Author: rcragun
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I’m not alone; peas, wonderful peas
I’ve been buried in classes and haven’t been doing much of anything other than school related stuff as of late, so not much to post. Here’s my round up of the last few weeks: I just received an email from a friend with this link rating Bank of America as the worst bank in America.…
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How’d you spend your Easter?
I doubt it was as fun as mine… Debi and I went to Spamalot last night. As an inveterate Monty Python fan, I felt very much at home. I knew most of the “ripped off” lines and could basically guess what was going to happen next, but it in no way spoiled the fun. If…
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economic downturn and social stratification hit close to home
When we moved into our house almost 9 months ago, it didn’t take me too long to meet the neighbors. To the west live a tile layer (the husband) and a financial secretary at a construction company (the wife). To the east live a granite countertop installer (the husband) and a school counselor (the wife).…
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Iraq War experiment
Hurry, before you do anything else, write down the number you see below: click here to learn more Okay, now go check out this article from the St. Petersburg Times on the War in Iraq and the costs – both financially and in human lives. When you’re done reading that article, come back to this…
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Tampa in the News
I’ve found since I started teaching Sociology that being up-to-date on local news can be useful (though it is less useful at my new school where many of the students are from other cities). This leads me to read the local paper, which is often relatively quotidian – thefts, car accidents, political debates, etc. Occasionally,…
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2 reasons Florida is cool and one attraction to avoid
As luck would have it, the latest space shuttle launch coincided with our spring break. The only thing I really, really wanted to do upon moving to Florida was see a shuttle launch in person. So, when I saw a chance for us to go observe a launch, we jumped at it. Given it is…
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software everyone should know about
I run into people all the time who are fighting technology. Not everyone spends as much time in front of a computer as I do; and not everyone has the time I do to fidget with computers. But I think people could save themselves hours of frustration and thousands of dollars if they just knew…
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recommended software page
I added a page on here with some software recommendations. I talk to a lot of people who don’t know about this software, so I figured I’d put it on my website for anyone interested. If you have any suggestions I missed or I don’t know about, share!
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a couple minor political thoughts
I have two more posts on my trip to Princeton and Hartford, but I have to interrupt the narrative with a couple of political news items. First, whether you’re a fan of John McCain or not, you need to know that he has recently come out in favor of the completely nonsensical position that thimerosal,…
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stormy, stormy
This was a pretty boring day, really… Or, at least it seemed so at the time. We took my rental car back to the airport in Newark then flew, without incident to Atlanta. But that’s when things got a little weird. I noticed on a TV in the Atlanta airport huge blackouts in Florida. We…