All of my friends and colleagues know that I’ve obtained my Associate’s and Bachelor’s degrees from schools that offered online programs. In addition, I’m currently in the process of earning my Master’s, and am doing that online as well — even though I have plenty of “bricks and mortar” educational institutions in my area. I [...]
Archive for December, 2009
I thought I would be able to get far more work done now that I’m on break for school, but that hasn’t been the case at all. In fact, I think I’m getting less done now than when I had three grad school classes to attend to as well as my regular work and family [...]
Well, another scary airline incident is going to result in increased security once again. This time, a 23-year-old Nigerian man named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to ignite some sort of explosive on Northwest Flight 253 as the plane was arriving in Detroit from Amsterdam. Details of what officials are calling an attempted terrorist attack are [...]
Have you ever wondered what the most valuable college football teams in the nation are? I have. There’s never been a doubt that college sports generate millions for their universities, but some of these numbers are still very surprising. These values are based on a formula that takes into account things like alumni donations, ticket [...]
I think my 12-year-old Miniature Dachshund is dying. He has been very sluggish for the past couple of weeks, and hasn’t been eating well. Also, he doesn’t bark/go crazy when someone rings the doorbell or when my husband comes home from work — two things that he has consistently done since he was a pup. [...]
I don’t even know why I bother. It was just more of the same godawful crap from the Bears today. I’m getting tired of repeating myself, so I won’t. Final score: Ravens 31, Bears 7. (Photo by Larry French/Getty Images)
Have you heard about this yet? I was just checking some news sites this morning when I saw an article about the Auschwitz sign being stolen Friday night. The police have no leads at the moment, but are said to be tightening border security to try to make sure the sign doesn’t get out of [...]