Academic things-are-due list

Busy, busy week

Tuesday
1. At least 2 pages of the Intro to Creative Writing nonfiction piece (that's going to be read out loud, GAH) Class canceled cause the professor's sick. I feel bad for her (though a little relieved for me). I hope she gets well thoroughly.
2. Leading group facilitation for Translating the Liberal Arts

Wednesday
1. Paper #1 for Technology and Cognition

Thursday
1. Psychological Disorders exam #1
2. Articles read for senior thesis (Some of them. Continuous reading)

Friday
1. Book report for Translating the Liberal Arts
2. Reading group for Daniel Dennett's visit (Forgot I had an appointment during the reading group)

After my work shift Sunday

I worked out some. I decided to try for endurance on the cross trainer, and went for a 3 mile run. I didn't do too bad, I think, as I usually just run full out for one mile and feel horrible after. I'll admit my I-like-my-numbers-with-patterns got a little irked with my time. 24:22? I would've prefered for 24:24 or 24:42, I suppose. I was trying for 24:00 flat so it'd be a nice round minute/mile average. :P I also skipped most of the leg machines since I had ran so much.

February 6th, 2011, Sunday
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It'd be nice if before spring break I get back to being able to use 8lbs free weights and more weight on the machines, like back in September.

I also need more beat-heavy music on my mp3player!

Bless me iPhone for I have sinned

Bless me iPhone for I have sinned
Catholic Church sanctions phone app to woo back lapsed followers

This app does not replace going to a priest for absolution. It's also approved by a Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne in Indiana, USA. Apparently the Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI's World Communications Address on Jan. 24 "emphasized the importance of a Christian presence in the digital world" and the people who designed this app really took that to heart.

If it doesn't replace going to confess, but "help[s] Catholics through the act" -- how exactly does that work? Does it ask you questions like how guilt you are? Does it somehow "prep" you to face a real person? I really wish I had a friend with an iPhone so I coud split the cost of the app ($1.99) just to see what the app is like. But then again, I don't know if I want to give money to the people who made this app, even if it's just for jokes and curiosity...

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Hey Clark, Chalmers

We aren't tools.

Though I had good-natured fun Monday telling my neighboring classmates they're tools, and having them tell me I was the same.

But in the serious world, nah, we aren't tools. I don't believe in determinism.