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Just completed my stint as a judge. No not for a reality TV talent show. No I’m not the next Simon Cowell. This is the third year now (not successive, I had to miss one year in the past four years) I’ve participated as a virtual judge for a national science and engineering contest for sixth through ninth graders. That’s eleven through fourteen year olds.

I don’t judge everyone in the contest, so I don’t see all the entries. I judge about ten entries, and if they need more scored ...

It's eleven o'clock on a Friday night. My son is asleep after watching 'Winnie the Pooh' I just love Eeyore, he is the best part of the gang. When I was a teen some friends of mine analyzed the gang and we figured out that some of us fit the personalities of the pooh gang, I was Eeyore, my best friend Piglet. Anyway that's not what is on my mind.

I went to all my classes this week and I only had coffee with the girls three times and the last time (today) I only stayed for 30 minuets. ...

Note: This review was also posted on the forum. . . .

On the first day of a graduate seminar in literature, our professors would often tells us about their creation of the syllabus. We'd hear the rationale for the course, the course objectives, the student responsibilities (all pretty bland and standard stuff). And then we'd hear the most interesting part: what books/authors were left out. . . .the just didn't make the cut list. I took notes like hell during this part. Those were ...