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  • you WHAT?

    Dear voters of Florida,OK, McCain's groovy enough. Congratulations on that. But this property tax amendment was way more important than the Presidential primary. Way. It was an ugly sneaky method for the State Legisla…

  • I voted

    My polling place is this wonderful Black Baptist church just down Williston Road. Every time I've gone to vote the same smiling lady has given me the "I Voted" sticker, and when I thank her she always says "No, thank yo…

  • My teaching philosophy-- submitted a day late

    Threeprinciples guide my approach to teaching: student-instructor solidarity,student empowerment, and individual attention. Because I, like my students, am a graduate student, I make it clear that…

  • animal

    So I'm rushing off to work this morning, and my cat sneaks out the door and hides under a car. I don't have time to catch him & put him back in the house, so just leave the critter be. "You'll be sorry when you hav…

  • help buddha vote

    Hey kids, here's your chance to be overtly political without fear of retribution!I'm voting in Florida's Republican primary on Tuesday.There are three items on the ballot, and I've got a pretty good idea how I plan to vo…

  • blast from the past

    I'm cleaning house and discovered a print-out of an email that I sent in the spring of 2000; freshman year of college. This is who buddha thought he was then:my faith has really developed (or degenerated, i suppose "cha…

  • Democracy is cool

    Democracy ain't the only legitimate political system and it ain't necessarily the best system. A working democracy may not necessarily look anything like American democracy. And some things-- like peace, security, and …

  • buddha bin tagged

    The Rules:Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.Share 5 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog OR sharethe top five places on your “want to see or want to see again” list…

  • choice in politics

    Dennis Kucinich and Fred Thompson have both just ended their campaigns.Don't get me wrong, I think both of em would've made awful presidents. But with 8% of the votes cast, the race has lost 52% of its candidates. That…

  • Peace in Kenya?

    Kofi Annan is in Kenya now and the two sides are talking to each other: The following are thespeeches delivered Thursday by President Kibaki and ODM leader RailaOdinga when they met for the first time since the outbr…

  • Blondes are going extinct!

    First read this.Then, read this.Well?

  • Customer Service

    Background: I've finally served my two years of slavery to a Sprint contract that I don't want. Now, at last, I'm free to cancel it. The Sprint website is less than helpful, but it does have a friendly little button th…

  • Farewell, my Old Folks at Home

    The Florida Legislature ($#%& Republicans!) has replaced our state song without so much as a murmur.OK, fine, "Old Folks at Home" has-- like all popular 19th-century American music-- racist undertones. It does. In …

  • What Privileges Do You Have?

    (stolen from empress8411) (This based on an exercise about class and privilege developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. If you…

  • RP

    One of the many ways I squander my time is through a wonderful MMORPG called Urban Dead. I've commented on it in the past.Online roleplaying has brought me similar quandaries that playing board games did, back in the da…

  • memity memity meme

    This one's just too much fun:Congratulations! You just formed a band.Your band needs a name. The first article title on the page is the name of your band.Your band needs to put out an album. The last four words of the v…

  • language policy

    Tomorrow I will introduce my students to one of the semester's major assignments: leading a 40-minute class discussion. Then I'll lead a discussion as a model of what I expect of the students.The topic will be the same …

  • will polly ever quit ticking?

    You know I think that Dennis Kucinich is a loon, but it was mean-spirited of NBC to use that as excuse for excluding him from last night's debate. And shameful that none of the three candidates present took Tim Russert …

  • The Star Market

    The people Jesus loved were shopping at the Star Market yesterday.An old lead-colored man standing next to me at the checkoutbreathed so heavily I had to step back a few steps.Even after his bags were packed he still sto…

  • the critter

    Waylon is neutered, vaccinated, potty-trained, and all these things. He's doing all right. No longer hides or whines. Instead he races up & down the hall at breakneck speeds.I got him a little toy; it's a fuzzy ba…

  • in which buddha obsesses about the ticking of Polly

    Romney 40Huckabee 21McCain 18Thompson 6Paul 2Giuliani 1Hunter 1It gives me giggles to see Giuliani hanging in the back with Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter.If Rudy nabs …

  • X the hell out of Y

    sonnetjoy comments on my statement that something "annoys the hell out of me" by saying she's glad I don't have hell in me anymore.Which gets me thinking, where's that phrase come from, to X the hell out of Y? Here's my…

  • My Teaching Philosophy

    OK, some idjit nominated me for a teaching award, and now I gotta submit a statement describing my "teaching philosophy." I don't philosophize about teaching, for heavens' sakes... I teach!So I need your help. Gonna wr…

  • politics

    Senator Obama,You've probably heard the joke: "The US will have a Luo president before Kenya does."I know you're in the middle of an intense presidential campaign. But I also know that you're the one American politician…

  • new year meme

    Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?Didn't make any. This year's resolution is to lose weight, and I'm already failing with gusto. What countries did you visit?Does Indiana cou…

  • Names

    Virtual Alice mentions names. I'm fond of my family's quirks in giving names.Perhaps it started with my grandaddy Robert Henry. All his friends and siblings call him "Pete."Or with my grandmama, Lila Ruth? She goes by…

  • Politics

    So far, five primary races with five victors. Methinks this presidential race will mirror the college football season. Gonna be fun to watch.

  • How to Ush

    I've witnessed my share of marriages but this un were the first Yankee wedding I've ever seen. It was weird.So I was asked a few months ago to be the usher. Only thing I knew about usher is that it rhymes with "old toi…

  • Update from the road

    Muncie is cold. Snow is evil. Ice is worse. I fishtailed for the first time in my life today.I miss Florida, but hear that it's snowing down there too. Lord save us all!And Lord save Kenya even more. Things ain't as…

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