scholarship program, my a$$....

Does this remind anyone else of the Roe vs. Wade moment in the movie Monster-In-Law?

;)

htw

a stream of obscenities...

...could flow from my mouth (or my fingers, in the case of this blog) at this very moment. Here in Alabama the heat index is hovering close to 100ºF, cloud cover is minimal and the library's AC is out AGAIN due to yesterday's fleeting electrical storm at lunchtime. It's been out for a full 24 hours now and the building is sweltering. WE ARE THE ONLY LIBRARY IN THE COUNTY THAT DOES NOT CLOSE WHEN THE A/C IS OUT!!! We've already had half a dozen patrons come in to study and turn right back around and leave. My coworker asked me if I'd heard any word about us closing and I hated having to let her know that that's not what we do here...get a sweat rag and a bottle of water and settle in. I got the fans out of our workroom so Teri and I are not dying by any means, but I have sweat running down my scalp and back and I'm not feeling at my most professional...shouldn't situations like this be covered by OSHA? I guess not, other wise steel workers wouldn't have to go to work...

I don't mind in the least sweating when that's what I intend to do (exercising, working in the yard, cleaning house, etc.) but not while I'm at work in my wonderful, supremely-appreciated white collar profession. The white collar in question is currently transparent with sweat!

enough whining from me today!

htw

ah...yes, grasshoppa....

Your Scholastic Strength Is Deep Thinking

You aren't afraid to delve head first into a difficult subject, with mastery as your goal. You are talented at adapting, motivating others, managing resources, and analyzing risk. You should major in: Philosophy Music Theology Art History Foreign language

What Should You Major In?

the book-diva has spoken....

....and she requested that everyone take this quiz!

Tadaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!

Your Musical Tastes Match: Weird Al

See his whole playlist here (iTunes required)

What Celebrity Matches Your Taste in Music?

I used to have one of his records (yes, I do mean vinyl) that I played on my Holly Hobby record player!
eeek!

htw

the subjective sense of i

I swear I love Seed magazine's Daily Zeitgeist more and more each day...if you haven't subscribed to the Seed's Rss, go do it now! Mental Floss has nothing on them, nothing at all.

Take this article entitled "The Science of Magic." A bunch of scientists are knocking around Vegas (imagine being able to take that off as a business expense?!?!?!) watching magic shows and trying to come up with a theory on how the brain works. They are taken on personal tours of the acts of the best magicians on the strip...Teller even walks them through one of his (hey! all this time I thought he didn't talk!). I learned all sorts of interesting words I now feel obligated to throw into daily conversation: qualia, inattentional blindness, prestidigitation, philosophical zombies (sure to appear soon at a theater near you!), intermittent conditioning....

...lo and behold, near the end of the article Alex pops up! I have not read anything about Alex since I wrote about him in my Senior Capstone paper on animal and nonverbal communication in 1999 (here's an article from that time period...I probably cited it in that paper!). I'm glad to know he's still out there and kicking! I've always said that if I were ever to get a bird, it'd be an African Grey.

evenin' ya'll!

htw

do you have a permit for that?

As much as I hate the corny, play-on-your-sympathies nature of Lee Greenwood’s epic patriot ballad, strains of “God Bless the USA” ran through my head as I read this blog entry about a Newsweek BeliefWatch column concerning government control in China. Is it a moratorium on the press, you may ask. No. Does it concern the suppression of inflammable ideas in a piece of literature, perhaps? Uhhh….no. According to this fine piece of journalistic tattling, the Chinese government is clamping down on those clowning around, violent reincarnation people. Buddhist monks will now be banned from reincarnating without government permission….I wonder who’ll be collecting the hall pass on that one?

There will apparently be strict rules surrounding the procedures by which one reincarnates. Oh no! I skipped that class too. I hate tests where you have to show your work! I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall when that government/committee meeting took place. Who brought it up? Who thought it was a good idea? And last but not least….who thought they could monitor it? Will there be a confessing station for the unauthorized reincarnated? How will you know for sure?

This obviously just elicits more questions than it can ever answer and makes me want to take a hard look at our own government. I’ve never been overly political, though I do vote (and research my vote, thank you very much). I’m sure there are things that I miss by not following these people every step of the way in their race for the White House but I have always, and will continue to always, believe that all politicians are criminals at heart. I do not believe that there is one out there who totally has other’s best interests at heart.

Sorry Mr. Obama, but I don’t believe that you could have made it to the place in politics that you occupy with out climbing over some weaker than yourself, telling not a few lies, and looking out for number 1. I don’t fault you for that exactly, but what I do fault politicians for is trying to make us think otherwise. There are few times during the year that I am less concerned about not having television reception at my home than during a political push. The commercials are ceaseless and infuriating, attempting to get me to believe that each and everyone of them is working for me, has led a faultless (and here in the South, a Christian evangelical one at that) life and whose opponent was born out of the depths of hell, leading our country into an unorganized and lawless pit….you do get desensitized, people. Find a new campaign slogan!
A
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H…..the U.S. government isn’t trying to regulate reincarnation ;)

Just as bad in my estimation is the state of Alabama’s continuing attempts to apply taxes to items that are not bought here. Why should Jane Doe or John Smith have to pay Alabama taxes on something they bought from someone in Texas or Hawaii or Juno, for that matter? Okay, my quasi-political/economic/social rant has come to an end.

Afternoon ya’ll!
htw

I don't even know where to begin...

saw a great movie

have read some great books

had a flat tire this morning

I'm starving and still have to go to W-mart after work (ugh!)

I'll try to get something more promising together at home tonight...

evenin' ya'll!
htw

a feast of prairie dogs...

DOCTOR EVIL


KILL BILL


SILENT FILM


JAMES BOND


STAR WARS

Sorry folks...couldn't resist the dramatic prairie dog!

htw

last one, I promise

Your Monster Profile

Demon Giant You Feast On: Power Bars You Lurk Around In: The Alamo You Especially Like to Torment: Your Exes

What's Your Monster Name?

bwahahahahaha

You Are Machiavelli's Spawn

You're going to get what you want, and no one's going stand in your way. (Even if it's just knocking out your roomie to get the last ice cream sandwich!) People who slow you down, simply need to be taken out - by any means possible. You are the master of charming, wooing, manipulating, and intimidating.

How Machiavellian Are You?