tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157499392009-03-01T04:22:44.682-05:00Random thoughts, comments, poems, links, and other stuff.FSJLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803079547494458258noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15749939.post-1348534993534761572008-12-04T12:40:00.001-05:002008-12-04T12:40:47.194-05:00<div style="position:relative; border-width:1px; border-color:; border-style: solid; background-color:c9b390; padding:0 10px; width:400px; text-align:center; font-family:serif; left:50%; margin:25px 0 25px -200px; color:;"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15749939-134853499353476157?l=fledgist.blogspot.com'/></div>FSJLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803079547494458258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15749939.post-18581414200792994392008-12-02T09:26:00.001-05:002008-12-02T09:27:40.063-05:00<a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a> is the greatest waster of time ever invented.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15749939-1858141420079299439?l=fledgist.blogspot.com'/></div>FSJLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803079547494458258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15749939.post-1124899182175561952005-08-24T11:56:00.000-04:002005-08-24T11:59:42.176-04:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#333399;">It seems our <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4173838.stm">feet </a>have evolved, but not our minds. Otherwise we wouldn't be facing the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4172504.stm">science wars</a> that are erupting now.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15749939-112489918217556195?l=fledgist.blogspot.com'/></div>FSJLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803079547494458258noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15749939.post-1124898160175287842005-08-24T11:37:00.000-04:002005-08-24T11:42:40.176-04:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3696/1468/1600/inaugx.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3696/1468/400/inaugx.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">I'm on duty this morning, the first day of classes, to advise students coming in to the office. It's mostly a big bore. Students recognise they need to take courses in sequence, but then come up with all sorts of excuses for why they can't, or why they need to take 18 hours in a semester, or why they need overrides. It gets old very quickly.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#333399;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#333399;">Still, it is a necessary job. And most students accept the help that they're seeking.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15749939-112489816017528784?l=fledgist.blogspot.com'/></div>FSJLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803079547494458258noreply@blogger.com0