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| Sunday, May 17th, 2009 | | 1:47 pm |
Kindly read, take action, and pass on
From ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) elmyraemilie's journal" From Neil Gaiman's Twitter account, I have this link: National Guidelines for Embryonic Stem Cell Research Under AttackCatholic organizations have mobilized to skew comments on the National Institutes of Health's guidelines for embryonic stem cell research. According to the website linked here, of the 6000 comments registered so far, 99% of them are against any kind of ESCR at all. If you want to see medical research into ESCR in the United States being carried out on a basis of open scientific inquiry rather than religious objection, please click the link and add your comments at the website indicated. | | Sunday, May 10th, 2009 | | 2:25 pm |
Happy Mother's Day and a movie review (no spoilers)
To any out there who celebrate it. And I don't want to post spoilers for those who have not yet seen it, but electroweak and I went out on a date Friday night to the new Trek movie and dinner afterwards (tasty, tasty, Thai food) and I just have to say the movie was totally worth it. We enjoyed it immensely, and from the applause at the end of the film everyone else in the theater did too. As someone who thought the Next Gen series premiering on her birthday lo these many years ago was a fantastic (if unknown and unmeant) birthday present and who has seen all the movies in the theater (even the ones that were awful, and that we knew going in were going to be awful) I have to say it was really nice to see what a good job they did with it. | | Saturday, May 9th, 2009 | | 6:13 am |
8 things meme
So I got tagged by mithen to do this. 1. Post these rules.
2. Each tagged person must post 8 things about their selves on their journal.
3. At the end, you have to choose and tag 8 people.
4. No tag-backs.I don't tag people to do memes, but feel free to play along if you'd like. ( So, wanna know some stuff about me? ) | | Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | | 2:49 pm |
Testing
Testing to see if a post to my brand spanking new DW account does actually cross-post to LJ the way the settings claim to work. | | Thursday, April 30th, 2009 | | 5:28 am |
WTF?
So in my humor bookmarks I have a site called News of the Weird. Updated every Sunday with the current week's column, the author collects odd news stories from around the globe and presents them in one neatly organized place. I don't always remember to check it out on Sundays, but at some point during the week I do try to spend a few moments reading about other people's stupidity because it tends to make me smile. But sometimes it makes me want to weep for the species. Case in point, from the April 26th column: A high school student in Oakton, Va., was suspended for two weeks in March when she inadvertently brought to school her birth-control pill (her prescription for which was approved by her mother). It was only then (with two weeks off to research it) that the girl discovered that, in comparison, county rules required only one week's suspension for bringing heroin to school. Officials told the Washington Post that birth-control pills are particularly objectionable because they countermand the school system's "abstinence-only" sex education classes. [Washington Post, 4-5-09]If this is from the "county rules" then that implies to me that it is a public school. I believe I am appalled. The main site is here if anyone is interested: http://www.newsoftheweird.com/index.html | | Sunday, April 19th, 2009 | | 3:46 pm |
Tribal Forces
Went to the con this weekend; had a great time seeing people I hadn't seen in a year and getting to know people better (or for the first time). Looking forward to next year. | | Monday, April 13th, 2009 | | 9:59 pm |
Minor school bi**hing
So for anyone reading this journal who is not aware of this fact, I am in grad school going for a master's degree in Organizational Development. This semester's class is on coaching and mentoring skills. 40% percent of the course grade is due in the last few weeks of the semester, split equally between a giving a presentation on your class project (which was to find someone to coach and coach them) and the "research" paper written on the same class project. The presentations were originally supposed to occur the last two classes on April 23rd and April 30th, but the teacher had to cancel class on the 23rd because his day job is sending him to Connecticut and what he has to do there is not supposed to finish until 6PM, which is when class is scheduled to begin. Now he wants at least some of the class to give their presentation on THIS Thursday, April 16th, so that no one rushed for time during their presentations (which is rather likely to happen if 10 people try to do a 15-20min presentation all in one 3hr class). So I told the teacher during the last class on April 2nd (class was canceled on the 9th for Holy Thurs - I'm going to a Catholic university) that I might be ready to present by April 16th, but I would probably want to send him at least a rough draft of my presentation before hand to make sure I was doing what he wanted (he asked for either a power point outlining the presentation or handouts for the entire class, so I am doing power point). I sent him the initial draft copy on Sunday, early afternoon. So I know yesterday was Easter and all, and he probably was busy, but it is now after 10PM on Monday night and I still haven't heard anything back from him. At least an acknowledgment it had been received would be nice, you know? I don't want to confirm that I will present in *three* days for 20% of the grade without knowing if I am totally off base in what he is looking for the presentation to be like or (at least) somewhere in the ballpark. Current Mood:  frustrated | | Monday, February 2nd, 2009 | | 7:16 pm |
Recipe
Placing in my lj as a way to have access to it online (the weird thermal paper I have my original copy printed on tends to get worn very easily, and I LIKE this recipe). Xposted to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) potluck_supper( Honey Lime Chicken ) | | Sunday, February 1st, 2009 | | 8:11 pm |
I is a lemming...
Meme from mistresschimeraYOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I want to know things about you. I don't care if we never talk, never liked each other, or if we already know everything about each other. You're on my list, so let me know who I am friends with. (just put this in a reply if you do it) 1. Can you cook? 2. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator? 3. What talent do you wish you had? 4. Favorite place? 5. Favorite vegetable? 6. What was the last book you read? 7. Are you Dirty or Clean? 8. Any tattoos and/or piercings? 9. Worst habit? HERE COMES THE FUN ... 1. How did we meet? 2. What's your philosophy on life? 3. Negative or Optimistic? 4. What was your dream growing up? 5. Worst thing to ever happen to you? 6. What was your first impression of me? 7. Tell me one weird fact about you: 8. What’s your favorite memory of us? 9 is missing. Make up something if you want. 10. Have you ever kept anything from me? 11. What do you think of me as a person? 12. Do you think I'm sane or insane? 13. Would you cry for me if I died? 14. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience? 15. If you could change anything about me, would you? 16. How do you fall asleep? 17. Ever gotten angry with me? 18. Would you go on a blind date if I set you up? 19. If you had one day to live, what would you do? 20. A million bucks… what would you do with it? 21. What is your worst fear? 22. Favorite thing to do in your spare time? 23. Can you sing or dance? 24. In one word, how would you describe me? Be honest.... 25. Will you repost this so I can fill it out? | | Friday, January 30th, 2009 | | 7:50 pm |
Book Meme
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read. 2) Italicize those you intend to read. 3) Underline the books you LOVE. 4) Reprint this list in your own LJ Note, I think there should be an option for those books you HATED, as there are a few of the so-called classics that I think deserve to be forgotten (not burned, because I don't think any book should be burned, but definitely forgotten). ( cut to spare f-lists ) | | Thursday, January 8th, 2009 | | 5:35 pm |
| | Thursday, January 1st, 2009 | | 8:35 am |
| | Sunday, December 7th, 2008 | | 5:05 am |
| | Monday, December 1st, 2008 | | 4:56 pm |
| | Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 | | 5:51 am |
Birthday Wishes
To sam_gamgee and to my Dad (not that the latter will actually see this, but it should remind me to call him tonight when I catch up on my flist and see the post after work) | | Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 | | 9:35 am |
Crack Humor
So several of my RL friends and I all read and post to a shared message board my husband set up lo these many years ago. And one of the things people are wont to do on this board is post interesting/humorous links that they think the others will want to check out. So I go to look at the board today and find this link: http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Main_PageIt's the bible, translated into LOLcat. Seriously. (Or, maybe not so much). I have no real words to describe my sentiments when I followed the link, so I thought I would just share the link with all of you so you can find your own speechlessness at the sight. | | Sunday, October 26th, 2008 | | 7:00 pm |
| | Friday, October 24th, 2008 | | 5:51 am |
| | Monday, October 20th, 2008 | | 8:25 pm |
| | Monday, October 13th, 2008 | | 1:58 pm |
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