Brothers On Maps
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Confession:
Whenever I see one of those "word verification" things where they display a random string of characters all crookedly, I try to pronounce it... the confession is that usually I giggle at how it sounds when I say "cixoep" or "prldcot"
I know, it's dumb. ;)
Saturday, April 12, 2008
The test is obviously broken.
| Your IQ Is 125 |
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Dumb IQ test
Your IQ Is 130 |
Your Logical Intelligence is Genius Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Above Average |
Friday, April 11, 2008
1. Name one person who made you laugh last night? Alice
2. What were you doing at 0800? Sleeping
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Surfing digg and reddit, as usual.
4. What happened to you in 2006? 2006? I can barely remember what I was doing at 8am...
5. What was the last thing you said out loud? lol, can't remember. They have me stuffed in a cubicle off in no-mans land so I don't talk a lot.
6. How many beverages did you have today? 1 Diet Mt. Dew
7. What color is your hairbrush? ...
8. What was the last thing you paid for? Gas
9. Where were you last night? At home having a 'Lost party' sans-Lost
10. What color is your front door? Black
11. Where do you keep your change? In the car door
12. What’s the weather like today? Partialy cloudy with 100% chance of obnoxiously-cold wind
13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor? Anything with nuts, caramel, chocolate, cookies, toffee, marshmalow, etc in it.
14. What excites you? School being out and hot summer weather
15. Do you want to cut your hair? No, but I do need to get it cut
16. Are you over the age of 25? No, but not for long
17. Do you talk a lot? ...
18. Do you watch the O.C.? No thanks
19. Do you know anyone named Steven? Yes
20. Do you make up your own words? I try not to
21. Are you a jealous person? Not at all
22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’. Alice :P
23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’. Karolyn ;)
24. Who’s the first person on your received call list? Carolyn
25. What does the last text message you received say? My battery is almost dead. How's my baby?
26. Do you chew on your straw? Sometimes
27. Do you have curly hair? No...
28. Where’s the next place you’re going to? Home
29. Who’s the rudest person in your life? Tadao
30. What was the last thing you ate? Fish Taco Mmmmm
31. Will you get married in the future? I don't plan on it
32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks? Don't watch movies that often.... before that it was Forest Gump
33. Is there anyone you like right now? I like most people. There are a very select few who rub me the wrong way
34. When was the last time you did the dishes? Not more than a couple days
35.Are you currently depressed? No. I am never depressed
36. Did you cry today? No. I never cry
37. Why did you answer and post this? Blog filler for the two people who still come around
38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey. If your blog is as boring as mine and you haven't already posted this then consider yourself tagged
2. What were you doing at 0800? Sleeping
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Surfing digg and reddit, as usual.
4. What happened to you in 2006? 2006? I can barely remember what I was doing at 8am...
5. What was the last thing you said out loud? lol, can't remember. They have me stuffed in a cubicle off in no-mans land so I don't talk a lot.
6. How many beverages did you have today? 1 Diet Mt. Dew
7. What color is your hairbrush? ...
8. What was the last thing you paid for? Gas
9. Where were you last night? At home having a 'Lost party' sans-Lost
10. What color is your front door? Black
11. Where do you keep your change? In the car door
12. What’s the weather like today? Partialy cloudy with 100% chance of obnoxiously-cold wind
13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor? Anything with nuts, caramel, chocolate, cookies, toffee, marshmalow, etc in it.
14. What excites you? School being out and hot summer weather
15. Do you want to cut your hair? No, but I do need to get it cut
16. Are you over the age of 25? No, but not for long
17. Do you talk a lot? ...
18. Do you watch the O.C.? No thanks
19. Do you know anyone named Steven? Yes
20. Do you make up your own words? I try not to
21. Are you a jealous person? Not at all
22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’. Alice :P
23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’. Karolyn ;)
24. Who’s the first person on your received call list? Carolyn
25. What does the last text message you received say? My battery is almost dead. How's my baby?
26. Do you chew on your straw? Sometimes
27. Do you have curly hair? No...
28. Where’s the next place you’re going to? Home
29. Who’s the rudest person in your life? Tadao
30. What was the last thing you ate? Fish Taco Mmmmm
31. Will you get married in the future? I don't plan on it
32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks? Don't watch movies that often.... before that it was Forest Gump
33. Is there anyone you like right now? I like most people. There are a very select few who rub me the wrong way
34. When was the last time you did the dishes? Not more than a couple days
35.Are you currently depressed? No. I am never depressed
36. Did you cry today? No. I never cry
37. Why did you answer and post this? Blog filler for the two people who still come around
38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey. If your blog is as boring as mine and you haven't already posted this then consider yourself tagged
Survey Time!!!
1. Name one person who made you laugh last night? Suzette
2. What were you doing at 0800? At work, talking on the phone
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Drinking Juice
4. What happened to you in 2006? I moved into a little house, I found my dog on mothers day, I went to disney world and got a pretty ring for Christmas.
5. What was the last thing you said out loud? "I should."
6. How many beverages did you have today? 3- Water, Milk, Pineapple/orange/mango juice
7. What color is your hairbrush? Green with a plasmium handle.
8. What was the last thing you paid for? Groceries
9. Where were you last night? Home and at Yoshi & Meryl's house.
10. What color is your front door? Black.
11. Where do you keep your change? In a tiny clay pitcher that I made in highschool.
12. What’s the weather like today? It snowed this morning and it's cool but pretty nice now.
13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor? Vanilla
14. What excites you? Coming home from work.
15. Do you want to cut your hair? Nope I just got it cut a while ago.
16. Are you over the age of 25? No
17. Do you talk a lot? Sometimes, but sometimes I'm not in the mood to talk.
18. Do you watch the O.C.? No. that sounds lame
19. Do you know anyone named Steven? Yes. and Stephen.
20. Do you make up your own words? Of course.
21. Are you a jealous person? Yes, but not as much as I used to be.
22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’. Allie
23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’. Katie
24. Who’s the first person on your received call list? Guildylocks
25. What does the last text message you received say? "We're going to come watch lost :)"
26. Do you chew on your straw? Ew gross. No.
27. Do you have curly hair? A little wavy
28. Where’s the next place you’re going to? The Temple! woo woo!
29. Who’s the rudest person in your life? Drunkle
30. What was the last thing you ate? Lasagna
31. Will you get married in the future? No, I already got married.
32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks? Mr. Holland's Opus
33. Is there anyone you like right now? Yes. I like almost everyone!
34. When was the last time you did the dishes? Like 2 weeks ago. I was out of town.
35.Are you currently depressed? No, I'm just bored.
36. Did you cry today? Yeah, just a little teary when I watched TLC's bringing baby home or bringing home baby and she was talking about the first time she was alone with her son in the hospital and I remembered the first time I was alone with Alice in the hospital. :')
37. Why did you answer and post this? Because I wanted to.
38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey. Frik, Sukie, Mom, Scooter, Berserk (you have to. It's to make up for not calling me back this week)
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Saturday, April 5, 2008
No Context? No Problem!
I certainly agree with the idea of not taking the taxes in the first place, but I don't think it even has to go that far. If we assume that the government should play a part in educating the masses (and I believe it should), and we assume that doing so benefits everyone and society as a whole (and I believe it does), then redistributing the cost of education amongst the general population is a pretty good system. Maybe not a perfect one, but certainly not a bad one.
This is my problem: If my child in a public school costs the state $1.00 then taking them out of public school costs the state -$1.00 (give or take - I realize there are some costs that shrink with higher volumes). So instead of contributing that $1.00 ( or even a fraction of it) towards my child's private education, you would just deny them any funding at all. Deny them the very same funding that every other child is entitled to? It makes no sense. You're essentially telling me, "yes the government pays for everyone's education as long as it's done our way. Otherwise you get nothing, nada, zilch, zero"
So when I say, "give me my money back," I really mean, "spend that money on my child's education--wherever that may be." Obviously there would need to be a system in place to make sure that the money isn't being spent on cheeseburgers, but that's what vouchers are all about.
So tell me, please, why a kid going to a private school shouldn't receive the same funding as one going to public school. Is the kid in private school less important to society? Does his education matter less? Is the private school inherently inferior?
*from my ranting to a public school teacher*
This is my problem: If my child in a public school costs the state $1.00 then taking them out of public school costs the state -$1.00 (give or take - I realize there are some costs that shrink with higher volumes). So instead of contributing that $1.00 ( or even a fraction of it) towards my child's private education, you would just deny them any funding at all. Deny them the very same funding that every other child is entitled to? It makes no sense. You're essentially telling me, "yes the government pays for everyone's education as long as it's done our way. Otherwise you get nothing, nada, zilch, zero"
So when I say, "give me my money back," I really mean, "spend that money on my child's education--wherever that may be." Obviously there would need to be a system in place to make sure that the money isn't being spent on cheeseburgers, but that's what vouchers are all about.
So tell me, please, why a kid going to a private school shouldn't receive the same funding as one going to public school. Is the kid in private school less important to society? Does his education matter less? Is the private school inherently inferior?
*from my ranting to a public school teacher*
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