Archive for the Month of January 2006

Slowly Cracking

This is really going to be a semester that drives me insane.
The family and marriage course is a snap, with 10 weekly one-page journal entries, 1 four-to-five-page (double-spaced!) paper discussing “families in the media” and two multiple-choice exams. I’m going to really miss 300-level courses.
Español will go smoothly as long as I stay on [...]

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I’m Not That Old, Am I?

I just got an email that opened with:
If you look around the classroom and notice that you are the oldest student there you might want to check out the Purdue Adult Student Network (PAS). This student organization will give you an opportunity to meet other non- traditional students.
The thing is, this isn’t the [...]

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Friday Random Foto

I’m going to change things up a bit this Friday and post a random photo, or three.
This one is from this past Christmas. The Partner’s mother saw this book at an auction and bought it for me because she knew I’d get a kick out of the inscription. The book,

is from 1967 [...]

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Recipe for Greatness

Rice and beans from Your Favorite Mexican Restaurant

+ Eggs cooked over-easy

Mixed and mashed all together

= YUM!
Serve with corn tortillas, corn tortilla chips, or toasted bread and enjoy. (Especially good the morning after you and yours decided to get drunk and watch Twin Peaks all night.)

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Round ‘Em Up, Ship ‘Em Out, and Close the Borders!

Or, Reason #782, 468 as to why I hate Privileged White People.
My marriage class was extremely upsetting last night.
I don’t know what it is — the fact that I surround myself with carefully selected friends, the fact that I’m immersed in the Ivory Towers right now, the fact that I don’t watch teevee anymore — [...]

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