I flew up on thursday morning, the official beginning of my fall break, and just got back today. My house is a mess, I haven’t done any of my homework, and I’m still breathing and living New York in the fall. If you haven’t been […]
So I’ve noticed something really interesting about people and library school. Whenever I mention that I’m in library school I get two responses- 1) “Really? You have to go to school for that?” or 2) “That’s great!”. The latter being from people who are generally […]
or at least the Triangle area. Today may have been a day out of “Office Space”. I spent two hours on 40-E going 25 miles. at approx. 20-25 miles per hour. It really took that long. In the time I was on the road, I had two phone conversations, worked on my nails and hands, and thought of reasons to carpool. Or at least incentives that would help people want to carpool. These are some of the ideas I had:
1) Tax break for people driving and participating in organized car pools
2) Gas cards for drivers of carpools (maybe $150/year?)
3) Discounts on car maintenance through Jiffy Lube or something for drivers
4) Special lanes for cars holding three or more people
5) Free Satellite radio
I think the best thing would be for hte Triangle to realize it’s becoming more urban and embrace it. And put in a true Public Transportation System. I was imagining, to start, a high speed train looping from Raleigh to Durham to Cary and Chapel Hill. It would make few stops, but each one would be located near a parking lot, for people who wanted to essentially park and ride. It would be inexpensive, “green” and fast. Maybe looping at 80 mph it could make complete trips in under an hour. It would offer comfortable seating, a cafe car complete with bookshelves for trading reading material, and wireless internet. I think it’s brilliant.
Really there are several things that I abso-lute-ly love in NC. One is the Duke- Carolina game, be it basketball, football, or even soccer. The second is the NC State Fair. Held every year in Raleigh NC, the State Fair is a cumulation of everything […]
I was put in charge of the farm for this weekend and next. My responsibilities include but are not limited to raking, weeding, feeding horses, cats, dogs, walking said dogs, grooming horses, cleaning part of the house. It’s been stressful, to say the least. I […]
I was very disappointed to hear that the Federal Supreme Court ruled to abolish partial -birth abortion. At least in states that “wanted” to do it. Meaning most of the Bible Belt, and beyond that I’m sure a lot of other places. They wrote that they were trying to protect women from “making a choice that could cause…loss of esteem”. Part of the reason I’m shocked this went through is that there is nothing that can cause “loss of esteem” faster than a woman carrying to term a baby with birth defects, a woman wanting to get an abortion and being refused, or a woman who is bringing into the world a baby that is not wanted.
Right wing supporters suggest alternatives- adoption is one of the suggestions. I have a suggestion for them- why don’t they put their money where their mouth is and adopt a child. After checking the current Trends in Foster Care today, there are somewhere around 800,000 children currently in foster care (2005).Of these, only 51,000 were adopted. So I guess that’s not working. And they don’t want teenagers to be taught about birth control. Which I will guess won’t work. Trends in my parents community alone shows an INCREASE in teen birth mothers rather than a decrease. I’m so confused about what the right-wing is seeking.
or I may as well be. There was a duststorm on campus today. Really. I was coming from behind our planetarium and watched as several very clean, preppy kids, were hit with waves of dust that must be common out west. But shouldn’t be here. […]
I remember seeing some of Blake’s work at a gallery once. Lush colors on busy screens. It was too much for me to take in. So I left. Then, last night I happened to pick up a copy of New York Magazine’s Fashion, and there […]
