Off the Mark

Well, I’m here in exciting Danville, IL for New Years Eva.  Eva got my room comped so I only had to pay for my tickets to the show and the buffet, which were affordable.  What a sweetie!
I’ve had dinner and I’m killing time in my hotel room reading until the doors open at 9.  I [...]

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I tried again, I went last night.Another date was just not right,And as I drove myself back home,A little voice said just be alone,But sometimes, I think I see you in a crowd,It’s not picture perfect, you’re just meant for me somehow,
And I’ll miss you till I meet you,Oh I’ll miss you till I meet [...]

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Travis Ennis is Preparing for the new year.  I gave up resolutions a long time ago but some goals are certainly called for. 
Here are some of my goals for 2006 (in no particular order):
Graduate (May)Attend my daughter’s college graduation (May)Start on the CAS degree (out of my hands for now—application is in)Submit an article [...]

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I got to hang out with my daughter on Friday and then I went back over to my ex’s on Christmas day.   I’ve been having a problem with my back for a while now and it was really bothering me on Christmas Eve, but I hope to get a massage today.  And I hope that [...]

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Trying to clean out some of the stuff I have in Bloglines I came across this article and accompanying quizes I found at 3 Quarks Daily back in early June.  "How male or female is your brain?" at the Guardian Unlimited.
It is by Simon Baron-Cohen, director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of [...]

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I went and saw Pride & Prejudice with my friend Em yesterday.  It was quite good, particularly the cinematography.  Lots of beautiful scenes.
It was also a bit more romantic than the book.  When I first saw Donald Sutherland on screen as Mr. Bennet, I went "huh…?"  But he was actually quite good in the [...]

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Now I like my flower pic banner, but this one is more fitting for the season.
Besides updating some software on 7 computers today at work I got to play learn some about Adobe Photoshop Elements.  I followed along as best I could with this post by Paul Stamatiou, HOW TO: Make a Blog Header Graphic.  [...]

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Well, well.  I walked over to the LIS Library in the godawful cold yesterday to get a copy of the Burbules article cited by Gouge just knowing that it was going to cause me to have to rethink my position, be a man, learn, grow, and all that assorted stuff.
Guess what?  One really should read [...]

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I recently read an article pointed to by Jeffrey Pomerantz at his blog PomeRantz:
Gouge, Marianne K. "Blogs as a Means of Preservation Selection for the World Wide Web."
I referenced this article in my comments on the article for our 1st Virtual Journal Club discussion.  Here is what I said:
I read another article that addresses and [...]

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I’m trying to keep my chin up as I remind myself that it is a very busy time of the year with semesters ending, traveling, holiday preparations, and so on. With that in mind, I’m still hoping Virtual Journal Club will take off. We had our 1st “meeting” yesterday and we only have [...]

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