Month: December, 2007

history repeats itself: The best way to teach history.

9 December, 2007 (20:27) | Thoughts & Ideas

So I’m supposed to be writing a research paper right now about the internet as a new media, and how we’re utilizing it as a learning device.  That’s all topical and that, but the underlying reality here is that we’re repeating history, and I’m not too sure how many people realize that.  Kids are staying […]

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Grow soul, GROW!

7 December, 2007 (13:45) | Memorable Quotes

"To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow."  – Kurt Vonnegut in "A Man Without A Country"

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So you want to know how to whittle?

6 December, 2007 (16:21) | Life Long Goals

Besides the stereotypical retiring in a cabin in the woods and writing novels next to my 2 labrador retrievers, I want to widdle.  I want to make really cool wood carvings, like the type of things that can’t physically exist if you didn’t carve them that way.  Like the ball inside a cage.  I want […]

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Mind over matter

6 December, 2007 (09:42) | Memorable Quotes

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter" – Mark Twain

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I am not made for this world.

5 December, 2007 (12:19) | Ramblings

I’ve said that so much.  I simply am not designed for this world.  I don’t fit in.  I’m not speaking in emo terms here, we’ve got the facts and we’re voting yes, to borrow a phrase from Death Cab for Cutie.  I enjoy things that people do not.  I do not enjoy things that people […]

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Pittsburgh website to find your missing glove!

4 December, 2007 (16:14) | Pittsburgh

Just in time for the cold weather, this site will keep track of gloves that people report and hopefully reunite them with their owner.  It’s a cute idea that’s getting a lot of attention.

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