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Heart this Colbert Report LIKE WHOA.
Man, it is so good to feel normal (shuddup) again. I think it really did take a week for me to fully recover from travel-lag -- which is lame, 'cause it was 2 weeks and I'm 24 years old, but there it is.
I had pasta for lunch today because I hadn't had Spangler pasta in ages. It wasn't all that fulfilling and I suspect I may be living on burritos a lot, but that's okay.
I went back to the gym today for the first time since I came back from Europe. (Memberships expire on August 31, so I also renewed my membership. Is $200 for a full year -- which averages to <$17/month.)
I seem to be a masochist because I decided to do the treadmill. I started at 5.5mph and after a few minutes (literally) I was so ready to be done. Weirdly, my hips were hurting (though it got better by about halfway through). A couple times I brought it down to walking pace (4mph) briefly, and after the first ten minutes I only brought it back up to 5mph, but I still did 2.55miles in 30minutes. I looked in the mirror when I went back to the locker room, and I was so red.
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Via: InstaPundit: "Research published in the Journal of Adolescent Health in 2004 found that adolescents whose parents permitted them to attend unchaperoned parties where drinking occurred had twice the average binge-drinking rate. But the study also had another, more arresting conclusion: Children whose parents introduced drinking to the children at home were one-third as likely to binge."
[Megan McArdle also has commentary, though I don't understand why she's using the phrase "genetic determinist" for her philosophy.]
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I know that Democrats are the big government party, but isn't the idea of government requiring people to do stuff somewhat frightening, especially these days? I know, it's better/safer when one's own people are in power, but what's that old adage about not your own party power you wouldn't want your enemies to have?
( Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said on Sunday that his universal health care proposal would require that Americans go to the doctor for preventive care. )
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The front page of the WSJ today had a teaser for "Issues to Make Women Vote Republican," so of course I had to check that out. The article was called "What Women Want" (by Kimberley A. Strassel). I really don't know economics, but I found it really interesting. ( excerpts )
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In the complaint department:
I bought an external hard drive, plugged in the USB cord and everything, my computer recognized it . . . but it's not showing up in My Computer or anything. Sigh. Will stop by Staples (where I bought it) after work tomorrow.
I had pasta for lunch today because I hadn't had Spangler pasta in ages. It wasn't all that fulfilling and I suspect I may be living on burritos a lot, but that's okay.
I went back to the gym today for the first time since I came back from Europe. (Memberships expire on August 31, so I also renewed my membership. Is $200 for a full year -- which averages to <$17/month.)
I seem to be a masochist because I decided to do the treadmill. I started at 5.5mph and after a few minutes (literally) I was so ready to be done. Weirdly, my hips were hurting (though it got better by about halfway through). A couple times I brought it down to walking pace (4mph) briefly, and after the first ten minutes I only brought it back up to 5mph, but I still did 2.55miles in 30minutes. I looked in the mirror when I went back to the locker room, and I was so red.
***
Via: InstaPundit: "Research published in the Journal of Adolescent Health in 2004 found that adolescents whose parents permitted them to attend unchaperoned parties where drinking occurred had twice the average binge-drinking rate. But the study also had another, more arresting conclusion: Children whose parents introduced drinking to the children at home were one-third as likely to binge."
[Megan McArdle also has commentary, though I don't understand why she's using the phrase "genetic determinist" for her philosophy.]
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I know that Democrats are the big government party, but isn't the idea of government requiring people to do stuff somewhat frightening, especially these days? I know, it's better/safer when one's own people are in power, but what's that old adage about not your own party power you wouldn't want your enemies to have?
( Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said on Sunday that his universal health care proposal would require that Americans go to the doctor for preventive care. )
***
The front page of the WSJ today had a teaser for "Issues to Make Women Vote Republican," so of course I had to check that out. The article was called "What Women Want" (by Kimberley A. Strassel). I really don't know economics, but I found it really interesting. ( excerpts )
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In the complaint department:
I bought an external hard drive, plugged in the USB cord and everything, my computer recognized it . . . but it's not showing up in My Computer or anything. Sigh. Will stop by Staples (where I bought it) after work tomorrow.