Forbidden Sex

“Discuss, based on your own and other’s experiences, how kids learn about sex.” This question was posted as part of the assignment for my Theories of Personality course for this week. I found myself wondering about  why sex is such a forbidden thing in society and why sexuality is often obscured and euphemized. Sex is […]

Mid-term Grading

I used to hate mid-term grades, but that was because they used to be such a negative thing. At all institutions I attended before Fayetteville State University, mid-term grades were assigned by instructors only when a student was doing poorly in a course, such as in the D or F range. FSU makes mid-term grading […]

Snow Cntd.

11PM – Power Fails 2AM – Fall Asleep 5:30AM – Wake up for no reason 7AM – Power Restored 8AM – Breakfast 9AM – Outdoor photos 10AM – Driveway is cleared 12PM – Time for bed yet? 2PM – Boredom 3PM – Nutrition test 4PM – Things are melting 5PM – Dinner 6PM – Dinner […]

Snow!

For the first time in about three years we are having a really nice snow and the temperatures are not supposed to change dramatically enough to mess with things. The above image is at ISO-800, so not a really great image, but I believe it shows the  gist of things Photography in the snow is […]

Xubuntu Installation

After having my Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop fail the Ubuntu 8.10 install process due to a thermal issue for a second time, I returned to Windows. Today I found Xubuntu, which claims to be lighter than Ubuntu. I was originally considering it for a netbook computer, but decided to give it a shot on the […]