe average as much as I do? I like to be above average. I fear average. I fear what most of our nation’s tendency toward average will mean for all of us. It is common knowledge that student test scores in the United States have mostly decreased in [...]

The (mostly) untapped part of my psyche

I felt artsy-fartsy today. School fully sapped the analytical, textbook-reading, stressed side of my brain. The creative side, otherwise fenced in, was allowed to run amuck today. I painted. Watercolor tends to be my medium of choice, but today I pulled out the acrylics and dove into a two canvas piece. [...]

Inquiring minds want to know

Inquiring minds want to know…can Google be trusted? Apparently not.

But it’s just a little worm

But it’s just a little worm you say? Ha. I have been violated by the RPC/DCOM Worm. A flurry of ‘Remote Procedure Call terminated unexpectedly’ messages came and I was soon frustrated. I hopped on my mom’s computer (thank you mom for having Windows 98 1st Edition) and a google search [...]

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