Archive for December, 2006

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 By wanderer

December 14th

December 24th…. awwwwww yeah!!!!
Dixie and I arrive on Xmas Eve, and depart New Years Eve. Plans are pointless… it’s going to be an insane 7 days of chaos, where we try to squeeze a years worth of merriment into a week already full of Family Commitments and Pre-Arranged parties.
We’re going to be available the 24th [...]

Yeah, and?

 By dixie

December 13th

I was braced for the worst. It was never this bad when I was being graded as a student, though from this far away after the experience I can’t tell why. It never ocurred to me to take my grades personally. Despite rational reasons for the contrary, I do take my TA evaluations personally. I’m [...]

Happy Life Day

 By uber

December 12th

If you have seen the video to Weird Al’s White and Nerdy, you will note that he buys the legendary Star Wars Christmas Special (with Bee Arthur, no less).

The US Democratic System and its many foibles.

 By uber

December 12th

Well, foibles is not a very strong word for it, but Anti-Americanism is rife in the current world. Before we begin, I suppose I should draw attention to the Irish political system, home to cute hooers and charlatans by the bucketload. (It bears relevance to later parts of this article to consider the infamous “Tullymander*”, [...]

Captain Jean-Luc Picard

 By dixie

December 9th

Say what you will about factors influencing a child’s development, but when I wandered through some of those high school writings (mentioned previously) I identified a clear, strong, yet subtle Star Trek influence. Now that I’m all grown up, I still think Picard is a great model of behavio(u)r. As another Coven member put it [...]

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