(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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So. I started re-reading Harry Potter last weekend when I realized the final book comes out next weekend and I couldn’t remember what had happened (minus the BIG plot points) in the past two books. Chances are decent I would have read all of them before the book came out no matter what, but when [...]

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When I think ‘Soft Rock,’ I am immediately thrown backwards fifteen years to the dentist’s office my brother and I frequented far too often for cleanings, cavities, teeth pullings, and orthodontia  work. Always, there was the local soft rock station playing softly through the speakers, which did nothing to ease the pain involved in the [...]

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Here are some very brief reviews of books, music and movies …
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. You should judge this book by it’s cover - at least by the cover on the hardback edition. It is a beautiful book about a family’s decision to eat locally for a full year. It is honest, funny, [...]

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“It’s so lush and green here. I can’t tell if I’m in New Jersey or the Garden of Eden.”
[stunned, appalled silence]
“I get them confused so frequently - Jersey and Eden”
“Are you sure it’s not the naked children running around in front of our apartment that confuse you?”

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Life is still incredibly busy and stressful with school and life … BUT I have found time to read (over the course of a few weeks) one of the best books I’ve read in a long time: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert You must buy this book. You could borrow a copy, but I’m [...]

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I’m not sure what I expected when I reserved Special Topics in Calamity Physics at the library, but it is certainly not what I got. I think I thought it was some kind of popular science tome that would be worthwhile, but take awhile to wade through (it is over 500 pages long).
But, it is [...]

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It is fair to say, I think, that I have not had the best of luck with doctors since coming to Decatur. There were initially many insurance problems as I had NY State insurance and lived in Georgia, which is complicated and caused me to end up at a Doc-in-a-box with a overeager fondness for [...]

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I’m not sure that I’ve ever laughed this hard online. Apparently I’m a late-comer to the joy that is strongbad. But, I will make up for it now. If you haven’t seen yet, I recommend this one. Enjoy.

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