Tuesday, September 28, 2010

[bearshorty]

Teaching went well today. We did sample paragraphs. It went really well, I think. At least they worked on it and everything and mostly paid attention. I still have four more papers to grade. How did I do 40 papers per cycle five years ago? My attention span has lessened.
Some links for today:

1. What people in US actually know about religion:

USAToday article and the US Religious Knowledge Survey . Not surprisingly more educated and minority religions know more about other religion and even their own religious doctrines.

2. Census taken in the recession on various social practices like marriage.

3. Article on whether Colbert’s testimony was ‘bad’ for Congress or actually helped the cause.
The article pointed out how the testimony actually raised publicity for real experts. Daily Show did a nice segment on this too.

I was catching up a little on “the Daily Show” – their website really has buffering problems – I really miss having it on Hulu.

Tonight was also about 90s music nostalgia apparently – I somehow missed uploading my old 90s CD into iTunes and so now I’m listening to Boyz II Men, TLC and 1996 Grammy nominees. It all started because I wanted to hear Joan Osborne’s “One of Us” and I knew I had it on CD but not on my iPod. Oh, the 90s – my teenage years. But this music is really for one night listening, a lot of it is pretty dated.

I have a big headache, mostly ‘I’m tired and stared at the computer too much’ headache where if I have any lights or sounds around me I will throw up. It is not a migraine exactly, since it is all frontal lobe but I’m just going to bed early. Advil and an ice-pack and sleep should help.

Comments

[amanda_in_pajamas]

Tonight was also about 90s music nostalgia apparently – I somehow missed uploading my old 90s CD into iTunes and so now I’m listening to Boyz II Men, TLC and 1996 Grammy nominees. It all started because I wanted to hear Joan Osborne’s “One of Us” and I knew I had it on CD but not on my iPod. Oh, the 90s – my teenage years. But this music is really for one night listening, a lot of it is pretty dated.

Now I want to go and find my copies...yes, even the 1996 Grammy nominees. LOL. I turned 10 in 1990. I don't think I need to say any more than that.

[bearshorty]

We are the same age, I turned 30 a few months ago. And 1996 Grammy album was just wonderful, now that I look at it. I forgot why I bought it in the first place but I'm always surprised at its awesomeness.

But I only came to America in 1993 so I missed all music and pop culture before that. I caught up a bit but I do sometimes have gaps in knowledge. That is why I can always get much more nostalgic about the 90s; the 80s childhood references are from another land.

[amanda_in_pajamas]

LOL - we really are close in age. I was born on May 30th.

I don't think I remember why I bought it either other than I collected CDs like baseball cards. I bought as many cds as I could afford. I think I may have wanted Any Man of Mine???

But I only came to America in 1993 so I missed all music and pop culture before that. You didn't miss a thing ;) *shudder* I wish I could have skipped a bunch of it.