I liked their layout so I started a WordPress "Idle Mendacity" blog. It's basically the same as this one. Double the blogs, double the fun, I guess.
The link is:
http://idlemendacity.wordpress.com/
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O.J. in trouble
Juice is squeezed, but no worries
He'll find the "real" crooks
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But busy teaching and working on my thesis (never imagined it would take so much of my time).
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After just one time
Purchase of Frappucino
Starbucks you own me
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Thirty years ago
Passing of the King of Rock
Elvis still the best
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I can't say I've been very busy these last several months (July went past in a blur) but I have been trying to work on several projects before I return to school/work next week:
*For one thing this is the end of this part of my college career (hopefully). Time to write my Master's Thesis and get the hell out after 8 years plus of university life. I'm sure I'll get my Ph.D one of these days if the circumstances allow but for now I've had enough.
*When the semester starts I'll also be TEACHING a college class for the first time. Me a college lecturer, imagine that. It'll be an introductory English 1 class probably populated with freshmen students but I'm very excited about it. It is certainly not something I ever saw myself doing when I dropped out of public school as a teenager.
*I also applied for a passport for the first time. It hasn't arrived in time for me to use before my vacation is over but I'm looking forward to putting it to use at my first opportunity. Perhaps an extended stay in Rome or London or Ireland or even Canada (passports are a must to go there now).
*So I've been doing a lot of sleeping and reading and studying (along with several shopping sprees for new clothes – something I haven't treated myself to in years) and am more than ready to put my brain back to work (and to get back to my blog as well)
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Planning to go out
But storm reports kept me in
Maybe just lazy
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Growing like a child
Learning as it goes along
This America
Out of one many
Experiment in freedom
Your America
Faults go with triumphs
Perfect in imperfections
My America
For we the people
Life, liberty, happiness
Our America
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Closed down for repairs
Now open for business
Paris's Hilton
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Cool sun-kissed breezes
Then the thunderstorms arrive
First day of summer
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On the new cut grass
Lying back with closing eyes
Warm breezes drift by
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Yankees keep sucking
Can't seem to hit, pitch or catch
Overpriced chokers
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Well no, not that Jesus! I'm talking about Pope Benedict's book: Jesus of Nazareth. I pre-ordered it from Amazon and just got an e-mail that it's been shipped. I'm actually excited, this is the first book I've pre-ordered (months ahead of time) since God knows when but I really wanted to read it for myself before the professional "reviews" started coming in and shaping my opinion before I read it. I've read several of the Pope's books (written when he was Cardinal Ratzinger) and I've never read anyone who can speak about theology so clearly and so understandably.
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There would be no me
If there had never been her
Always Mother's day
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Such a lovely day
Sun stayed out into the night
Kids lay on new grass
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Storms come from the west
Wipe away my sunny days
Mother Nature’s love
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New season opens
Yankees win in a comeback
Pavano still sucks
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Beautiful weather
Gentle breezes, shining sun
Is this Spring at last?
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In the 2+ years I’ve had my current Dell desktop computer I’ve removed almost none of the programs it came pre-installed with. I’ve never felt the need to.
But the other day I deleted Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 from my computer. I had already made the switch to Firefox as my main internet browser some time ago but kept IE because a back-up browser is always useful – and besides, Firefox is ridiculously slow to load up (at least on my computer).
About a year ago I tried Opera but it pretty much froze every time I tried I used it so promptly uninstalled it. But on a whim I downloaded Opera’s newest version a couple of weeks ago and low and behold – it worked fine. At the same time, IE 7 despite the fact its supposed to be better than its previous version gave me all kind of “script error” headaches and in comparison to Firefox and Opera is bland and no-frills. So I got rid of it, and all of a sudden my computer is running faster (Opera opens up faster than IE ever did as well). Microsoft has more money and manpower than either Mozilla (Firefox) or Opera and they have the leg up on their competitors because IE is installed on every PC in the world (right?). It was one thing when MS put Netscape basically out of business with its monopolistic ways but as the rise of Google and the re-birth of Apple has shown, Bill Gates & Co. seem to be resting on their laurels and letting the innovations come from somewhere else.
So goodbye for now Internet Explorer, let me know when you put out something I can’t get somewhere else (and for free and faster, to boot).
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Nerves are on fire
Rubber bands between my teeth
Aspirin needed
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Yearly reminder
Dust we came and will return
Mere human ashes
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Face frozen over
Waiting for ride to arrive
Bastards never came
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I've been playing around a bit with my template and in the process Haloscan stopped working, I tried to re-install it but it was still wasn't taking. They have an automatic install for "new" Blogger but the new Blogger layout thing seems much too complicated to me right now. So I'll go with the old Blogger comments system for awhile and hope I don't get spammed.
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Colts beat Chicago
But my team wasn't playing
So didn't see it
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I can’t remember when I’ve been so occupied as I’ve been the last few months. Not busy, mind you, but occupied. My mind, my body, my life. Blogging has been almost non-existent, actual internet use rare. Extra responsibility at work + preparing for this coming semester has taken all my time and when I do go online...let’s just say I’m subscribed to almost 200 blogs on Bloglines and it just takes all my time to read them.
Each time I tell myself things will slow down...but they haven’t. I also still haven’t adjusted to it being 2007. 2006 went so smoothly I didn’t want it to end. By December of 07 I should have fufilled all the requirements for my Master’s. What then? Go for my Ph.D? Take some time off and travel to Europe? Settle down and finally grow up? So many decisions and I no longer can keep putting them off.
Alas, all my days are packed and the Spring semester starts this week. I’m taking a "Teaching College English Composition" course and will be a Teacher’s Assistant in an Undergrad class (ah, those were the days!). After years of avoiding T-E-A-C-H-I-N-G I’ve decided to see what it’s like. I’m hopeful I can get through this period without any disasters. My fingers are crossed.
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It is getting cold
Global freezing, not warming
Hold back the winter
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Martin had a dream
How long before it's fufilled?
One day at a time
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Time of year again
Happy Birthday to myself
Starting to fell age
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Iraq strategy
Incomprehensible plan
Clueless in White House
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What is that smell?
No one knows but say it's fine
Only in New York
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Vacation over
Wow, that was quick – not ready
Crap crap crap crap crap
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