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[Apr. 6th, 2007|01:03 am] |
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"i think this is a very promising first draft. if you have the time, i think it can be made into a truly splendid essay."
too bad i don't have the time.
why don't i have the time?
or, rather, why don't i make better use of the time i have?
i haven't touched my rough draft since sunday when i turned it in.
it's due in 9 hours.
whyyy? |
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| i guess it's my turn |
[Feb. 8th, 2007|06:29 pm] |
Which ToK Group 5 member are you?  You are Dan Greuel!You are the quiet, contempletive, wise member of Group 5. You don't often offer your opinions in group discussion, but when you do the group is always impressed. You've got a lot of style, and always drink tea with your lunch, but occasionally do silly things like use your banana to eat pudding when you forget your spoon. You like Emily Joy. Take this quiz!

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| Absurd Sentences in Persian |
[May. 26th, 2006|11:52 pm] |
For Allie: Some absurd sentences and their Persian translations.
UPDATE: now with attempts at their pronunciation.
1. Would you like to wrestle me in the garden?
میخاید با من در باق کشتی کنید؟
Mikhâid bâ man dar bâq koshti konid? 
2. I really like to eat pomegranates in my bed.
خوردنی انار در بسترم خیلی دوست دارم
Khordani-ye anâr dar bestaram kheili doost dâram. 
3. Every day before school I eat rice and apple juice.
هر روز قبل از مدرسه برنج و آب سیب میخورم
Har rooz qabl az madreseh berenj o âb-e sib mikhoram. 
4. That man’s eyebrows are really big.
ابروی آن مرد خیلی بزرگ است
Abroo-ye ân mard kheli bozorg ast.  |
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| Books of the Bible |
[May. 23rd, 2006|09:24 am] |
This is rather entertaining:
There are 30 books of the Bible in this paragraph. Can you find them? This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping him occupied for hours. He enjoyed it so much, he passed it on to some friends. One friend from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his john boat. Another friend studied it while playing his banjo. Elaine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column. Another friend judges the job of solving this puzzle so involving, she brews a cup of tea to help her nerves. There will be some names that are really easy to spot. That's a fact. Some people, however, will soon find themselves in a jam, especially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized. Truthfully, from answers we get, we are forced to admit it usually takes a minister or a scholar to see some of them at the worst. Research has shown that something in our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in this paragraph. During a recent fund raising event, which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth set a new record. The local paper, The Chronicle, surveyed over 200 patrons who reported that this puzzle was one of the most difficult they had ever seen. As Daniel Humana humbly puts it, "The books are all right here in plain view hidden from sight." Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown. One revelation that may help is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers. Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are normal. A chipper attitude will help you compete really well against those who claim to know the answers. Remember, there is no need for a mad exodus; there really are 30 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph waiting to be found. God Bless.
In a little less than 90 minutes I was able to find 29. Someone please find all of them and point out the last one to me. |
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| i can do this i can do this i can do this |
[Apr. 24th, 2006|10:50 pm] |
take a look at the ridiculous amount of things i have due in the next two weeks:

and the week after that i have exams in each of the classes listed.
my flexdine balance is around $50. guess where that will be going (hint: COFFEE) |
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| UN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OFFICIAL EXPRESSES FEARS FOR BAHÁ'ÍS IN IRAN |
[Mar. 26th, 2006|12:40 am] |
20 March 2006, United Nations, New York — Representatives of the Bahá'í International Community reacted with alarm today to a United Nations official’s statement about actions of the Iranian government against the Bahá'ís in Iran.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Asma Jahangir, stated that she was highly concerned and expressed her apprehensions in a press release posted today about “a confidential letter sent on 29 October 2005 by the Chairman of the Command Headquarters of the Armed Forces in Iran to a number of governmental agencies.
“The letter,” she said, “which is addressed to the Ministry of Information, the Revolutionary Guard and the Police Force, states that the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, had instructed the Command Headquarters to identify persons who adhere to the Bahá'í faith and monitor their activities. The letter goes on to request the recipients to, in a highly confidential manner, collect any and all information about members of the Bahá'í faith.”
“We are grateful that Ms. Jahangir has brought this activity to light,” said Bani Dugal, the Bahá'í International Community’s principal representative to the UN. “We share her concern for the welfare of the Bahá'ís and shudder to think what this might mean. Because of the unprecedented character of the government’s action, we are addressing a request to the Ambassador of Iran for an explanation.”
Ms. Jahangir also “considers that such monitoring constitutes an impermissible and unacceptable interference with the rights of members of religious minorities.”
“The Special Rapporteur’s concern that such information could be ‘used as a basis for the increased persecution of, and discrimination against, members of the Bahá'í faith’ is clearly well-founded,” said Ms. Dugal.
Such actions come in the wake of mounting media attacks on the Bahá'ís, the nature of which in the past have preceded government-led assaults on the Bahá'ís in Iran. “Kayhan,” the official Tehran daily newspaper has carried more than 30 articles about the Bahá'ís and their religion in recent weeks, all defamatory in ways that are meant to create provocation. Radio and television programs have joined in as well with broadcasts condemning the Bahá'ís and their beliefs. In addition, the rise in influence in Iranian governmental circles of the Anti-Bahá'í Society, Hojjatieh, an organization committed to the destruction of the Bahá’í Faith, can only heighten the fears for that beleaguered community.
“We well know what hateful propaganda can lead to; recent history offers too many examples of its horrific consequences. We make an urgent appeal to all nations and peoples on behalf of our Iranian coreligionists that they not allow a peace-loving, law-abiding people to face the extremes to which blind hate can lead,” said Ms. Dugal. “The ghastly deeds that grew out of similar circumstances in the past should not now be allowed to happen. Not again.”
http://www.bahai.org/iranthreat |
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| ice cream! |
[Jan. 15th, 2006|06:44 pm] |
Praise the Lord! We got an Edy's machine.
Bastani-ye khub dâram mikhoram. |
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| Books |
[Dec. 19th, 2005|03:48 pm] |

This is the beautiful stack of books and other materials I just purchased for next semester. Notice that at least half of the books have "USED" stickers on them. Nevertheless, the total came out to $674.
PUUUYA! |
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| I'm a Spanish Miner. |
[Dec. 9th, 2005|04:33 pm] |
today I declared a Spanish minor. Woohoo! I have some sort of direction.
check out my schedule for next semester; it's pimp:
GEOG 3378 Third World Underdevelopment and Modernization 3.00 SOC 1011V Honors: Introduction to Sociology 4.00 SOC 3251W Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class & Gender 3.00 CHEM 2301 Organic Chemistry I 3.00 SPAN 3015 Spanish Composition and Communication 4.00
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| la química |
[Nov. 27th, 2005|08:03 pm] |
Would taking CHEM 2301 Organic Chemistry I for fun be a stupid thing to do?
I'm trying to diversify my schedule...don't want to OD on social sciences.
Please advise. |
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| Calculus‽ |
[Nov. 20th, 2005|05:06 pm] |
I totally forgot how to do Calculus.
Don't tell Ms. Bussey. |
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| Oh yeah. |
[Nov. 14th, 2005|11:34 am] |
Thirty IB credits just magically appeared on my transcript.
That was awesome. |
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| Church |
[Nov. 8th, 2005|12:39 am] |
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| Man Kills Buck With Bare Hands in Bedroom |
[Nov. 3rd, 2005|08:58 pm] |
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- For 40 exhausting minutes, Wayne Goldsberry battled a buck with his bare hands in his daughter's bedroom.
Goldsberry finally subdued the five-point whitetail deer that crashed through a bedroom window at his daughter's home Friday. When it was over, blood splattered the walls and the deer lay dead on the bedroom floor, its neck broken.
Goldsberry was at his daughter's home when he heard glass breaking. He went back to check on the noise and found the deer.
"I was standing about like this peeking around the corner when the deer came out of the bedroom," said Goldsberry. The deer ran down the hall and into the master bedroom - "jumping back and forth across the bed." Goldsberry, about 6-feet-1 and 200 pounds, entered the bedroom to confront the deer and, after a brief struggle, emerged to tell his wife to call police. After returning to the bedroom, the fight continued. Goldsberry finally was able to grip the animal and twist its neck, killing it.
Goldsberry, sore from the struggle, dragged the dead animal out of the house.
"He got kicked several times. He was walking bowlegged for a while," Deputy Doug Gay said.
At this time of year, a buck that sees its reflection in a window often charges, believing it is fighting off a rival, Gay said.
Goldsberry had the deer butchered.
"He's in the freezer," the man said before walking to the kitchen and showing off pounds of freshly wrapped venison. |
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