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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So long December
You come and go so quickly
Come again next year
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Over the radio
Come carols rather than rock
First sign of Christmas
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| 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! |
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.
Festival of lights
Begins tonight at sundown
Happy Hanukkah!
Less time studying
More writing till hand falls off
That's Grad School for you
Winter has arrived
Suddenly swept into town
Bringing in the cold
