As the one-year anniversary of my father’s death rolls around this month, I found myself thinking about my childhood. My father was convinced that the JWs were going to help him mold a perfect child. To this end, the belt was considered a method of “loving correction.” I ran across some JW quotes and it all came together for me today in a way that finally makes sense. In any case, I thought I would share a couple of these…
It figures. My first loan consolidation was in 1991 – after my Master’s and before my PhD work. In the previous year, all student loan consolidations were completely subsidized. From the next year onward, all loans had separate bookkeeping for GSL and SLS loans, so that the GSL loans would continue to be subsized. What’s the difference? It appears that the whole time I have been in school, even my GSL loans were accumulating interest to the tune of 9%….
Apologies Accepted – the world’s answer to sorryeverybody.com Awwww…. They heard us!!!! Original Site http://www.sorryeverybody.com Visit the site and see all the people who posted photos of themselves saying sorry to the world community for Bush’s second reign. “Some of us — hopefully most of us — are trying to understand and appreciate the effect our recent election will have on you, the citizens of the rest of the world. As our so-called leaders redouble their efforts to screw you…
Thanks to Busy Mom for the Busy Mom Barometer! Here’s mine: Coffee of the Day: Kenya AA with raw sugar and half ‘n’ half.Listening to: Kate Bush, Tori Amos, The The, Jane Siberry and the usual suspects on my Yahoo Radio Station. Thinking: Wonder how I’ll cram World Literature into an 8-week course? The classes are four hours long – wonder if I can bring coffee? Will everyone fall asleep by 10pm?Wishing: I hadn’t gotten into so much student loan…
Go to Feel Better at http://www.scrolllock.nl/. Once the page loads, click on the red button for a little positive affirmation. (Thanks Willow!)
Aventures Virales works (Viral Adventures) Well, it’s too late for you to see it in person, but I wanted to plug our friend Joseph Nechvatal’s latest art exhibit in Paris. Take a look at the site anyway. The images are complicated, compelling, suggestive. Aventures Virales » (Viral Adventures) is the virtual hermaphroditic subjected to viral attacks. It aims to depict an imagined realm of political-spiritual chaosmos where new forms of sexual order arise such that any form of order is…