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WOW! What an excellent essay! I can think of so many people who are like this.
“We all know someone that’s intelligent, but who occasionally defends obviously bad ideas. Why does this happen? How can smart people take up positions that defy any reasonable logic? Having spent many years working with smart [...]

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so i am in trouble for describing a woman from yesterday’s blog. kiki does not appreciate that. first thing she said to me was,
“you don’t even know what i wore yesterday, how come you know so much about what other people are wearing.”
well, i KNEW what she wore. “you had [...]

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i had a great discussion with mr. xootism today. as i shared of my frustration with “academic workshops”, he shared his frustration of trying to teach freshman how to think critically. we hear so much that we, at colleges and universities, are supposed teach students how to think critically. i DISAGREE. [...]

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i’m getting to like houston mayer white more and more. the other day, during a press conference, a reporter asked some stupid question. the mayer stated “use your COMMON SCENTS and JUDGEMENT”. i like that. people are expecting to get fed (physically, mentally, intellectually, emotionally, every ways) from someone or some [...]

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“Food Stamps Make America Stronger” is the motto for usda. Guess what I just found out from watching news about Katrina refugees. They were trying to get food stamps and a family of three were getting something like $390/month. Well, so I looked into it.
According to
http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/outreach/Translations/English/313Brochure-04.pdf
family of four like [...]

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I went to Wal-Mart Saturday, first time in about 6 months. Now I remember why I do not go to Wal-Mart. Watching some people just make me MAAAAAADDDD!!!!!!!
I was standing behind these people. They were dressed nice, wearing Tommy Hilfiger clothes. I see lots of chips, twinkies, microwave dinner, [...]

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Tragic in Houston, again…. It is so sad to hear news like this. I understand that the mother is not going to be charged. I am trying to decide if that is the right thing to do.
Here is my current thought. OK, (I am assuming here) I think mom is suffering [...]

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What do you think about privatizing U.S. prison system? I do not mean that a private company running a prison from a government’s funding/tax money. What I am suggesting is private industries running prison under government regulation without getting any tax money.
As I have been doing all this semester, I get to my [...]

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The rootkit is everywhere. (Well, since we can not see what it is, it is kind of hard to definitely say the rootkit, but we think it is.) It is really hindering our work. My desktop dell, which is used as a paper weight right now, can not even connect to the [...]

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Do you remember Microsoft Works? I had to deal with it in late 90′s, because one of our client was using it. Then I thought “What an oxymoron, Microsoft Works!”. Microsoft NEVER works.
Guess what. Now it is Apple’s turn, iWork. (Microsoft Office doesn’t!) iWork, $79 production tool, is a [...]

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