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Archive for March, 2007

First Aid

Hello, I just feel like rambling today.
I took the first half of a two-part wilderness first aid course today. There were several photos of wounds as examples to the text. Shall we say that I, even if I could survive such trauma, would not want others to have to [...]

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Phantom of the Opera

I saw The Phantom of the Opera this weekend. Hmmm… It had great singing and an interesting plot; but if you think of it, it was really semi-mediocre. The genius villain wanna-be hero The Phantom very un-ingeniously messes up his chances with Christine when he goes about yelling at her. The owners of the opera [...]

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School

Hello all, Mrfff: schoolwork. Today in math, I did a lesson on exponential equations/functions an compound interest. Everything (or most everything) that I’ve been learning these past months comes together in this lesson–the “h of x” stuff, Logarithms, exponents, variations…..wow. It’s neat but at the same time scary. “It all hooks together!” Of course, that’s [...]

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Star Treck and LOTR

So, I’m sitting here thinking (and battling a bout of writer’s block) and reflect “You know, a lot a people imitate LOTR.”
I mean, think about it; it only became a really big hit when someone(s) smart in the movie industry found the book and said,
“Hey, this Tolkien character could write! Let’s make a movie!” It’s [...]

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Popcorn (or discount card) Sales

As an introduction and precursor to selling discount cards (reusable-for-a-year cards with coupons printed on them) next week with the Boy Scouts, and also as a comfort for me (who will be camping the opening and prime selling week), I give you a description of the average door-to-door customers.
1. The Hispanic person who does not [...]

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