August 30, 2002--PS: I spoke too soon... Sometime during the past few hours, a spider decided that a good home would be a web spun...within my toilet bowl. I kid you not. Damn you, Mr. Murphy!

August 30, 2002--A big shout out! To the members of the Pagan Nation Pagan Student Discussion message board...particularly to one Mr. "Howler." Thanks for the link...I've had quite a few hits from that plug, and I appreciate it! Think of this as trying to return the favor. *grin* And yes, K'Tok, I am a Hit Whore!

August 29, 2002--Thought of the day... My bedroom was invaded by a line of ants. At least unlike Gabe at Penny Arcade, it wasn't spiders. I have no idea where they came from, and I'm even more clueless as to where they were going because there was nothing there for them to eat. Unless you count the paint stain on the carpet that the previous renters had let their small child create in bright green. I mean, seriously...I vacuumed the other night to annoy the people below us who like to give us foot massages with the bass from their stereos (plural!), and I've never had food or drink in my bedroom. The line was just...there! But anyway, considering we were having some spots (again due to previous renters) repaired in the carpet today, my bedroom is now ant-free. It just reeks of carpet glue, Resolve, and Raid. I can't wait to see what kinds of dreams I have tonight!

August 27, 2002--Welome back to school, y'all! If you're a student at UNC-Chapel Hill, congratulations! I wish I hadn't graduated already, just so I can voice my opinions on the little fiasco surrounding your quaint campus. Well, considering I live about 10 minutes away from the UNC campus and I have this website, I'm going to voice my opinions, anyway. If I can ever find the time, I may feel like bringing my soapbox down to the Pit and voice them there...as if anyone else would care. I know that little demonstration has already been and done, complete with the "Pit Preacher" (and I missed out!) but I'm sure that by the time I actually get around to having some free time, there will be snow on the ground around here...a rare sight, if you know what I mean! In the meantime, have fun with it while you can!

Anyway, to back up a little. I find it rather amusing that the same people who say that having 5-year-old kids led in a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance is okay because the country was "founded on Christian principles" (because of course, the kids don't count as "decent" people if they're atheists), but assigning a book on a religion to college-age students is going to make them all convert to Islam. That seems to be the sentiment and reasoning in the Letters to the Editor of the local newspaper. If you ever wonder why I read the Opinion page before the Comics, it's because I want to get my chuckles out of the way first, then look into the deeper meanings of Zits and Red and Rover.

Seriously, folks...it's easier to make a college student go to class than it is to get him/her to do all of the assigned readings (especially those that are assigned during their last summer before college!) and really take it to heart. I do hope there are those students who read the entire book, Approaching the Qu'ran, and found it enlightening. However, if any of you decided that, after reading the book, you felt the need to convert, ! I'd love to hear from you about it!