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    Reboot day, please

    June 6, 2008 - By 

    OK first off, it’s raining. This means people in Austin drive worse than usual. Next, it’s Friday, so Simon (the ACC “cafe”) is closed, so I can’t buy a banana or a bagel. Fine, I try to buy a bottled Dr. Pepper from the machine – it sounds like it vends, but nothing in the box, and I can’t reach it to wiggle it out. FINE, I’ll get a can instead. This works, but it means I can’t save it for after class if I don’t finish it. Now I don’t have enough quarters to buy a Twix bar –…

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    This is why.

    June 5, 2008 - By 

    Originally published at Jen’s Corner. You can comment here or there. It is important to remember that Roe v. Wade did not mean that abortions could be performed. They have always been done, dating from ancient Greek days. What Roe said was that ending a pregnancy could be carried out by medical personnel, in a medically accepted setting, thus conferring on women, finally, the full rights of first-class citizens — and freeing their doctors to treat them as such.

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    Stuff.

    May 13, 2008 - By 

    Messing with my ‘blog again. Upgraded to WP 2.5. Changing themes. Trying to make the photos look right. Trying to make it so that I don’t hate it. Need to get new header images. Need to figure out the difference between “categories” and “tags”. Need to finish importing all my LJ crap. Need to figure out if I’m staying with GoDaddy for hosting. Need to write more often. It’d be good for me, and all that “Twittering” stuff is appalling. Need to start using del.icio.us links again. Need to go to bed.

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    Book Review: Cloud Atlas

    March 30, 2008 - By 

    Wow. I just finished the most amazing book – Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell. I found this book when I asked a guy at BookPeople for a dystopia, and I can’t recommend it enough. It’s a nested set of matryoshka dolls in front of a mirror; six separate stories woven together from the 1850s to a post-apocalyptic future and back again. Each could stand on its own, yet when taken together are glorious. Here’s some thoughts I had while reading it: About 10 pages in: Hmm. This doesn’t seem much like a dystopia. Oh well, it’s ok so far. About…

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    Unexpected

    March 19, 2008 - By 

    Originally published at Jen’s Corner. You can comment here or there. I got to school on Monday and found out that my History teacher died over spring break. She’d had some upper respiratory crud going on the week prior, and apparently it turned into pneumonia and it killed her. The disturbing part, besides someone I know however superficially dying without warning, is that she was just 42. For those of you keeping score, I’m 41. I also, if I get sick, tend to get a horrendous cough that hangs on for weeks. So yeah, it’s a little disconcerting.

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    Slipping again

    March 13, 2008 - By 

    Interestingly mentioned in a comment, and not actually, you know, announced – no more basic accounts. Brad (you remember Brad, right?) has some thoughts.

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    Zoo. Skool. Pictures

    February 20, 2008 - By 

    Originally published at Jen’s Corner. You can comment here or there. Tuesday I went to the zoo again. We get a membership every year, because we want to support their rescue efforts, but we don’t really go very often. I got some pretty cool pictures this time – it was a nice, breezy morning. Here’s the rest of the pictures. School is going pretty well. I seem to be getting A’s on all my English essays, though I’m not sure exactly how. History is going well too. I dropped Spanish II though; I felt like I didn’t retain anything from…

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    Splendor

    February 19, 2008 - By 

    Splendor Originally uploaded by jenbooks. Feb 19 – 042/366 This guy was feeling quite perky today; he was displaying for all he was worth. I went to the Austin Zoo today; it was difficult to choose just one photo! The runner up is here.

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    Nikon

    February 17, 2008 - By 

    Nikon Originally uploaded by jenbooks. Feb 17 – 041/366 My primary camera: Nikon D50; 28-80mm lens; 70-300mm lens