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12-13-2009, 03:16 PM
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Back from Africa
Howdidilly doodlely, non-believereenos
Well, I survived. I got back to the US last night. It went well for the most part. Last year, 84% of my students passed the national math exam- it was the highest pass rate at the school in 12 years. I helped fix up the school computer lab, worked with a local orphanage (I made a website for the place you can see here.) and I wrote an English-Swahili science book. If you would like to look at it, I can email you the MS word version. It's about 70 MB, so make sure your inbox has enough room. Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure:  On the absentee ballot I got last year, they put a chicken next to the Democrat oval and an eagle next to the Republican one. You don't want wimpy chicken; you want mighty eagle.  Night vision goggles are so cool. My brother has been in Iraq for about a year now.  I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with my top students.  On the way home, I made a quick trip through Egypt.  Taliban enough for ya? |
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12-13-2009, 03:50 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Beastly Muck
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Very nice Brick, you're a smelly hippie now. Welcome aboard!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ La propriété, c'est le vol ... |
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12-13-2009, 04:47 PM
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I Live Here
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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You rock, dude! Welcome back!
I just checked out the website. You are my goddamn hero!  The Leprechauns do not forbid the drawing of Their images, as long as we color within the lines. ~ Ghoulslime H Christ, Prophet, Seer, Revelator, and Masturbator |
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12-13-2009, 04:56 PM
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I Live Here
Join Date: May 2007
Location: So Cal
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HEY!
I was wondering what happened to you! Congratulations and welcome home! As always wonderful pics. Never give a zombie girl a piggy back ride. |
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12-13-2009, 05:35 PM
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Mistress Monster Mod'rator Spy
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The North Coast
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Welcome back, brick! Well done!
 "I do not intend to tiptoe through life only to arrive safely at death." Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle. |
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12-13-2009, 05:53 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Puerto Rico
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outstanding, brick!!! bet your kids are missing already....but i wish that they move on and use all that you taught them to move ahead and do cool things!
(i'm shocked by the ballot! eagles vs. chickens?? not too subliminal, i say....) One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected....That they should have this immunity is an outrage. There is nothing in religious ideas, as a class, to lift them above other ideas. On the contrary, they are always dubious and often quite silly. H. L. Mencken |
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12-13-2009, 07:41 PM
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I Live Here
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Chandler- Arizona
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AWESOME..teaching the Islam-Psychotics SCIENCE !!
Congrats, welcome back... Christians and other folks infected with delusional beliefs think and reason like schizophrenics or temporal lobe epileptics. Their morality is dictated by an invisible friend called Jesus. |
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12-14-2009, 07:05 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Britland
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Good stuff - and by fuck, how those pubes have come on!
 Stop the Holy See men! |
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12-14-2009, 02:21 PM
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I Live Here
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: UK
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well hello
 I don't think we met before you left but welcome back “'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what." Fry |
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12-14-2009, 03:21 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: UK
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I don't think we ever spoke, but HEYA! Welcome back! Great pics and anecdotes there!
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Charles Darwin.
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12-14-2009, 07:10 PM
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Miscellaneous Thoughts
I've been thinking I ought to address the issue of a libertarian like me taking part in a government program. I must admit it's hypocritical. I rationalized it this way: I found an opportunity that looked suitable to me so I took it, which is what everyone else on earth does. People support the government when it works to their advantage, and they ignore or circumvent it when it doesn't. On the whole, I don't think it's a very essential institution.
When I was applying for Peace Corps, I had to write an essay explaining why I wanted to join. The gist of what I wrote was: I like travel and foreign languages, it looks like work I'd enjoy, and it will probably help me get a job later. They didn't like the sound of that and told me to rewrite it. I put a more altruistic spin on it, resubmitted it, and they accepted it. Well, that's the world for you- tell the truth and people demand that you lie! Still, I have no regrets about it. It worked out well for me and I was happy for the chance. I don't think foreign aid is completely useless; it's just that free markets generally work better. A good example of this is the growth of mobile phone use in sub-Saharan Africa. The mobile phone companies brought reliable, low-cost communication to poor people and they made a profit at it, all in less than ten years. If the Peace Corps had been in charge, they'd probably tried to bring back carrier pigeons under the guise of "appropriate technology." Free markets have got to be humanity's most underrated invention. The annual budget of the whole Peace Corps is about $300 million. This is roughly equivalent to 12 hours of military operations in Iraq. |
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12-15-2009, 01:58 PM
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"No. I won't. It's not right. Never." "What you'll send me on a free holiday?" "Where do you want it" "Barabbas, Barabbas, set Barabbas free." "Crucify the Christ" |
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12-15-2009, 02:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Beastly Muck
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I agree, Brick. It sounds kind of hypocritical to me too, but Jesus loves you for having the self-awareness to realize it.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~ La propriété, c'est le vol ... |
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12-18-2009, 06:42 PM
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I Live Here
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"Those who most loudly proclaim their honesty are least likely to possess it." "Atheism: rejecting all absurdity." S.H. "Reality, the God alternative" |
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