What a pleasant day it’s been! I was awakened this morning by Amy, telling me it was time to get up for the Quads Academic Pentathalon. I drug myself out of bed, grabbed a pop-tart and a shirt, and wandered off to join my Pentathlon group. We cleaned some house during the prelims. We had […]
Author: Mark Egge
1. I set a new personal record tonight, running six miles in ~47 minutes (5×8.00min, 1×7.00min). Go me. I’m afraid that there’s some competitive element motivating me to do this… but even if that’s the case, so what? I’m running further than I’ve ever run before. 2. I saw The Incredibles with Ken and Josh […]
Angry.
CNN collected some very interesting statistics to go along with the election which can be found here:http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html I’m thoroughly frustrated. Here’s why: 45% of Americans disapprove of the decision to declare war on Iraq. Of that 45%, however, more than 99% of those voted for a presidential candidate who supported the declaration of war. Likewise, […]
A Cheyenne high school teacher I have a lot of respect for challenges students who use the word “progress.” He asks them “where is progress? what IS progress? show me ONE instance of progress in the world and you can use that word in my class.” As I was doing some reading for my Brit […]
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If you haven’t seen this yet (“Our Land,” from JibJab.com), I’d reccommend it: http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/contentPlay/shockwave.jsp?id=this_land&preplay=1&ratingBar=off Today, being election day, was a MSU holiday, meaning no classes. I really should have capitalized on the day, but that would have involved getting up at a reasonable hour. I didn’t wake up until about 11:40AM, and then I worked […]