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Evaluations . . .

I received my evaluations last week. I had been anticipating them since the end of last year, but by the time they came around, I had completely forgotten about them. In the vain of my regular posts, I will now … Continue reading

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Nick Berg, or why I want a vasectumy . . .

with all that is happening in Iraq, with all the video and images being presented to us, I cant help but wonder what we would have seen if the technology of our media was around during WWI? If anyone could … Continue reading

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Deleted Excerpts from emails . . .

(I think Dr Dorwick was correct. I am not cut out for this. I am seriously considering giving up. I dont seem to be able to meet the demands of academia. I feel like I am just wasting everyone’s time. … Continue reading

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What the fuck are we doing? Have we lost are fucking minds?

(remembering March 20th, 2003) Our president launched this war with the promise to the Iraqi people of “no more torture chambers and rape rooms. The tyrant will soon be gone.” Robert Scheer: When We’re the Evildoers in Iraq Now at … Continue reading

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Wisely, End of Semester, Phil, and other assorted shit flavoured crap I am dealing with . . .

Out of all the professors Ive met at UL, there are only a few that I would care to keep in touch with after I am finished with my MA Thesis. Ian Kinsella: Instructor of courses based in English and … Continue reading

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Change is good, right?

Well Ive gone and done it. I did a comestic change to the website. I would like some feedback as to the sight especially about the new navigation menu. Is it to complicated? Too hard to read? I might never … Continue reading

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Light a candle . . .

A good friend of mine, Shai, reminded me that today we should remember the Armenian Genocide. He asks that we light a candle in remembrance of the innocent civilians who were murdered in Ottoman Turkey between the years 1890 – … Continue reading

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Celebrations ?

First off, I successfully passed my MA Comps. This means I only have to complete and defend my Thesis to finish. Last week was pretty rough. Tuesday morning I came home from work coughing my throat sore. I took some … Continue reading

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I will teach you my townspeople / how to perform a funeral

I remember stuttering flashes of moments which are faintly illuminated by her wit, her humor, her smile, and even her stubborness. I remember sitting in the small brightly lit kitchen with grandfather and her, eating dinner, amazed by the pride … Continue reading

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Tomorrow it begins( or ends). . .

Tomorrow I take my MA comps. I will know positively whether I have what it takes to get my Phd or pursue anything in academic studies. I am scared. I havent studied enough or worked hard enough the past 2 … Continue reading

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