Written on 9:10 PM by Jack B.
(With apologies to Irving Berlin)
I’m dreaming of a green St. Patrick’sJust like they used to have in IrelandWhere shamrocks have four-leaf cloversAnd to the pubs we’ll go overThen look for gold across the rainbow’s spana-n-d I’m dreaming of a green St. Patrick’sWith every bite of freshly cooked corn beefMay you sing a chorus of “Danny’s Boy” and “I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen”And may all your St. Paddy’s Days be green
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!
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Written on 12:39 PM by Jack B.
Nerves are on fire
Rubber bands between my teeth
Aspirin needed
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Written on 7:22 PM by Jack B.
Yearly reminder
Dust we came and will return
Mere human ashes
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Written on 9:48 AM by Jack B.
Face frozen over
Waiting for ride to arrive
Bastards never came
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Written on 10:51 PM by Jack B.
My niece, Monica Grace. With a pedigree like that you can bet she's 100 % ALL AMERICAN!
On a more selfish note, ain't she a cutie? One of the great things about being an uncle is that I have none of the responsibility of a parent and yet I still get all the pictures!
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Written on 11:04 AM by Jack B.
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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Written on 11:03 AM by Jack B.
Colts beat Chicago
But my team wasn't playing
So didn't see it
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Written on 9:36 PM by Jack B.
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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Written on 11:06 PM by Jack B.
It is getting cold
Global freezing, not warming
Hold back the winter
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Written on 10:36 PM by Jack B.
Martin had a dream
How long before it's fufilled?
One day at a time
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Written on 9:00 PM by Jack B.
Time of year again
Happy Birthday to myself
Starting to fell age
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Written on 10:49 PM by Jack B.
Iraq strategy
Incomprehensible plan
Clueless in White House
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Written on 10:47 PM by Jack B.
What is that smell?
No one knows but say it's fine
Only in New York
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Written on 2:36 PM by Jack B.
Vacation over
Wow, that was quick – not ready
Crap crap crap crap crap
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Written on 7:51 PM by Jack B.
I hope everyone celebrates the coming new year in style (don't drink too much though - I'll do that for both of us *Ha, Ha*) and has a wonderful 2007!
And a Happy Eid to Muslims everywhere as well.
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holidays
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Written on 7:46 PM by Jack B.
So long December
You come and go so quickly
Come again next year
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Written on 2:22 PM by Jack B.
How long has it been
Who knows the true date
When a child was born
That would change the world’s fate
No room at the inn
In old Bethlehem
For good carpenter, Joseph
And his wife, Miriyam
In a manger
Where animals once lay
Was born the babe
On that unknown day
It is said only shepherds heard
The angels thanksgiving song
And went to see the baby
Taking their flocks along
2000 years since then
Around the winter solstice
Comes a day especially chosen
And they called it Christmas
But is it really Christmas?
Or was it yesterday?
Does it really matter?
Who’s to say?
Live life to the fullest and...
Have a very Happy, Holy Day!
*please forgive my crude drawing of the Virgin with Child - obviously art was never my best subject
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Written on 7:39 PM by Jack B.
Over the radio
Come carols rather than rock
First sign of Christmas
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Written on 11:16 PM by Jack B.
| You Are a Tree |
You love every part of the holidays, down to the candy canes and stockings. And you're goofy enough to put a Christmas tree ornament on your tree! |
It's not that far off, you know. Yeah I know Christmas trees are basically some pagan tradition from Germany co-opted for the holiday season but I love them anyway. Christmas isn't Christmas, if there's no tree.
Here's a picture of this year's Christmas Tree 2006 at my home:
No angel at the top this year and no flashing lights nor the chirping bird noises usually put into the tree. But it's not that bad - and my sister did it anyway, so I take no responsibility. I'm too lazy to do anything but throw tinsel around. Ha, ha.
Written on 10:07 PM by Jack B.
Festival of lights
Begins tonight at sundown
Happy Hanukkah!
Written on 10:31 AM by Jack B.
Less time studying
More writing till hand falls off
That's Grad School for you
Written on 11:25 AM by Jack B.
Winter has arrived
Suddenly swept into town
Bringing in the cold
Written on 11:09 PM by Jack B.
Was a long weekend
Lounging, shopping, some other stuff
Back to the real world
Written on 6:22 PM by Jack B.
| What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Northeast Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak. |
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This quiz seems to be scarily accurate (in my case at least).Hat tip to
Christus Vincit for the link.
Written on 5:38 PM by Jack B.
Past year has been filled
Losses and disappointments
Kept close to the heart
Yet still be grateful
So long as hope still remains
There is abundance
More than just turkey
Food is symbol of blessings
Happy Thanksgiving
Written on 10:07 AM by Jack B.
An old axiom
What is treasure in some eyes
Just junk to others
Written on 11:09 PM by Jack B.
Firefox 2.0 seems to be basically the same things as the old Firefox now with a brand new number at the end and Blogger Beta in addition to being a little buggy is hellava annoying - I have to log in using my Gmail account everytime I want to log onto blogger instead of my old blogger account? Well, that sucks. Sometimes upgrading for the sake of upgrading is just not worth it.
Written on 8:24 PM by Jack B.
I photographed this dude last week talking on the phone and trying to hail a cab on Broadway... and it wasn't even Halloween! One of the reasons I love living in New York - its the only place where something like this would be seen as normal.
Written on 7:56 PM by Jack B.
The Republicans got wacked at the polls – no big surprise... I’m sure some good and decent Republicans got kicked out who didn’t deserve it, buts that’s politics. The people wanted a change (especially in Iraq) and voting is basically the only way most people can send a message. The Democrats didn’t do anything to get elected; they were just the default position for those who wanted to kick out the GOP. Now let’s see if the Democrats can do anything new (I doubt it). Do I sound disillusioned? I am. I voted but only because it was my civic duty, NYC is basically a one-party city (even our Republican mayor was a Democrat who switched parties because it was easier to get through a Republican primary) so everyone knows who’s going to win here anyway.
The one thing I was upset at was the deceptive pro-cloning constitutional amendment passing in Missouri passing by under 50,000 votes. People (mostly wealthy individuals and biotech companies) outspent the anti-Amendment 2 people (which included most churches) by something like $28 million to $3 million. The bill itself was something like 30+ pages long and most people hadn’t read the whole thing – yet they had no problem making it part of their constitution. Oy Vey. The bill purported to ban cloning – but only in the implantation in an actual womb. If someone read further down it specifically allows GOVERNMENT FUNDS for the cloning to infinity of human embryos outside the womb for medical research. In other words the creation of embryos just for the sake of destroying them for their stem cells. What ever happened to only using frozen embryos in fertility clinics since there was SO MANY of them going unused? Why do you need to clone embryos, create dozens more, all just to destroy them? Like I said – deceptive.
Written on 7:39 PM by Jack B.
The elections done
Goodbye campaign commercials
Bad civil discourse
