http://syndicateandhague.com It's just an intersection Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:07:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was already a little twisted over the article that ran in the Star Tribune about U of MN's president Bob Bruininks this weekend. Then I looked at my student account for the coming school year and nearly had a heart attack. Tuition went up $353/semester ($706 a ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2008/08/18/the-university-of-minnesota-and-the-state-of-the-mn-workforce/ Apparently, that girl reverts to all her obsessive behaviors. Worked all night, save the time I was on the phone with Megan. Installed the new WP and plotted future improvements to the site. Read and plotted grant applications for my real job. Tried to break away ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2008/08/12/what-does-a-girl-do-when-the-other-girl-is-gone/ I'm getting bogged down in trying to improve my tag cloud.  Unfortunately, that "work" thing that I have to do takes precedence.  Dammit. A moment, though, on my funny day yesterday.  Nothing pulls in the viewers like a little maniacal raging...but when there aren't really any consequences, speaking your mind isn't ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2008/08/12/so-there-we-go/ I think I'm going to upgrade my WordPress installation tonight.  This is probably inadvisable since a ridiculous number of people have visited my blog since I railed on the mobile web thing yesterday, but Megan is away and I need a break from grant-thinking. Think I can do it all in ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2008/08/12/may-not-be-the-best-time-for-this/ So I was at this thing today on the "mobile web" and, mostly, how to market to whom and blah blah blah. I often like going to more corporate-ish things because they tend to be light years ahead of Universities about conceptualizing and implementing ways of using technology. ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2008/08/11/why-marketing-sucks/ Hey! Did you hear? Russia and Georgia are pretty much at war. There had been a build up of Russian troops in South Ossetia and then all hell broke loose. This is what the Georgian prez had to say about it: Georgia’s president, Mikheil Saakashvili, said Russia’s ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2008/08/11/why-everyone-should-stfu-about-john-edwards/ Something the Bush administration has taught us is that you can lie through your teeth, doing the complete opposite of what you say, but if no one cares enough or bothers to check out what you're saying, your lie is seen as truth. It is the most supremely cynical of tactics ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2008/08/03/if-you-lie-and-nobody-calls-you-on-it-it-becomes-truth/ In light of my "rah rah gay marriage" posts over the last few months, I thought I'd point you to the Alternatives to Marriage Project, which takes up the social justice issues that marriage does not/should not solve and that we have a responsibility to address in our society. Unlike those ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2008/07/22/alternatives-to-marriage-project/ Not to be crass, but seriously, all y'all libertarians and Republicans can go screw yourselves. Live on an island where you don't care about the society you live in. Tear each other to pieces in some Lord of the Flies fantasyland where the strong survive and blah blah ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2008/07/19/taxes-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-taxes/ We're coming up here on one year. And by "we" and "one year," I mean Megan and I are coming up on our one year anniversary. It's a big deal for me. Maintaining relationships has never been one of my greatest skills. I am, at my core, a ... http://syndicateandhague.com/2008/07/14/yeah-ive-mellowed/