Update: Well, I had my third appointment with the optometrist at Sears and am back to glasses for a few weeks as they order a different brand and strength of contact for me. I’ll let you know how it works out …
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When I was younger, I thought glasses and braces were the coolest things ever. [...]

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Classes started this past Wednesday, which means, among other things, that my to-do list has morphed - rather than containing all the shows on our TiVo I haven’t gotten around to yet, it now is a page full of readings and administrative details. All of the sudden Calvin is more important than House and I [...]

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If you win, feel free to share your gift certificate with me … Patagonia is a very “green-friendly” company AND has very enviable clothing.
The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Programs is sponsoring a photo contest—On God’s Wild Land. Share with us a photo and your experiences working on, volunteering, or enjoying public lands and God’s [...]

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Remember the days back when you got out of school for Rosh Hashanah? I loved that - getting off for religious holidays I didn’t celebrate. All my friends had to go to synagogue and I got to stay home. Oh back when … I suppose it’s hard to complain about not having off when classes [...]

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(which makes me cool right?)
My friend Jina wrote for Christian Science Monitor this summer and two of her stories have just been published. This one is about Genocide, which is her particular passion (stopping it, not perpetrating it) and is about Mark Hanis and the antigenocide charity that he founded. It’s an intriguing story and [...]

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There are many ways in which one might critique the “garden state” of New Jersey, but today I am bemoaning (vocally) their strict immunization laws for students. Aside from a few unfortunate shots in the butt (to remedy nausea) and the foot (to remedy swelling) and giving blood, I have avoided the needle and arm [...]

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