Open Post Friday

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Common sense, an endangered species

To students protesting the latest round in immigration legislation:
Congratulations on your new found desire to involve yourselves in the democratic process.  That some of you have mistaken your right to protest with the right to play hookie is beside the point.  I realize that some of you have a real gripe with the legislation since [...]

Just one more sign

When you read the Gospels it’s funny to see how people react to the miracles that Jesus performed.  A common reaction is “Well that’s great that you made a blind man see but just do one more then we’ll believe in you.”  We read these accounts and we laugh and snicker at these individuals of little faith, [...]

Interesting column

Here’s a column by Mike Adams (Criminology Professor at UNC-Wilmington) where he illustrates what would happen if a college professor adopted the spirit of the age of settting one’s feelings above all else.
Click here to read the column.

Boomerang effect

Well well, how the mighty have fallen (the following is all said very tongue-in-cheek, I love this country, if I didn’t I would have gone back to Mexico a long time ago).  Back in 2002, in the World Cup, Mexico had a chance to advance farther than they ever had in a World Cup.  All [...]

March Madness

It snuck up on me but the Tournament has started.  Watched the Texas A&M/Syracuse game last night and it bored me to tears.  So many missed shots, but I am happy for the ags that they have advanced one step closer to getting shellacked by Duke, who is on TV more than Leave it to [...]

Irish Catholics can breathe easier now

I guess abstaining from meat on Friday during Lent isn’t that big of a deal:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/3726873.html
Growing up Catholic it was not a good thing to eat meat on Fridays (Lent or otherwise.)  Questions regarding the matter were not encouraged, and thus were not asked, but if they were asked the answer probably would not have been satisfactory. 
I guess this dispensation [...]

Moving

well I’m sure most people can’t empathize with me on this one but oh well here it goes:
The lab that I work in is moving to another floor in this building.  Big deal right?  wrong, it’s going to be a pain, it already is a pain, and we haven’t really moved any of the big stuff.  [...]

Hallway Lookaway Syndrome

Does the following scenario ring a bell?  So there you are walking down some long hallway at work/school minding your own business when you spot someone in the distance walking towards you.  As the other person inorexably walks closer you are faced with one of the toughest decisions that one is forced to make in [...]

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