something to remember from a post I wrote about 2 years ago
link
Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms.
No government in history has been known to evade this pattern.
And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more
to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class —
whether that class be [...]
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July 01, 2008 at 09:29 PM EDT
Tonight at 7pm marked 3 weeks since the accident on June 10th. Emily remains stable but is still unconscious. My parents, Jody and I were excited to see her yawning for the first time today. There is also still some very slight movement of the head and her eyes [...]
June 29, 2008 at 06:46 PM EDT
Emily looks wonderful without all of the tubes in her mouth and seems to be much more alert at times.
All of us went to the hospital this afternoon after church and were able to visit with her - Nathan and Stephen are still not allowed in to the trama [...]
Trying to separate fact from fiction
about weight loss energy?
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Is so much contradictory information
from the internet and from other media sources
making you confused and frustrated
just trying to understand it all?
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from Pray for Emily Facebook group
Today things seemed to be a little better with Emily.
She woke up today when the nurse came in
without even being prompted to do so.
She is more “awake” now then she was
and the doctors think she is realizing what is going on.
When people come in her heart rate [...]
I haven’t written for days - too busy with the start of BTS,
the establishing of a new diet for my diabetes,
and applying to a drama ministry
which only serves to remind me how much I miss doing it.
my hopes are once again raised that the older group
will start touring again sometime this year.
now I’m feeling the [...]
Like the rich, angry people are different from you and I…
Seth Godinputs it elequently:
It’s tempting to treat an angry person just like a typical person, just… angrier.
This is probably a mistake, because anger brings its own reality along with it.
let that sink in - anger brings its own reality along with it.
An angry customer [...]
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it’s the start of another day
and the familiarity with a new schedule.
another coworker is rattled with having
his father take a rather bad turn
in a rather faraway place, which served to
keep him on edge for most of the day.
add to the mix a few truly annoying
coeds and customers and you have the makings
of a really trying [...]
(BTW, hoosgot info on a way to run Chuzzle or a similar game on a stock Ubuntu install?)
I took one more small step away from Microsoft today -
I installed Ubuntu on my mom’s computer.
I turned out that mom’s computer had blue screened for the umpteenth time on Sunday
just as I was about to try catching [...]
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