Linden's Pensieve

Pet Peeves: People who talk A LOT annoy me. Does it matter to her? Probably not. You know, you make a comment, just a one-sentence comment about something, and she just jumps in with something on a related vein, but not completely similar, just to talk. Then, when she can tell you are bored/busy/trying to [...]

In his “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King, Jr. says the following: …I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in this stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler [...]

The topic of labeling people based on beliefs, i.e. feminists, Marxist, etc, has come up several times in the reading I have had to do for classes lately. What do you think? Some people say that labels are terrible and should be eschewed because they restrict us because no one believes exactly the same things [...]

Orange lily close up cropped, with ant Originally uploaded by Martin LaBar. Wow. This man has some beautiful pictures!

I remember crying to my mommy when I realized that I was indeed going to grow up some day and have to be a “WOMAN.” It hasn’t really been all that bad, not as bad as I thought it would be. The responsibilities aren’t too difficult to keep up with, as long as you keep [...]

Keri, please read the comment on my “Quick Blog” entry… As a former student, whadda ya think??? :D Check out my Daegu students: http://www.flickr.com/groups/daegu/ I’m hoping that they send me more pictures so that I actually have some good ones. They took *a lot* of pictures. You know that stereotype about Asians carrying cameras every [...]

First of all, you must understand two things. (A) I am going to share what I think and believe. My willingness to do so presupposes your opportunity to do the same. I am not claiming Truth or knowledge. These are only my thoughts, so I ask that you do not give them more weight than [...]

Ended up going to a baseball game last night with Beth and Rob. On the walk from that parking lot behind-behind Hammons Hall (where Beth, Dana, Morgan and I lived freshman year on the very top floor, farthest left on the part that sticks out in the middle) to Hammons Field, the three of us [...]

I am down. And the only thing I want to do is spend money. I want to buy a Playstation DS and Brain Age. I want to buy Set. I want to buy Cheez-its and Dr. Pepper. I want to buy any little gadget I see in Wal-Mart or Walgreens or wherever I’m shopping at [...]

I think that Hubby and I are buying a car tomorrow. We were 100% sure until about an hour ago, then we started doubting ourselves. I think we are making the right decision, though. I think the only thing that is that we might be rushing into it. Are we sure that we want to [...]