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Quote
of the Month:
"If
tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in
the
guise of fighting a foreign power." -James Madison
Interesting
Factoid of the Month:
The
slogan on New Hampshire license plates is 'Live Free or
Die'. These license plates are manufactured by prisoners
in the state prison in Concord.
Favorite
Movie of the Month:
Hayao
Miyazaki's Spirited Away - I borrowed the DVD from Sandy.
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January 30, 2006 -
I
worked on Brent's photography
website mostly this weekend, and today I cleaned-
and dusted. There are areas of my computer desk in the
back that have never been dusted I think- there are
so many cords and obstacles to dusting, that allowed
it to get so bad.
A
global
climate change report has been created by the UK
government showing that the current rise in global temperatures
is causing the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, which
in result will raise the ocean level by 23 feet over
the next 1000 years.
Exxon
Mobil has posted their fourth quarter profits at 10.71
billion dollars (36.13 billion of the year). This is
the largest profit margin of any company ever.
The
NBC/Wall Street Journal Polls are in: 39% of Americans
approve of how Bush has run the country.
I
organized my taxes today- no actual forms have been
filled out just yet, but it's a step.
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January 28, 2006 -
Today
Teresa and I did a groupshots shoot with Brent, and
it was a super early one, I had to leave home at 5:40
to get there. Teresa and I waited in the parking lot
and nobody at all was there, and then a lady came and
opened the church. By 7:00 we were starting to get concerned
and called to wake Brent up. We were ten minutes behind
schedule all day.
After
the photo shoot Teresa and I had lunch and played Nintendo
for a bit- and then I came home and took a long nap.
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January 26, 2006 -
Today
was a good day, I worked half a day, and then after
that Teresa and I went to the KFC... KFC is the greatest.
After that we went back to Teresa's and played Nintendo,
the original Nintendo. We played Super Contra, Paperboy
(and after a bit of a bad start I won) and then we played
the SuperMario Brothers 3. It was getting late, so I
unplugged the Nintendo from the TV, and hopefully it
will stay on until we can finish.
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January 23, 2006 -
Bush
is in Manhattan today giving a lecture at K-State, he
also mentioned that the troops were on their way back
to Ft. Riley now- since the timing of both was known
ahead of time I found the applause over it to be somewhat
pondersome. I wonder if he also plans his appearances
to coincide with new troop deployments.
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January 21, 2006 -
Saturday,
went to work today- it snowed last night, but just a
little, and the roads were good. At work I shifted film,
and it took the entire day. After that I was very tired,
so I came home and took a nap.
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January 18, 2006 -
Went
to work, it was pretty slow, so I did the ILL mostly.
After work I went over to Brent's to help him with his
photography marketing. I finished his brochure, and
tomorrow night I'll do his website.
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January 17, 2006 -
My
host family got the package today, in nine days! I'm
thinking the lady at the post office put it in the airmail
bin by accident- either that, or they used the new super
fast cargo ship.
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January 14, 2006 -
I
dog/house sat for Bob this weekend- We went out to eat
at the Spangles with Teresa before he left, and then Teresa
and I went shopping, I got a new pair of shoes and pants.
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January 11, 2006 -
A
new galaxy was discovered, it's actually the closest galaxy
to our own, and is quite large. The reason we seemed to
have overlooked this new galaxy for so many years is because
it has been in the process of collision with our own galaxy
for millions of years.
Pluto...
is it a planet, or is it something else? How many planets
are there? Nine? Ten? Eight? A new planet was discovered
beyond the orbit of Pluto, if they will decide that it
is a planet that is. It's three times the size of Pluto,
and also has a moon, so if Pluto is a planet, the new
object should be as well. Consider this, at one point
in time, there were thirteen planets, and new planets
were being found quicker than they could come up with
names. It took a while, but all these extra planets were
"de-planetized" and declared asteroids later
on. Pluto, and the new planet are in the Kuiper Belt,
a region of many comets- their composition also appears
to be similar to comets- Pluto also has an irregular orbit,
part of the time it travels inside the path of Neptune,
and if Pluto came closer to the sun in its orbit, it would
create a tail. I feel the discovery of the new object
is the beginning of the end for Pluto's planetary recognition-
Many don't feel that it is a planet already, but as more
and more similar objects are found, many possibly larger
than Pluto- they are all destined to become noted comets.
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January 10, 2006 -
Worked
today- Went to lunch with Teresa, we went to a Quizno's,
and it was kinda funny. It was just a Quizno's kiosk at
Kelly's- so their menu was very limited two what we had
picked from the online menu, so we went with some sort
of chicken sandwich. We tend to just get the long one
and split it, so we ordered the one sandwich and waited
and waited... and then the teller came out and said: "Here's
a ham and turkey blah-ba-dee-da." and I think we
probably looked at him funny cause it was not what we
ordered and we were the only customers, and then without
us saying anything he said: "Yeah, um, I sorta dropped
the chicken." He offered to make us one with chicken
instead if we could wait, but we took the alternative
sandwich he spontaneously made us after the chicken was
dirtied. We didn't really care, cause we were really randomly
picking anyway, it was a funny story to tell when we got
back to work- though everyone told us we should have been
more demanding. It was delicious though.
- January 9, 2006 -
The
FTP server has been down the last few days, so I've not
been able to upload my blog, but it's ok since I've not
had that much going on I guess. My plans this week are
to get a hair cut, go shoe shopping with Teresa- and mayhaps
for other stuff.
Today
I mailed a package to my host family and I forgot how
much of an ordeal sending international mail was. I went
to the post office and got in line- the place was packed
with people getting two cent stamps. When I got to the
desk the lady gave me the shipping form/customs sheet
to fill out, so I went back to a work area to fill it
out, and I've been filling the box up over the span of
a couple months, so I don't fully remember the exact specifics
of everything inside... So I get that done and go back
to the line and then when I get to the desk the lady reads
me the list of things I'm not allowed to send, coins being
one, and I'd put several of the Kansas State quarters
in it... They gave me a new customs form and I came home
and opened it up and removed all the offending items.
So now it is off, and on its way to the other side of
the planet- very slowly via surface means.
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January 5, 2006 -
Went
to work, it was Lin's birthday so there was cake, yummy
cake. Teresa demands I put more New Years photos up, she
can be so demanding... she always says she wants to read
more about Teresa in my blog.
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January 2, 2006 -
Today
I got up and walked the dogs- they seem to be getting
more help at the humane society, and fewer dogs now, so
I think I only walked perhaps four of them before I came
back home.
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January 1, 2006 -
For
New Year's Eve I went to Teresa's new place, for her New
Year/House-warming party. There were thirteen of us that
stayed to see midnight and play games, but there seemed
to be just as many who came to see the place. Teresa made
two huge lasagnas, and everyone brought way more food
than was needed. We played pictionary, taboo and another
game I forget the name of.
When
the ball dropped we all made a mess of the place with
the little firecrackers that shoot streamers and confetti...
I think it would have been funny if we would have left
then to leave the mess- but everyone jumped in and cleaned
the place up in just minutes. I hope this year we can
have more game nights.
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