30 April 2008

But I have to post this first

I said I would post about our trip to Niagara Falls when I got home, and I will. But first, I had to show you what I found at the bookstore at the Our Lady of Victory Basilica.

It was a little different, but you get the idea. So, I'll leave you with this happy thought... gambling angels... God bless you.

-Rebekah

29 April 2008

This is why I hate textbooks

I take a break from studying for finals to bring you this quote from my Psychology book:
With each year that goes by and as new relationships are discovered, a richer, more detailed story emerges, and we suspect that soon students will stop asking why the study of psychology begins with an exploration of the biological basis of behavior. This exploration, in turn, begins with the nervous system and its building block, the neuron.*
This is the kind of all-around poor writing that makes much of modern study uninspiring if not downright distracting. I mean, look at me! Those two words made me stop my reading, highlight the offending phrase, make a snarky comment in the margin, and blog about it. Now granted, I am a geek, but still! "In turn"? That barely makes any sense! It seems like this is the first draft. It takes extra study time just to understand the hastily-strewn-together sentences. Oh well, </rant>

I ought to get back to my studying now. I will probably not post about this past weekend's trip to Niagara Falls till I get home. Oh, yeah. I went to Niagara Falls last weekend.

-Rebekah


*Goldstein, Jeffrey H, and Patricia M Wallace. Introduction To Psychology. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.

24 April 2008

I got inducted!

Like the title says.
Molly and I got inducted tonight!
I'd tell you more, but I know that Mazel has access to my blog address and I don't want to ruin anything...

Una palabra favorita

Nunca mencioné como me gusta la palabra "rápidamente". Lo que me gusta es el acento en la primer sílaba, que exige la onomatopeya... "rápidamente". ¡Demasiado diversión!

23 April 2008

Our sad, sad culture


What is that even supposed to mean? What a sad commentary on the state of our culture! We don't get engaged, we "commit".

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