Archive for January, 2006

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

A new semester begins

Today begins a new semester. Being back in classes will hopefully save me from myself. People spend their free time in lots of different ways. I usually work on web sites. Changes to this site went pretty well, my other projects didn’t turn out as planned. In attempting to integrate Stephanie’s blog and photo gallery [...]

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Monday, January 16th, 2006

&*@#! language on the rise

&*@#! language on the rise - Teachers, students say swearing is getting worse.
My mom can probably back this story up, she sees behavior in her kindergarten kids now that used to be only in higher grades. I have to disagree with parts of this article. “Sucks” is not a swear word. Sure, it’s [...]

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Sunday, January 15th, 2006

Are you a Librarian?

I did pretty well on the test, the questions are pretty focused on American Library History, I’m pretty sure the questions I missed were the put Dewey and LC in the right order. I’m not that good of a cataloger. Questions about the test, such as the right answers,can be directed here.

Head Librarian [...]

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Sunday, January 15th, 2006

Dr. Who returns

The new Dr. Who series (BBC site) has been playing in the UK for a while now. It’s going to be shown in the US on the SCI-FI channel.
I remember watching the original Dr. Who (BBC site) on PBS. It’s the first sci-fi I ever saw on TV, although it’s probably tied with The Incredible [...]

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Saturday, January 14th, 2006

Survivor comes back to the Tri-Cities

The latest edition of Survivor starts February 2. It has yet another person for my original neck of the woods, Melinda. The Johnson City Press has an article abut her.

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