monkeefugg

some people talking in the next apartment
Damn ancient Parisian apartment buildings!

The soft crackling sparky noise of the electricity flowing through my power adapter into my MacBook Air
Damn primitive European electricity!

Edgar Allan Poe dropped out of both the University of Virginia and West Point. He also married his 13 year old cousin.

All of this is according to Wikipedia, so it is, without a shadow of a doubt, true. A side note to all you PhD applicants: profs love it when you cite Wikipedia in doctoral-level work; it shows that you are willing to look where no else will look for credible information! Its kind of like when Indiana Jones went looking for the Holy Grail. Or, better yet: PhD students who look to Wikipedia for papers are what Yukon Cornelius is to the Island of Misfit Toys.


As always, best of luck to all applicants!

The fact that some people who jumped from a plane, survived... is no excuse to jump from a plane.

One should play safe, see what is best for him not what went good with others.

just a thought!

I didn't forget him; I'm just not impressed

The point is that people flourish outside of academia.
Some on the list may have preferred formal education, but the vast majority found Institutional Education constricting and stifling.

It seems that a lot fo you on this forum behave as if you cannot function outside of academia, whereas getting shut out may ultimately prove to be a great thing for a lot of people.

I didn't forget him; I'm just not impressed

The point is that people flourish outside of academia.
Some on the list may have preferred formal education, but the vast majority found Institutional Education constricting and stifling.

It seems that a lot fo you on this forum behave as if you cannot function outside of academia, whereas getting shut out may ultimately prove to be a great thing for a lot of people.

For anyone anxious about the prospect of rejection:
Not getting into Academia is not necessarily the end of the world; on the contrary, it can be the very opposite--the perfect chance to get out in the 'real world' and do stuff!

Here is a short-list I have compiled (cherry picked form a much longer list) of awesome people who dropped out of high school or college. (I have starred the best ones.) What's more--it's alphabetized! :

Ansel Adams, photographer. Dropped out of high school.

***Woody Allen, screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. Was thrown out of New York University after one semester for poor grades. Also dropped out of City College of New York. As he admitted, “I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics final. I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me.”

Julie Andrews, Oscar-winning actress, singer, author. Dropped out of high school.

Lucille Ball, actress, comedienne, producer. Co-founder of Desilu Studios. Late bought out her husband's share to become the first woman to own and run a production studio. Dropped out of high school.

Irving Berlin, Oscar-winning songwriter, composer. When his father died when he was 8 years old, he had to work to survive. Wrote such long-lasting hits as God Bless America, White Christmas, There's No Business Like Show Business, etc.

***Carl Bernstein, Watergate reporter, Washington Post. Never finished college. Started as a copy boy at the Washington Star at the age of 16.

William Blake, poet, artist. Never attended school, educated at home by his mother.

Peter Bogdanovich, director, screenwriter, actor, author. High school dropout. Began studying acting with Stella Adler when he was only 16.

***Ray Bradbury, science fiction author. Never went to college. “I never went to college. I went to the library.”

***George Carlin, comedian, author 4-time Grammy winner. Never finished high school. As he noted, “The fact that I didn't finish school left me with a lifelong need to prove that I'm smart.” He also noted, “When you're a dropout and the culture accepts you and begins to quote you and teach your stuff in class and textbooks, this is my honorary baccalaureate.”

Winston Churchill, British prime minister, historian, artist. Rebellious by nature, he generally did poorly in school. Flunked sixth grade. After he left Harrow, he applied to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, but it took him three times before he passed the entrance exam. He graduated 8th out of a class of 150 a year and a half later. He never attended college.

Leonardo DiCaprio, actor. At the age of 14, he signed with an agent and began doing commercial work as well as acting. He complete high school with a tutor, but put off college. As he has noted, "Life is my college now." *(GREAT QUOTE!)*

Charles Dickens, bestselling novelist. Elementary school dropout.

***David Duchovny, dreamboat alien-hunter, Duchovny earned an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and also earned a graduate degree in English Literature at Yale University. While at Yale, he began commuting to New York to study acting and was soon appearing in off-Broadway plays. In 1987 he abandoned his doctoral studies at Yale to pursue acting full time.

William Faulkner, Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning novelist. Dropped out of high school after his second year. Also later attended but dropped out of the University of Mississippi.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, novelist. Dropped out of Princeton University.

***Benjamin Franklin, inventor, scientist, inventor, diplomat, author, printer, publisher, politician, patriot, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Home schooled with less than two years of formal education.

Barry Goldwater, U.S. senator and presidential candidate. He dropped out of the University of Arizona after one year to take over the family department store.

Kelsey Grammar, actor. Attended Juilliard for two years but was kicked out for poor attendance. Went on to acting success in Cheers, Frasier, and Back to You television shows.

***Cary Grant, Oscar-winning actor. High school dropout.

William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher and movie producer, was thrown out of Harvard for poor grades (apparently due to heavy partying).

Patrick Henry, Virginia governor, revolutionary patriot. Home schooled. Later studied on his own and became a lawyer.

Andrew Jackson, U.S. president, general, attorney, judge, congressman. Orphaned at 14. Home schooled. By the age of 35 without formal education, he became a practicing attorney.

***Peter Jennings, news anchor, ABC's World News Tonight. Failed the 10th grade. Left high school at 16 to work as a bank teller. He later attributed his failure in high school to boredom and laziness.

John F. Kennedy, U.S. president. He dropped out of Princeton University in 1935 but eventually graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1940.

***B.B. King, blues musician, songwriter, and legend. Never finished high school. “I have two laptops. I didn't finish high school, so one is my tutor: I buy software on things I don't know. I write music with the other.” (People magazine)

***George Orwell (aka Eric Blair), author of Animal Farm and 1984. Instead of attending university after graduating from Eton, he joined the Imperial Police and worked in Burma. When he returned, he worked in restaurant kitchens, slept in homeless shelters, and eventually documented the condition of miners. All the time, he was writing reviews, essays, novels, and a regular newspaper column. His Animal Farm has sold more than 10 million copies.

Sydney Pollack, movie director, producer, and actor. Skipped college and enrolled at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where he studied under drama coach Sanford Meisner.

Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. president. Attended school only for a few months. Was tutored at home.

Carl Sandburg, poet, historian, Pulitzer Prize winner. Had little formal education but later attended Lombard College and graduated.

Leo Tolstoy, count, novelist (War and Peace, Anna Karenina). Dropped out after three years at the university.

Harry Truman, U.S. president. Never went to college.

***Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), printer, riverboat pilot, prospector, newspaper reporter, humorist, bestselling novelist. Left school a year after his father's death, never went beyond the fifth grade. Nonetheless, he still wrote the first great American novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.


___________________________________________________________________
**a note on Albert Einstein**

Albert Einstein's education and early career has gone through rough patches and moments of uncertainty.
Try to remember that life is a long journey, and thinking "life is over" because you fail to get into a specific programa at specific time in your life is quite myopic.
At any rate, (depending on your field and the type of resources you need) you don't need to belong to an institution in order to continue your work. Read below:

What sort of education did Albert receive?

Albert Einstein began school in Munich, but does not seem to have been particularly interested in what was offered there. Failure of the family business, when Albert was 15, caused his family to leave Munich for Milan. He stayed there for a year and then moved to Switzerland, where he continued his education at school in Arrau. Einstein hoped to become an electrical engineer and, at the second attempt, enrolled at the Swiss National Polytechnic in Zurich in 1896.

It seems that he continued to show little respect for his teachers, as he was not a regular attender at lectures. He spent considerable time studying physics on his own. Despite the lack of time in lecture halls, he graduated as a teacher of physics and mathematics in 1900, but was unable to obtain a post in the university. It has been suggested that he had not impressed his professors enough, which is perhaps not surprising, given his attitude, and so did not receive their all-important backing for an academic career.

What did he do next?

Albert Einstein became a temporary teacher of mathematics, first at the Technical High School in Winterthur, and secondly at a private school at Schaffhausen.

In 1902 he began work at the Swiss patent office in Bern as a technical expert third class. He remained there until 1909, having been promoted, in 1906, to technical expert second class! He married Mileva Maric, by whom he had two sons, in 1903. They later divorced.

During his time there, Albert Einstein devoted a great deal of his spare time to the study of theoretical physics, and in 1905, received his doctorate for a thesis entitled On a new determination of molecular dimensions. He also published three important papers on theoretical physics.

Ummm, yeah, because his father was in debtor's prison and he had to go work in a boot blacking factory as a child. Growing up in abject poverty =/= not getting accepted to a PhD program, IMO. He also worked his ass off pursuing other schooling once he was grown up, learning short hand and working as a court reporter. Dickens is a great example of someone who took control of his life and worked diligently and carefully to better himself.

I guess what bugs me about this post is the way that a lot of these people are presented as rebels whose genius was just too great to be contained by the ivory tower. I don't think that's a useful model for most people. I think Dickens is a great model, because of his work ethic, willingness to start small and work his way up, and dedication. But if you offered him enough money to finish elementary school and go on to college, I bet you he would have absolutely jumped at the chance. He spent the rest of his life working to expand educational possibilities for the poor. Him dropping out of elementary school isn't inspirational, it's profoundly sad.

For anyone anxious about the prospect of rejection:
Not getting into Academia is not necessarily the end of the world; on the contrary, it can be the very opposite--the perfect chance to get out in the 'real world' and do stuff!

Here is a short-list I have compiled (cherry picked form a much longer list) of awesome people who dropped out of high school or college. (I have starred the best ones.) What's more--it's alphabetized! :

Ansel Adams, photographer. Dropped out of high school.

***Woody Allen, screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. Was thrown out of New York University after one semester for poor grades. Also dropped out of City College of New York. As he admitted, “I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics final. I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me.”

Julie Andrews, Oscar-winning actress, singer, author. Dropped out of high school.

Lucille Ball, actress, comedienne, producer. Co-founder of Desilu Studios. Late bought out her husband's share to become the first woman to own and run a production studio. Dropped out of high school.

Irving Berlin, Oscar-winning songwriter, composer. When his father died when he was 8 years old, he had to work to survive. Wrote such long-lasting hits as God Bless America, White Christmas, There's No Business Like Show Business, etc.

***Carl Bernstein, Watergate reporter, Washington Post. Never finished college. Started as a copy boy at the Washington Star at the age of 16.

William Blake, poet, artist. Never attended school, educated at home by his mother.

Peter Bogdanovich, director, screenwriter, actor, author. High school dropout. Began studying acting with Stella Adler when he was only 16.

***Ray Bradbury, science fiction author. Never went to college. “I never went to college. I went to the library.”

***George Carlin, comedian, author 4-time Grammy winner. Never finished high school. As he noted, “The fact that I didn't finish school left me with a lifelong need to prove that I'm smart.” He also noted, “When you're a dropout and the culture accepts you and begins to quote you and teach your stuff in class and textbooks, this is my honorary baccalaureate.”

Winston Churchill, British prime minister, historian, artist. Rebellious by nature, he generally did poorly in school. Flunked sixth grade. After he left Harrow, he applied to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, but it took him three times before he passed the entrance exam. He graduated 8th out of a class of 150 a year and a half later. He never attended college.

Leonardo DiCaprio, actor. At the age of 14, he signed with an agent and began doing commercial work as well as acting. He complete high school with a tutor, but put off college. As he has noted, "Life is my college now." *(GREAT QUOTE!)*

Charles Dickens, bestselling novelist. Elementary school dropout.

***David Duchovny, dreamboat alien-hunter, Duchovny earned an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and also earned a graduate degree in English Literature at Yale University. While at Yale, he began commuting to New York to study acting and was soon appearing in off-Broadway plays. In 1987 he abandoned his doctoral studies at Yale to pursue acting full time.

William Faulkner, Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning novelist. Dropped out of high school after his second year. Also later attended but dropped out of the University of Mississippi.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, novelist. Dropped out of Princeton University.

***Benjamin Franklin, inventor, scientist, inventor, diplomat, author, printer, publisher, politician, patriot, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Home schooled with less than two years of formal education.

Barry Goldwater, U.S. senator and presidential candidate. He dropped out of the University of Arizona after one year to take over the family department store.

Kelsey Grammar, actor. Attended Juilliard for two years but was kicked out for poor attendance. Went on to acting success in Cheers, Frasier, and Back to You television shows.

***Cary Grant, Oscar-winning actor. High school dropout.

William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher and movie producer, was thrown out of Harvard for poor grades (apparently due to heavy partying).

Patrick Henry, Virginia governor, revolutionary patriot. Home schooled. Later studied on his own and became a lawyer.

Andrew Jackson, U.S. president, general, attorney, judge, congressman. Orphaned at 14. Home schooled. By the age of 35 without formal education, he became a practicing attorney.

***Peter Jennings, news anchor, ABC's World News Tonight. Failed the 10th grade. Left high school at 16 to work as a bank teller. He later attributed his failure in high school to boredom and laziness.

John F. Kennedy, U.S. president. He dropped out of Princeton University in 1935 but eventually graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1940.

***B.B. King, blues musician, songwriter, and legend. Never finished high school. “I have two laptops. I didn't finish high school, so one is my tutor: I buy software on things I don't know. I write music with the other.” (People magazine)

***George Orwell (aka Eric Blair), author of Animal Farm and 1984. Instead of attending university after graduating from Eton, he joined the Imperial Police and worked in Burma. When he returned, he worked in restaurant kitchens, slept in homeless shelters, and eventually documented the condition of miners. All the time, he was writing reviews, essays, novels, and a regular newspaper column. His Animal Farm has sold more than 10 million copies.

Sydney Pollack, movie director, producer, and actor. Skipped college and enrolled at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where he studied under drama coach Sanford Meisner.

Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. president. Attended school only for a few months. Was tutored at home.

Carl Sandburg, poet, historian, Pulitzer Prize winner. Had little formal education but later attended Lombard College and graduated.

Leo Tolstoy, count, novelist (War and Peace, Anna Karenina). Dropped out after three years at the university.

Harry Truman, U.S. president. Never went to college.

***Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), printer, riverboat pilot, prospector, newspaper reporter, humorist, bestselling novelist. Left school a year after his father's death, never went beyond the fifth grade. Nonetheless, he still wrote the first great American novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.


___________________________________________________________________
**a note on Albert Einstein**

Albert Einstein's education and early career has gone through rough patches and moments of uncertainty.
Try to remember that life is a long journey, and thinking "life is over" because you fail to get into a specific programa at specific time in your life is quite myopic.
At any rate, (depending on your field and the type of resources you need) you don't need to belong to an institution in order to continue your work. Read below:

What sort of education did Albert receive?

Albert Einstein began school in Munich, but does not seem to have been particularly interested in what was offered there. Failure of the family business, when Albert was 15, caused his family to leave Munich for Milan. He stayed there for a year and then moved to Switzerland, where he continued his education at school in Arrau. Einstein hoped to become an electrical engineer and, at the second attempt, enrolled at the Swiss National Polytechnic in Zurich in 1896.

It seems that he continued to show little respect for his teachers, as he was not a regular attender at lectures. He spent considerable time studying physics on his own. Despite the lack of time in lecture halls, he graduated as a teacher of physics and mathematics in 1900, but was unable to obtain a post in the university. It has been suggested that he had not impressed his professors enough, which is perhaps not surprising, given his attitude, and so did not receive their all-important backing for an academic career.

What did he do next?

Albert Einstein became a temporary teacher of mathematics, first at the Technical High School in Winterthur, and secondly at a private school at Schaffhausen.

In 1902 he began work at the Swiss patent office in Bern as a technical expert third class. He remained there until 1909, having been promoted, in 1906, to technical expert second class! He married Mileva Maric, by whom he had two sons, in 1903. They later divorced.

During his time there, Albert Einstein devoted a great deal of his spare time to the study of theoretical physics, and in 1905, received his doctorate for a thesis entitled On a new determination of molecular dimensions. He also published three important papers on theoretical physics.

For anyone anxious about the prospect of rejection:
Not getting into Academia is not necessarily the end of the world; on the contrary, it can be the very opposite--the perfect chance to get out in the 'real world' and do stuff!

Here is a short-list I have compiled (cherry picked form a much longer list) of awesome people who dropped out of high school or college. (I have starred the best ones.) What's more--it's alphabetized! :

Ansel Adams, photographer. Dropped out of high school.

***Woody Allen, screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. Was thrown out of New York University after one semester for poor grades. Also dropped out of City College of New York. As he admitted, “I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics final. I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me.”

Julie Andrews, Oscar-winning actress, singer, author. Dropped out of high school.

Lucille Ball, actress, comedienne, producer. Co-founder of Desilu Studios. Late bought out her husband's share to become the first woman to own and run a production studio. Dropped out of high school.

Irving Berlin, Oscar-winning songwriter, composer. When his father died when he was 8 years old, he had to work to survive. Wrote such long-lasting hits as God Bless America, White Christmas, There's No Business Like Show Business, etc.

***Carl Bernstein, Watergate reporter, Washington Post. Never finished college. Started as a copy boy at the Washington Star at the age of 16.

William Blake, poet, artist. Never attended school, educated at home by his mother.

Peter Bogdanovich, director, screenwriter, actor, author. High school dropout. Began studying acting with Stella Adler when he was only 16.

***Ray Bradbury, science fiction author. Never went to college. “I never went to college. I went to the library.”

***George Carlin, comedian, author 4-time Grammy winner. Never finished high school. As he noted, “The fact that I didn't finish school left me with a lifelong need to prove that I'm smart.” He also noted, “When you're a dropout and the culture accepts you and begins to quote you and teach your stuff in class and textbooks, this is my honorary baccalaureate.”

Winston Churchill, British prime minister, historian, artist. Rebellious by nature, he generally did poorly in school. Flunked sixth grade. After he left Harrow, he applied to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, but it took him three times before he passed the entrance exam. He graduated 8th out of a class of 150 a year and a half later. He never attended college.

Leonardo DiCaprio, actor. At the age of 14, he signed with an agent and began doing commercial work as well as acting. He complete high school with a tutor, but put off college. As he has noted, "Life is my college now." *(GREAT QUOTE!)*

Charles Dickens, bestselling novelist. Elementary school dropout.

***David Duchovny, dreamboat alien-hunter, Duchovny earned an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and also earned a graduate degree in English Literature at Yale University. While at Yale, he began commuting to New York to study acting and was soon appearing in off-Broadway plays. In 1987 he abandoned his doctoral studies at Yale to pursue acting full time.

William Faulkner, Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning novelist. Dropped out of high school after his second year. Also later attended but dropped out of the University of Mississippi.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, novelist. Dropped out of Princeton University.

***Benjamin Franklin, inventor, scientist, inventor, diplomat, author, printer, publisher, politician, patriot, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Home schooled with less than two years of formal education.

Barry Goldwater, U.S. senator and presidential candidate. He dropped out of the University of Arizona after one year to take over the family department store.

Kelsey Grammar, actor. Attended Juilliard for two years but was kicked out for poor attendance. Went on to acting success in Cheers, Frasier, and Back to You television shows.

***Cary Grant, Oscar-winning actor. High school dropout.

William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher and movie producer, was thrown out of Harvard for poor grades (apparently due to heavy partying).

Patrick Henry, Virginia governor, revolutionary patriot. Home schooled. Later studied on his own and became a lawyer.

Andrew Jackson, U.S. president, general, attorney, judge, congressman. Orphaned at 14. Home schooled. By the age of 35 without formal education, he became a practicing attorney.

***Peter Jennings, news anchor, ABC's World News Tonight. Failed the 10th grade. Left high school at 16 to work as a bank teller. He later attributed his failure in high school to boredom and laziness.

John F. Kennedy, U.S. president. He dropped out of Princeton University in 1935 but eventually graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1940.

***B.B. King, blues musician, songwriter, and legend. Never finished high school. “I have two laptops. I didn't finish high school, so one is my tutor: I buy software on things I don't know. I write music with the other.” (People magazine)

***George Orwell (aka Eric Blair), author of Animal Farm and 1984. Instead of attending university after graduating from Eton, he joined the Imperial Police and worked in Burma. When he returned, he worked in restaurant kitchens, slept in homeless shelters, and eventually documented the condition of miners. All the time, he was writing reviews, essays, novels, and a regular newspaper column. His Animal Farm has sold more than 10 million copies.

Sydney Pollack, movie director, producer, and actor. Skipped college and enrolled at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where he studied under drama coach Sanford Meisner.

Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. president. Attended school only for a few months. Was tutored at home.

Carl Sandburg, poet, historian, Pulitzer Prize winner. Had little formal education but later attended Lombard College and graduated.

Leo Tolstoy, count, novelist (War and Peace, Anna Karenina). Dropped out after three years at the university.

Harry Truman, U.S. president. Never went to college.

***Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), printer, riverboat pilot, prospector, newspaper reporter, humorist, bestselling novelist. Left school a year after his father's death, never went beyond the fifth grade. Nonetheless, he still wrote the first great American novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.


___________________________________________________________________
**a note on Albert Einstein**

Albert Einstein's education and early career has gone through rough patches and moments of uncertainty.
Try to remember that life is a long journey, and thinking "life is over" because you fail to get into a specific programa at specific time in your life is quite myopic.
At any rate, (depending on your field and the type of resources you need) you don't need to belong to an institution in order to continue your work. Read below:

What sort of education did Albert receive?

Albert Einstein began school in Munich, but does not seem to have been particularly interested in what was offered there. Failure of the family business, when Albert was 15, caused his family to leave Munich for Milan. He stayed there for a year and then moved to Switzerland, where he continued his education at school in Arrau. Einstein hoped to become an electrical engineer and, at the second attempt, enrolled at the Swiss National Polytechnic in Zurich in 1896.

It seems that he continued to show little respect for his teachers, as he was not a regular attender at lectures. He spent considerable time studying physics on his own. Despite the lack of time in lecture halls, he graduated as a teacher of physics and mathematics in 1900, but was unable to obtain a post in the university. It has been suggested that he had not impressed his professors enough, which is perhaps not surprising, given his attitude, and so did not receive their all-important backing for an academic career.

What did he do next?

Albert Einstein became a temporary teacher of mathematics, first at the Technical High School in Winterthur, and secondly at a private school at Schaffhausen.

In 1902 he began work at the Swiss patent office in Bern as a technical expert third class. He remained there until 1909, having been promoted, in 1906, to technical expert second class! He married Mileva Maric, by whom he had two sons, in 1903. They later divorced.

During his time there, Albert Einstein devoted a great deal of his spare time to the study of theoretical physics, and in 1905, received his doctorate for a thesis entitled On a new determination of molecular dimensions. He also published three important papers on theoretical physics.

I'm not Jewish, but I like Woody Allen and Larry David

More time enriching myself and becoming 100% Yuppie

Then I will be able to afford a posh condo in Manhattan and marry rich
Then I can BUY my way into the Ivy League

haha, fuckers!

This won't end well.

More time enriching myself and becoming 100% Yuppie

Then I will be able to afford a posh condo in Manhattan and marry rich
Then I can BUY my way into the Ivy League

haha, fuckers!

And I like Monkeefugg (although with a handle like that and a seeming expat hanging out in France, I am conjuring images of a pre-punk Euro-style band... maybe a mixture of the Monkees and Fugazi? I love the Monkees AND Fugazi!)

I had to look up Übermenschen but now that I know what it is I am happy to join forces with you to that end. Plus also sounding smarter in an interview (if it comes to that).

Ha!

Alright, yes, we're friends and you can have it, and in fact, it's probably better that you do if we're working toward a lofty vision of humanity that can only be brought about through a strongly brewed potion of patriarchal communism, radically visionary music, and an underground network of fast-working cyber friendship. So long as the "hugg" comes with a face lick, that is. (or a head-bump. The head-bump is my 1-year old's favorite mode of affection and I'm starting to believe in it). Oh, and also give me some positive happy clicks because someone didn't like my assertion that paying a FEE for a SERVICE entitles us to a little INFORMATION, and so now my reputation is in the red. Don't like that so much, not very smurfy, if you ask me...

Lagoon monster!

one love

fish stick

Recalled Vaccination







PS- I am going to kill you, Encomendero

adam sucks

time lord ( for Dr Who fans)

Location has nothing to do with the program.
It's irrelevant, inappropriate, and makes it seem as if you're more interested in the location than the actual program.
If sure you can find more compelling reasons why you want to attend that school

Location has nothing to do with the program.
It's irrelevant, inappropriate, and makes it seem as if you're more interested in the location than the actual program.
If sure you can find more compelling reasons why you want to attend that school

Location has nothing to do with the program.
It's irrelevant, inappropriate, and makes it seem as if you're more interested in the location than the actual program.
If sure you can find more compelling reasons why you want to attend that school