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November 30, 2007
Life or death on the run
If you're a champion race-walker and you're faced with mortal danger, do you walk... or run?
Courtesy of Rob
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November 27, 2007
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology @ KSU
I really loved this video about students today.
On the one hand, I could say that the students are lazy and aren't doing what they ought to be, but that's not the point of the video. That's just a knee jerk reaction to how things "should be."
Fact of the matter is that the world is a very different place than when the school systems were created. We've moved faster and further in the past twenty years than we had in the previous hundred. Is it no wonder that our school system is no longer adequate to deal with how modern students learn?
What's it going to take to have real learning inside the new paradigm?
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Macedonian Dwarf
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November 22, 2007
What are you thankful for?
Once again, the President has pardoned a turkey, but not the one I'm going to eat tonight. It's a lovely time of year, where an animal gets ritually sacrificed and mere mortals bestow upon their gods their thanks, whether it be some Judeo-Christrian patriarch or the Dallas Cowboys.
So, Tony Romo, this year, I am thankful for:
- The Power Call: Mel, Sarah, Azmir, Shana, and Vatecia (in absentia), for changing the world three things at a time every day
- John vR, Marie and Charles, for starting the Last Minute Poetry Club
- Camille, Ana, Armin and Pat, for joining the club
- Armin, for the idea of doing poetry
- John vR and Camille, for finishing their first scripts
- The Wisdom Course, Lily and Monique, for a year of unbelievable changes
- Royal Caribbean and the crew of Freedom of the Seas, Lena, Rebecca, Table 587, and so many others, for one really kick ass cruise to the Western Caribbean
- Jamaica, for rum cake
- The Crypt, for all the dancing
- Deck 12, for one of my favourite memories of all time, dancing into the pool
- The Octopus, for easy transit around Hong Kong
- Lena, for playing along at Madame Tussaud's
- The 7-11, for having a battery charging service for my cell phone
- Uncle 007, for another amazing tour of Hong Kong
- Jimmy, for the sushi and the Korean BBQ in Hong Kong
- Sam's Tailor, for the awesome suit
- Jerah, for relationships come and gone
- John S, for the opportunity and for ending it when it needed to end
- April, for the alternative perspective and guidance
- April again, for dim sum lunches, afternoon talks, and late night Chinese
- Jenn, for a second life
- Doc, for the back breaking
- Frank, for a new opportunity
- Dixon and Mei, for the invitation and the hospitality
- Ken, for the bachelor party on Canada Day
- George, Ilanit, Jennifer, Judy, Megan and Rob, for 29 weeks of keeping me on my toes and making it fun
- Judy again, for being crazy enough to go to Vegas and back in 15 hours
- Sheree and Matt, for their new house
- Dad, for helping them find it
- My crushes, for being crushed on
- Candace and Francesca, for their leadership and guidance
- Larry, Carol, Candace, Archie, Chris, Francesca, Armida, and Nancy, for the Introduction Leaders Program
- Everyone in the Introduction Leaders Program, for the difference that they make
- Angela, Dave, and John, for partnership
- Erick and Frank S, for all their assistance
- Kelley, Amanda and Kristina, for all the lunches
- Amy, for listening to me every day
- Heidi, for the colour commentary
- Soulja Boy Tellem, for that stupid dance
- The 110 and 105 freeways
- The downtown bypass, Figueroa, and Imperial Highway, when the freeways let me down
- Pinkberry, for the frozen yoghurt, Korean mafia style
- Jenni, for Pinkberry
- Jenni, Rod, Jerah, Victor, Kim, Don, Darrick and Lumi, for a wonderfully explosive weekend
- Darrick and Lumi, for never giving up
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November 1, 2007
Coming at it sideways
Sometimes, when you've tried charging forward with all your strength or just wing it and can't seem to get what you want, you just have to come at the problem sideways. Check out Trinity College's 15-lateral play to win their Division III game against Millsaps.
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