| A follow up to one of hobgadling's earlier posts |
[Feb. 21st, 2006|04:36 pm] |
Cat parasite 'is killing otters'
By Paul Rincon
BBC News website science reporter, St Louis
Sea otters were hunted heavily for their fur in the 1800s
A parasite carried by cats is killing off sea otters, a veterinary specialist has told a major US science conference.
The Californian researcher has called for owners to keep their cats indoors.
Cat faeces carrying Toxoplasma parasites wash into US waterways and then into the sea where they can infect otters, causing brain disease.
The parasite is familiar to medical researchers, as it can damage human foetuses when expectant mothers become infected while changing cat litter. |
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| It feels like an armpit outside, like an armpit with icy-hot rubbed in it |
[Feb. 1st, 2006|01:07 pm] |
So I had a quick survey-esque question for you kids:
When you feel kinda stressed out/tired/grumpy, do you want to:
a)hang out with a close friend/get a beer/etc.
b)be by yourself
c)be with lots of your friends/party
d)other-ish
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I just wonder what's the most common for people. It's a classic introvert/extrovert question, but my newest relationship is reminding me how different people can actually be on this point. It's really interesting. Hope you guys reply with your thoughts on what it means, or how these dynamics function in our relationships, or something insightful like that. |
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[Dec. 11th, 2005|12:02 pm] |
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They should make peanut butter with some "loosening" agent in it, so you can eat it without getting constipated. I haven't eaten peanut butter in years, for fear of getting brick butt again. |
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| I know you guys aren't going to like this |
[Nov. 20th, 2005|04:31 pm] |
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Some of you might even be shocked and won't want to be my friend anymore, but on the surface level I agree with and support most of and statements president Bush made on his visit to China. It doesn't really change my overall opinion of his administration by any stretch of the imagination- I was just surprised to see him behave himself the way I would want a president to behave (except for that part where he tried to go out the wrong door, which was locked). |
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| I tried to post this as a comment on one of Hobgadling's postings but it wouldn't let me (???) |
[Nov. 19th, 2005|04:39 pm] |
hobgadling posted a great article about monogamy. There's one part in particular that I found really interesting and I wanted to know what both girls and boys thought about it:
(regarding straight couples who have three-ways, but only with other women)
Maybe women really are more sexually fluid than men—or their sexuality is simply more socially malleable. Or maybe this is just a particular brand of bisexuality; most of the women we spoke with said they are sexually, but not romantically, attracted to other women. And maybe this is a good thing, a sign that girls have more options, more pleasure, more of an experimental nature, more freedom overall. Or there’s the negative interpretation: Perhaps this is all a performance to turn guys on, Girls Gone Wild Gone Nonmonogamous. It could be that sexually speaking, women are just not taken seriously: Hot, yes, but as sex toys, not real romantic threats. (Who could trump the mighty penis?) As two women about to embark on what we hope will be lifelong commitments, we’re left wondering: Has the bar suddenly been raised? Is female bisexuality the latest way to be the perfect girlfriend? |
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[Nov. 3rd, 2005|08:12 am] |
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This guy just walked in wearing a shirt that said "if you can't convince them confuse them". When I scanned his ID his name come up as Nader Islam (!?!?!) |
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[Oct. 29th, 2005|06:53 pm] |
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I just read all my old LiveJournal entries and they all sound retarded, like I want to delete all of them. |
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| Austin Aid to Hurricane Victims |
[Sep. 3rd, 2005|05:25 pm] |
I have no money, as many of us don't, but if anyone wants to look in to volunteering tommorrow afternoon, hurricane victims have arrived in Austin and the shelters need supplies and help. Let me know if anyone wants to go drop off things or I can call and see if they need volunteers. Here's the info:
Volunteering and critical items
AdvertisementSaturday, September 03, 2005
VOLUNTEERS
City officials ask that residents do not show up at the Austin Convention Center or other shelters. People who want to volunteer should go to the Red Cross office at 2218 Pershing Drive (off Martin Luther King Blvd. just east of Airport Boulevard) or call 211.
CLOTHING AND BEDDING
The city's Office of Emergency Management issued an "urgent plea to the public" for clothing and bedding for the anticipated influx of Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Donations can be dropped off at the former Freescale Electronics research facility at 3501 Ed Bluestein Boulevard today. Volunteers will be available onsite to assist with unloading donated materials.
UNDERWEAR NEEDED
Red Cross volunteers at the Austin Convention Center said the evacuees are most in need of new underwear (for adults and children) and adult diapers for the elderly evacuees. City officials asked that those items be dropped off at the city's Contribution Center at Motorola, 3501 Ed Bluestein Blvd.
The center will be open for donations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Friday. The center will also accept monetary donations, cots, air mattresses, sleeping bags, sheets, blankets, towels and wash cloths.
CLOTHING AND OTHER ITEMS
The Salvation Army is requesting personal hygiene items for men, women and children as well as non-perishable food items that do not require refrigeration, heating or a can opener, baby items (such as formula, wipes, lotion, ointments and diapers), insect repellent, flashlights with batteries, work and/or plastic gloves and new clothing (socks, underwear and clothes for school-aged children).
WILL'S NOTE- OLD PEOPLE NEED DIAPERS TOO- SERIOUSLY
Items can be dropped off at the downtown facility at 510 East Eighth Street, which is open 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. seven days a week.
Used clothing should be taken to any of the four Salvation Army family stores in Austin.
For more information: www.salvationarmyaustin.org |
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[Sep. 2nd, 2005|04:50 pm] |
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I've made the mistake of following the news all day on-line and in newspapers. I'm normally not personally affected by current events, especially when there's no one involved that I can really identify with other than on the grounds that we're both human beings. I even felt irked for some reason when a girl in class yesterday said she had wanted to cry all day long, I guess because I thought it was insincere. But after looking at all the shocking, nauseating images and reading all the unbelievable first-hand accounts I've been on the verge of tears off and on for hours and hours. And I feel guilty and impotent there's nothing I can do (I'm impoverished in just about every way imaginable). I even debated posting this entry because it seems selfish to pine about how sad I am when there's millions of people directly affected that have a "right to grieve", if there's such a thing. But the ultimate irony of the day came when I tried to read spanish poetry to feel better and I turned to my first assignment for Gabriela Mistral. I flipped the page and to my frustration read the title: "Los sonetos de la muerte". |
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| Katrina support stuff |
[Sep. 2nd, 2005|03:25 pm] |
I wish I had an exra room for these people but I don't even have a living room :( If you have an extra spot in your house you might consider letting someone stay temporarily while they get their ruined life sorted out:
http://www.hurricanehousing.org |
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| textbooks at UT |
[Sep. 1st, 2005|08:04 am] |
Don't forget that instead of going to the Co-op you can go to UT's textbook exchange, where students post their textbooks for sale in e-bay fashion. It puts more money back in the students' hands and helps fuck the "coop". You can't always find what you need, though.
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/emery/TEXbooks/TEXbooks.cgi |
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| Total lack of motivation or animation in general |
[Aug. 13th, 2005|12:58 pm] |
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I just cannot motivate myself to write this last paper for this class with this professor that doesn't really like me but that I've still gotten really good grades in. I don't really need to do a good job, and I don't need to keep up a good relationship with the prof. So I guess it's just hard for me to do something that I'm not really excited about or interested in. I just realized that a lot of people do that every day, though... |
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[Aug. 12th, 2005|10:42 am] |
Have you guys heard the Dresden Dolls? Their coin operated boy video's great:
www.video-c.co.uk/ microgallery.asp?vidref=dres001 |
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| So I've been really fucking sick the past couple of days |
[Aug. 12th, 2005|09:31 am] |
If I haven't talked to some of you that's because I've been in and out of consciousness, trying to read and prepare for finals while seeking treatment for some major illness. Turns out it's probably Strep Throat, which makes me glad, really. The only other alternatives as to what it could be were much worse... I'm astounded that I got sick- I never get sick. It makes me feel indignant, really. One professor was really nice and was like "you know what Will, you've been a good student- just stay home, e-mail me your paper and skip the final- I'll average your other two test grades and make that your grade for the final". Recently I had talked to some people about how I was actually doing too much work for my classes, but turns out (in this one case) it really paid off in the end.
On a similar note, turns out I have a man-crush on my other professor, the one that I hated so much before and called a pinche cabrón hijo de puta puñatero- yeah. I say man-crush because, and I swear I'm being honest on this point, there's just no way to find him sexually attractive, thank goodness. There's nothing sexual about the infatuation, I just think he's super cool and I know it's sad but I'm just going to be honest and admit it so I can get it out of the way and move on- a small part of my self worth hinges on his opinion of me as a student. I would really like to propose an independant conference course with him this fall, but if he rejects my non-sexual advance I'll just have to take it in stride. There's plenty of cool professors here, plenty of options... it's fine... really. |
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| super-fun challenge |
[Aug. 8th, 2005|09:55 am] |
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I'll buy someone a fancy cocktail or cheesecake if they can find footage of a plane hitting the pentagon. |
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| ok, ok, wait, I've got it |
[Aug. 7th, 2005|12:47 pm] |
In regards to the cocaine problem in Colomiba-
it's something that has bothered and bothered me, because Colombia is beautiful, historical, and trip-worthy; but I don't feel comfortable going there right now because of all the violence surrounding the drug industry. It truly is horrible, as I've heard from Colombians themselves. But the war on drugs isn't working here in the US, and the often violent campaign waged by the police is innefective. What's more, cutting production in Colombia has just increased production in Peru. The problem is with consumption, but how do you convince people to stop using coke? You don't really, and they honestly should be able to make that decision themselves. The actual process of growing cocaine and consuming it isn't intrensically AK-47esque violent- it's the illegal part that turns it into a never ending out-and-out war. So yeah, decriminilation is an obvious step, but that means the price of cocaine would go down and consumption COULD go up and societal ills COULD result. But if it's legal tax the shit out of it, make it still expensive and put the tax money back towards education, regulation and rehab. Resulting black market that tries to circumvent the taxation process, you say? Not if major corporations are involved. The only thing more ruthless and effective than the US government and controlling its "territory" and destroying its enemy is a corporation. Pharmaceuticals will scramble to compete over the new drug market. They'll come out with "cocaine-light", "non-habit forming formula" and "fair trade organic"- and they'll crush any "local competition", with their evil mega-corp claws. If there's a way to send back alley dealers to hell, Pfizer will find a way. At the very least, the rocket launchers would be laid to rest and police wouldn't get perforated over it. |
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| Why am I even having this dilemma? |
[Aug. 4th, 2005|11:57 am] |
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I'm so paranoid about being perceived as priveleged, I think. One of the things that made this second degree different for me was that I'm paying for it all myself, and taking out a small loan like a normal person. I saved up $5500, which I've spent most of on tuition and housing, and I called and asked my Dad to cosign on a loan for me for the tuition this fall. When he realized that "all I needed" was 3500, he was just like "I could just loan you the money myself". Which is great, but bothers me at the same time. But no matter how hard you try, you'll never really get away from the fact that you owe so much to your parents (or so little if they were bad). |
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| my fantasy |
[Aug. 3rd, 2005|10:43 am] |
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It's all I can hope that one day with advanced archaelogical technology someone will be able to demostrate without a doubt that it was a woman who invented fire. |
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