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James Doohan, who played Scotty on the original Star Trek series showed up on the obits reel. I hadn’t heard, and it made me cry a little. Here’s to you, James.

Is my choice, and I choose ZITS.If you have a zit story you’d like to tell, feel free to send a link or write it in the comment box.

In my writing class this semester, our teacher gives us a set of weekly prompts to respond to. A recent one was “The moment you realized your class.” I believe she was referring realizing our place in the world in the larger sense, but it is also true that nothing makes you know your class … Read more

This weeks synchronized post, brought to you by Sandra , is “Planes.” I have a few things I could say about planes, and will be doing so as the week progresses: In some ways I am tempted to feel sorry for the major airlines due to the trials that have plagued them over the last … Read more

(or …Am I Under Seige by Some Aliens Who Plan to Pummel Me with Paperwork in order to Activate My Secret Paper-Related Self Destruct Sequence that I Don’t Even Know About but am Beginning to Suspect I Might Have?) On Friday afternoon, I ran to school to hang up some flyers for the reading series. … Read more

Our synchronized blog subject for the week, proposed by Susie, is “dead pets.” I’ve only had one pet in my life that died. This was the German Shepard I had a child. His name was Bud, and he was very sweet. He died while I was away at college, and my sister called to tell … Read more

So last semester, I took a Jazz class here at FSU. In a manner that is too convoluted to go into, I rubbed the instructor the wrong way just before the end of the semester. We exchanged some words via email, but were always very civil during class. I actually went out of my way … Read more

We won’t know for one more week. Voting ended at 11:59 last night, and the winner will be announced on the 13th February, so not much to do now but cross fingers. Oh, and you can listen to Paul and two of his competitors on the radio, here.Search word (if needed), “coca”.