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Feb

Obama: Saying Nothing Eloquently?

Posted by Rika  Published in Other Articles

It’s a common situation: you’re in your car, perusing the radio stations when a particular topic comes up that interests you. Today, there’s a good chance it might have been about Obama’s speeches. Listening to a political commentator after I left the house today, I remembered a phrase an old language teacher held dear to [...]

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23

Feb

Narcolepsy: To Sleep or Not to Sleep

Posted by Calister F. Wells  Published in Other Articles

Narcolepsy is one of those conditions that makes me grateful for my ability to stay awake during the day. It also can be unintentionally humorous and hard to spell. 1 in every 2000 Americans experience this, and despite how random it may be, it is very serious. Other symptoms may include insomnia, sleep paralysis and [...]

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19

Feb

My List of Buggers

Posted by Hope  Published in Other Articles

So…it’s “Pet Peeve” week. Now let’s see if I can make up a list of things that bug me… Honestly, my first is guys wearing sandles…I don’t know why People who chew with their mouth open and when you can actually hear it and see it…I just find that rude When someone has the same first [...]

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18

Feb

Bugginess List

Posted by Jala  Published in Editorials, Lists, Other Articles

So apparently I am not allowed to say the “P” word so instead of what ticks me off, I’ll write about what “bugs me”. (Plural = “Buggers”) (I know used quotation marks *gasp*) Buggers: People steal your book and threaten to read the end and then tell you. Random things not in the correct order, [...]

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16

Feb

What Ticks You Off? (Pet Peeve Week)

Posted by Rika  Published in Editorials

What is your pet peeve? Mine is the phrase, “pet peeve”. That ticks me off. What does it even MEAN? Pet is an animal. Peeve? What kind of word is that! So whoever is the GENIUS on the staff who coined that phrase for this week ought to spend a whole hour blowing up 99 [...]

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Tags: annoyance, annoying, news anchors, opinion, peeve, pet, pet peeve, rika, ticks you off

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15

Feb

Growing Up

Posted by Cal  Published in Editorials

So today my thoughts began to wander. What do you call nightmares during the day? Daymares? Oooh. Deep. All puns aside, what I really wanted to talk about was growing up. Whether you’re 9 or 90, we’re always growing. With each and every day we learn so many new things (whether we realize it or [...]

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Tags: growing up Cal childhood teens world life people

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13

Feb

Fancy Stuff

Posted by Rika  Published in Editorials, Nearby Updates and Info

Yep. It’s the inevitable post about our new layout. Isn’t it funny how bloggers always love to update you on how the website has changed, when probably you readers don’t care? Alright, it’s not funny. Kind of like getting hit by a Dodge. Ironic, but not funny. Right. Abandoning metaphors. In other news, the staff [...]

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Tags: carpe diem, fancy stuff, glass half full, hit by a Dodge, moral boosters, motivational, positivity

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13

Feb

2009 1st Annual Staff Contest Results and Brownies

Posted by Rika  Published in Other Articles

Congratulations Jala! You won! Here are the results: Jala Piratical Lord of the Guitars Rika, Cal and Calister F. Wells all tied for third Hope JD and Jennith Socrates Jala gets to chose the theme for the rest of the month of February and for the month of March! Also she gets a brownie. Brownies [...]

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12

Feb

Love is in the Air

Posted by Hope  Published in Other Articles

Love is in the air for some people. Whether you are single or in a relationship, love the holiday or hate the holiday, February 14th is still going to come and go by like a slow moving turtle, or like the speed of light (yeah…someone really needs to help me with similes). But with all [...]

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Tags: consumerist, hallmark, hallmarky, history, love, Piratical Lord of the Guitars, relationship, Saint Valentine, shallow, single, TNF, Valentine, Valentines Day

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11

Feb

Where Will You Be When Time Stops?

Posted by Rika  Published in Editorials, Other Articles, Technology, world

Here’s a radical idea for you: what if there was no time? Considering that timing is everything and time is money, where does that leave us? Broke and without anything? Turns out, this idea might not be as radical as you think. I was reading the Discover magazine today, and I found an interesting passage: [...]

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Tags: cosmos expanding, Discover, discover magazine, rika, science, scientists, spain, tiime, time coming to a standstill, time ending, time is money, time stopping, time will stop, timing is everything

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9

Feb

These Things Take Time: Patience Will Pay Off

Posted by Rika  Published in Editorials, Other Articles

Yes, we’re amidst an economic crisis. Yes, something must be done. Priorities must be reshuffled. But panicking is not an option. Just a glance at Buisness Week or the NY Times shows that, although times are tough, people aren’t throwing their hands up helplessly and calling it quits. (Well most of the people) The recession [...]

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Tags: boardwalk, economic crisis, free parking, monopoly, park place, patience will pay off, rika, thenearbyfuture, these things take time

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7

Feb

Why It’s Important to Mean What You Say and Say What You Mean

Posted by Rika  Published in Editorials

First impressions. They matter. The first thing that comes out of your mouth when you say something has the strongest effect because things we tend to say first are the truest. In politics, this is especially true. Do you think our President has room for “do-overs” if he messes up on his speech? No. When [...]

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Tags: , maybe it's not the right thing to say after all, politics, president, rika, say what you mean and mean what you say, YES I'M TALKING TO YOU!

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1

Feb

Staff Contest Deadline February 10th!

Posted by Rika  Published in Nearby Updates and Info

The staff contest ends the tenth! Vote now! Here are the results so far: PLOTG: 6 Rika, Nero and Calister: 5 Cal: 4 Jala: 3 JD: 1 Socrates: 0                                                     [...]

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Tags: , awesome, contest, contributer, incentive, informative, just for fun, nearby future, nonprofit site, polls, quirky, staff, staff contest, voting

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