Dear Blog,
I got a new tattoo. It is so cool and so painful that I want to scream.






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After reading up I decided I will get another one tomorrow so she won't be so lonely. She is the CUTEST.

Her name is Glenda.
Glenda Peck.
Glenn Peck for short.


ps. I cant fucking make these links show because i am decidedly retarded so just copy and paste them.
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The other half of my friends argument taken from Behe's book regarding the immense complexities of the human eye.

Section taken from Michael J. Behe's book Darwin Black Box:
[i]But let's touch on the subject of Darwin's theory of how complex eyes evolved:
In the 19th century, the anatomy of the eye was known in detail. The pupil of the eye, scientists knew, acts as a shutt
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In response to my opening statements my friend referenced some very popular arguments from a book entitled Darwin Black Box by Michael J. Behe.

My friend:
[i] You should sit down and talk to my brother one of these days though. He's reading a book called Darwin's Black Box. I don't know if you've read it but you should give it a gander. One of the things my brother explained is a
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Recently a friend on facebook posted some religious propaganda. I am normally not one to care if someone wants to openly express his or her belief about a particular God or religion. That would be very hypocritical of me considering I study why people believe in religion. I do, however, have a breaking point.

Case in point this is the post my friend made that prompted me to
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I am trying to get a big similar piece together so I can try to show it at my school in one of the little gallery rooms before I graduate. I am working hard. Here is what I have so far. Well, pictures of. I have a lot more stuff.



[img]http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos
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The people living on the island of Tana in the Pacific were a primitive bunch. In the late nineteenth century Christain missionaries arrived in Papua New Guinea to spread the word of god. When first introduced to these strange white people the islanders believed them to be their ancestors returned form the dead. According to their prophecy their ancestors would one day return from the world of the dead bringing with
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The amount of misinformation contained within the confines of the world wide web far outnumbers the websites actually centered around factual information. Case in point if one searches on google for missing link within the first page of results you can find a fantastical story by Dr. John D Morris, Ph.D. on his exp
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I know I am late to the scene, but I feel this album, The XX by the XX deserves yet another positive review.

Take Chris Isaak and Interpol, smash them together in the LHC (Large Hadron Collider, for the non nerds) and sprinkle some of The Cure for flavor, and you more or less have created The XX. Their sound is very intimate and brooding. Lightly playful while remaining reflective,
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Mohr Meatloaf
[i]I've been making meatloaf for about 3 years now and amend my recipe with every new attempt. I believe now it's at completion, I won't be adding or subtracting ingredients anytime in the near future. You can simply chop not mince the vegetables, Marty just won't eat the meal if he sees chunks
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In case you missed it, my pick for album of 2009 can be found here.

As an addendum, here are 3 records that might have also deserved the album of the year title, but didn't quite make my personal pick. Still, these are albums you shouldn't miss.




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So David Letterman is on twitter now, with a 'twitter machine' which was invented by Jimmy Fallon apparently, which he used to tweet about what he smelled in the studio.

http://twitter.com/Late_Show/status/6476161913

I love how he makes fun of the way old people feel about all this new technology. Just the way google makes me feel about google wave.

F.
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While I pride myself on being open-eared to any style or genre of music that can be thrown my way at 192 kilobits per second, I confess to being particularly ignorant to anything and everything involving a turntable.

Which is why Kid Koala (Eric San), being an artist I've always only somewhat enjoyed, never quite made his way into any of my 'favourites' lists, nev
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There is a Canadian teeny-bop star called Lights. I personally wasn't aware of this fact until I saw a concert listing for Jets Overhead as the opening band for the aforementioned teen sensation. I'm sure Lights is very good for the demographic she reaches, but I wasn't able to make it through more than 30 seconds of her music when I checked it out on myspace.

All this to say that when I walked to the concert venue (fittingly, a renovated High School) I wasn't entirely shocked to see a line-up of
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I couldn't find the lyrics anywhere, so I figured I'd type them out. Here they are:

North wind sinks the fence around a lot full of debris
Near the corner of Memorial and me
Where resurrected brick and drywall leap back into place
There's a terrified reflection of my face

All alone at the gleaming knife display in the army surplus sales
As the dusk descends and my inspiration fails
Ghosts fill discount parkas;
Sleeping bags peer at me from the crumpled dark.

Inky bruises punched into
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When times are tough, when improper punctuation obliterates your hopes and dreams, when you feel two steps away from being a step short of stepping your last step....

...there is no better way to lift your spirits than to commit an act of pure selflessness, one that will assuredly improve not only your own life, but those around you, and around the world!

This
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Mohr Lasagna
[i]This recipe makes the most amazing lasagna I've ever tasted. I admit that the process is a bit time consuming but all of the labor involved is definitely worth it. I've entertained over 100 friends and family with this meal and always get rave reviews. Fennel, FRESH herbs and simmering for hours is what really makes the sauce in my opinion so if you change anything - please remember not to remove the fennel and ALWAYS use FRESH herbs! If you do choose to use this recipe, please l
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Like most religious holidays the origins of Halloween were born from silly superstition rituals in an attempt to have some control on the environment.

Over 2,000 years ago is what is known Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France the Celts celebrated Samhain the night of October 31st. The festival celebrates the last day of summer and the harvest and marks the beginning of what is known as the ‘darkâ€
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So I went to microsoft.com to see about buying Windows 7 today. Right on the front page is a big ol link to go to the online store to purchase it. When i clicked it I got a dead link. Now I used the release candidate long enough to know that the software is solid, but its not a very good first impression that I can't access th
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At first, when I'd listen to soldiers bitch about their spouses being financially irresponsible - I thought they were being overdramatic. However, now that I've actually met and hung out with many military wives - I see that isn't the case at all. It's pretty sad and shocking how many of
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