Feeling a little lazy and unwilling to tackle the big pile of papers on my desk, I just spent some time searching for various reviews and comments of fellow bloggers on the new X-files movie. Being the X-files fan that I am, I decided to challenge myself by writing a review of my own. I… Read More X-files: I still believe
I just read a great Top Ten list from a fellow WordPress member, and I just had to quote her number 6: “There’s something really funny about world-class athletes competing to carry a little aluminum stick around in a circle. It reminds me of elementary school gym. Also, rarely do you get to see a… Read More 10 reasons she loves Track and Field
A fellow WordPress blogger brought my attention to the following article: D.C. Tries Cash as a Motivator In Schools. In a nutshell, students earn points through good behavior and can exchange these points against money. Some might argue that exchanging points for money is the same as exchanging them for prizes, a practice already in… Read More Cash as incentive to behave?
I have been running out of luck lately when it comes to my walkman. I keep running out of batteries at the most inopportune moments. And yet, more often than not, being able to hear what is going on around me has proven to be very interesting. A couple of weeks ago, I was sitting… Read More Interculturalism’s interesting fruits
Ah, the life of a college student. It makes it a lot easier on me to have someone with whom I can share the workload. My sister is great – she’s much more organised than me, and she helped me more than once organise myself, while I help her with memorization. Unfortunately, we can’t share… Read More The Car in the Fog
I was late for work again. And it was because of my writing. It was going nowhere, and was again in the way of my “real” career as an ER nurse. Enough! Never again! I shoved my papers at the back of my drawer. I had five issues of nursing journals to read. I had… Read More The Cream-Colored Envelope
Dear all; There are unfortunately many human rights violations around the world. We often feel helpless in the face of such injustice; however, helplessness has never helped anyone. The first step to empowerment is information, and so I offer part of this blog as a source of information on the human rights violations that touch… Read More Baha’is in Iran
I’m certain that there are a lot of people out there, be they health-care professionals or not, that often wish they could say it is as it is. Well, Reader’s Digest recently gave a group of doctor’s a chance to do just that. If You Only Knew … Reader’s Digest offered two dozen doctors a… Read More Telling it as it is
My job often takes me on the road, more often than not. In the days when I am travelling, my laptop is my lifeline, the one constant in my life. I can often be seen at local wireless cafés, typing away, working on a project while chatting with friends. Being online, having these conversations, brings… Read More The Black Eye
In the same vein as the post titled Telling it as it is, here is another little thing that many people have probably thought of doing but only a few courageous (or insane?) enough have actually done. It’s definitely worth the read! http://www.cracked.com/article_16234_having-fun-with-419-scammers.html