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Potential good news....BREAKING
According to ABC news, who is the ONLY one on the story right now....
Zarqawi is TOAST.
Special Report interrupted Nightline, not even on the web page yet
Update: Acc. to Technorati, I am indeed the first to report this. I even beat Kos by 10 minutes! Holy Crap!
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Glad you posted -- because, I swear I thought I was hallucinating and just waiting to hear, "live from New York, it's Saturday Night."
why would any network jump to repeatedly confirm the death of a character who has been "falsely" reported dead so many times already?
Posted by: revolute at June 07, 2006 10:58 PM (+wba0)
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I linked over to your site on this news, but unfortunately, the trackback isn't going through. Good job throwing this out there...looks like the news world is finally starting to wake up!
Posted by: Merri at June 07, 2006 11:43 PM (/qy9A)
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Darn those trackbacks anyway.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 08, 2006 12:19 AM (FRalS)
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I think BBC was the first to publish the fact that this slimeball is no more...
Posted by: RobC at June 08, 2006 01:49 AM (o0N0R)
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Good thing that the monster in the garb of man called, Al Zarqavi has been liquidated. Peace to all those innocent people who got killed by this devil ! Justice has indeed been done.
At the same time, Bush who is heard harping about 'Justice' so often must also await justice for his own wrong doings ! Strange there are guys who can speak about justice without a speck of shame or introspection of their own injustices and crassly ruthless acts!
America's hypocrisy and insatiable greed are unbelievable . Its war on global terror is also a farce. The very fact that it has a shady Pakistani dictator and a well known abettor of terrorism in India, named Pervez Musharraf as his chief ally! Such strange behaviour and hypocrisy is bound to boomerang as it did in the past whensoever the US played such games.
Terrorism won't end till a real and a conclusive war is fought against it. For this the US has to come clean and stop playing shady games in the world. Sample this, before 9/11 America was known to have openly armed, financed several terror organisations in the world for its own self-seeking ends and it never shed a tear for the innocent who died due to that. How could it expect that the world would wail over the death of poor 9/11 victims? America's image as that of a highly utilitarian, unscruplous country only interested in financial/ political gains than humanity or human values must undergo a conscious change! Then alone terrorism can be dealt a united and concerted death blow for ever.
You can't befriend a muslim terrorist here (as in Pakistan) and chase another in Iraq or Afhganistan. They all are the same and cannot be trusted or encouraged. Trounce them all for your own good. Learn before it is too late!
Posted by: Just Justice at June 08, 2006 03:01 AM (gqVVi)
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Bush who is heard harping about 'Justice' so often must also await justice for his own wrong doings!
As must we all. "Hey, buddy, we're all sinners." --Gov. George W. Bush (R-Texas), during the 2000 presidential campaign
Posted by: McGehee at June 08, 2006 03:24 AM (lAOTn)
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TB didn't work - but I linked to this story!
Posted by: Greta at June 08, 2006 04:39 AM (Cbtbf)
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And Nick Berg's demented father is shooting his fucking mouth off again
http://www.secondbreakfast.net/archives/002875.html
Posted by: Ken Summers at June 08, 2006 05:38 AM (UefPN)
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And JJ, please put down the Kool-Aid
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Posted by: Marie at June 08, 2006 07:13 AM (dswo0)
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Two Down, Two to Go!
Hurricanes
shut out Edmonton 5-0
Game 3 is Saturday, 8pm EDT on NBC in the US, CBC in Canada.
Let's go Canes!
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June 06, 2006
Update to Miss Idiot (below)
3 days detention and a bunch of zeros.
Her excuse? "There was too much stuff to do and not that much time to do it in."
Well,
yeah, if you don't do it when it's due and then wait until right before the end of the school year....
At least she was embarassed and apologized.
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Uhhh... she is going to have problems when she wants to work in the 'real world'.
Posted by: vw bug at June 06, 2006 03:50 PM (YS9om)
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It's Beastly!
The date being 6/6/6, which is of course the "biblical number of the Beast", The Pirate brings you some
lesser known numbers relating to "The Beast"... well, you'll see.
Drink warning for some of them....
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Being a Parent means being an adult, mm'kay?
I'm not a parent, but I don't think that means I've given up the right to complain about how other people's kids behave in public.
After all, I was a kid once, and certain things
were expected of me. I needed to be quiet, not silent, mind you, but quiet. I was required to keep my food on the table, refrain from spilling if at all possible, and I had to say "Please" and "Thank You" to the wait staff. Even to the person behind the counter at McDonald's
So it irks the
holy crap out of me when people these days refuse to discipline their children for acting out in a restaurant.
It's pretty simple:
--If you can't trust your young child to behave acceptably in public, don't take them out. Even a normally well-behaved child who is tired.
--If your child gets loud, take them out. The waitstaff will be more than happy to watch your belongings while you're outside if you have to leave the table altogether for a few minutes. There's a big difference between a 30 second outburst and a 10 minute screaming jag.
--Make sure your kids know what is expected of them and be willing to give them consequences. I knew I sure as hell was gonna sit in the car if I acted out.
--Manners start at home. Use your everyday dining experience to teach "please" and "thank you" and how to use utensils properly.
In this
op-ed piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, mother of 2 Wendy Heath takes the manager of a "family" restaurant to task for asking them to leave after her 2 year old pitched a fit.
The response has been huge. And nearly all of it siding with the manager. This prompted
another column in the AJ-C, defending Ms. Heath's outrage. Read the
column, and the responses to it.
Some people will just never understand.
h/t
McGehee
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There is no reason for children to be badly behaved in pubic and no excuse for it. I am not a parent, but I take my young cousins with me on excursions quite often and each of them, including the year old has proper manners and conducts themselves well or else they will not be invited again.
Manners are a valuable tool in life and we learn them when we are young or not at all, I'd hate to see the person that molly-coddled child growns into.
Posted by: silk at June 07, 2006 03:04 AM (KIOSk)
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We don't go out to eat a lot with the little one, but when we do, I am prepared: I bring toys, snacks, books, etc. It's my job & my husband's to make it a pleasant experience for our family AND to not spoil the experience of the other diners.
Three minutes of outburst is a looooooong time in public. The father could have gathered up their stuff & waited for the mom outside. Seems like a no-brainer. Maybe that's the problem. He had no brain.
Posted by: Marie at June 07, 2006 07:56 AM (dswo0)
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Ugh. I hate it when parents *refuse* to "parent"....
Posted by: Richmond at June 08, 2006 05:36 PM (e8QFP)
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Feisty Again!
The lovely
Christina has been one of the biggest casualties of the DDoS attack on MuNuvia. Her blog is still down, but being the resourceful gal that she is, she's opened up shop in her
old digs and has resumed her former Feisty-ness. If you've been looking for her, she'll be there until further notice.
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Many thanks, lady!
I'm delighted to be up and running *somewhere*!!
; )
Posted by: Christina at June 06, 2006 10:16 AM (HQglt)
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Thanks for pointing this out! I wondered what was up with the *dot* site... (And thanks for your kind words at my place... They are appreciated.)
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Not Just Omen Day
June 6, 2006 is also the 62nd anniversary of the invasion of Normandy,
D-Day.
Yesterday was also the 2nd anniversary of the death of one of my heroes, President Ronald Reagan.
So it only seems fitting to quote him on this occasion. From the President's
speech on the 40th anniversary of the Normandy invasion:
We in America have learned bitter lessons from two world wars. It is better to be here ready to protect the peace, than to take blind shelter across the sea, rushing to respond only after freedom is lost. We've learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments with an expansionist intent. But we try always to be prepared for peace, prepared to deter aggression, prepared to negotiate the reduction of arms, and yes, prepared to reach out again in the spirit of reconciliation. In truth, there is no reconciliation we would welcome more than a reconciliation with the Soviet Union, so, together, we can lessen the risks of war, now and forever.
It's fitting to remember here the great losses also suffered by the Russian people during World War II. Twenty million perished, a terrible price that testifies to all the world the necessity of ending war. I tell you from my heart that we in the United States do not want war. We want to wipe from the face of the earth the terrible weapons that man now has in his hands. And I tell you, we are ready to seize that beachhead. We look for some sign from the Soviet Union that they are willing to move forward, that they share our desire and love for peace, and that they will give up the ways of conquest. There must be a changing there that will allow us to turn our hope into action.
We will pray forever that someday that changing will come. But for now, particularly today, it is good and fitting to renew our commitment to each other, to our freedom, and to the alliance that protects it.
Twenty-two years ago, and an entire world away. But the sentiment still holds true. We do not desire war, but we will use it to keep the despots of the world in check and bring liberty to their people.
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June 05, 2006
Stupidest Cheater EVER
As many of you know, my sweet husband is a high school teacher. He is currently teaching 4 classes of Earth Science to 9-12 graders at his school.
One of his grading policies is that students MAY turn in late work for partial credit before the end of the quarter, and he is more than happy to give any student a progress report showing their score on each assignment and including a list of what is missing at any time.
Recently, one student, hereafter known as Ms. I (for Idiot) was told of several assignments she was missing, and she assured my husband that they had been turned in, and she would bring the graded assignments in this week as proof that he had somehow not recorded them.
So today she turns in 7 or 8 assignments, all with the same
interesting characteristic. The top right corner of each assignment was torn off. As you may recall from your own school days or from your kids' homework, that's usually the place where you write your name, date, and class number. Except for one, and on that one the name written in the name blank is scratched out and her name is written below.
Her name was written wherever she could fit it in.
Also, each assignment is in a different pen/pencil, although all of the places where she has written her name are in the SAME black pen. However, more interestingly, each assignment was in a DIFFERENT HANDWRITING.
I really don't know how she expected to get away with it. I mean HONESTLY. Idiot.
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LOL! Give the chica some credit, she's got balls. She's obviously well on her way to a career of trying to cheat "the system". Good for your hubby for not letting her get away with it.
Posted by: Janette at June 05, 2006 05:02 PM (OcgcA)
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ha ha!
you mean that didn't work for her?
Posted by: wRitErsbLock at June 06, 2006 04:36 AM (yHahS)
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Gotta admit, at least it took guts. She should get some credit for that.
Posted by: oddybobo at June 06, 2006 05:54 AM (6Gm0j)
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I bet she would make a good Democrat!
Posted by: Greta (Hooah Wife) at June 06, 2006 05:56 AM (Cbtbf)
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The sad part is, we had a teacher at my high school who fell for that scheme several times from some of my classmates.
Posted by: Carmen at June 06, 2006 06:05 AM (YgY2c)
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Wow.
Gutsy would be getting them all from the same person so that at least the handwriting would match - but still, how do you explain away the corners? The dog ate it?
I taught HS for a year, that was it for my patience level. People who can stick with it are saints. Period.
Posted by: beth at June 06, 2006 07:34 AM (BuBkx)
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She deserves to be expelled.
There is no excuse for that. It isn't even funny. The fact that she thinks she could get away with proves how dumb she is. But she isn't alone!
When I was in grade school, we had writing assignments where we had to read a card and then finish the story in our own words. No big deal, right?
One of my stories was particularly good, so the teacher read it aloud, put a gold star on it, and hung it up in the classroom. Two weeks later, the class screw-up who was constantly getting into trouble copied my story word-for-word and handed it in. Pure plagiarism. What did the teacher do?
She put a gold star on it and hung it up next to mine.
At least she was consistent...
The moral of this story: The world is full of idiots.
Posted by: Phoenix at June 06, 2006 09:16 AM (4N2f4)
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Apparently she missed the day when the other kids learned about "having a clue!" That's baaaaad.
Posted by: Marie at June 06, 2006 10:55 AM (dswo0)
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In contra response to Greta - sounds like the kid would make a good U.S. president.
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One Down!
Thanks to Captain Rod Brind'amour, Carolina
takes Game 1, 5-4 with 31 seconds left in regulation.
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Its over, Carolina has won mostly because the Oilers lost the goalie who got them there. On the plus side, I win a few hundred if Carolina wins it all.
Posted by: the Pirate at June 06, 2006 07:07 AM (0ZKi5)
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You can't win for losing...
The recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity may be tied, not to global warming, but to the ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP we've been working so diligently on
over the last few decades.
"Cleaner air and more Atlantic hurricanes may come as a pair, according to a new study comparing rising global sea surface temperatures with sun-blocking pollution particles.
It turns out that the recent decline of small manmade pollution particles called aerosols in the North Atlantic might be allowing hurricane activity to catch up with the effects of global warming there, reported climate researchers Michael Mann and Kerry Emanuel in a new study in the journal Eos."
Take that Enviro-Nazis. You're actually making things
worse!
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Posted by: Janette at June 05, 2006 11:42 AM (OcgcA)
Posted by: LindaSoG at June 05, 2006 11:55 AM (GBBmd)
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figures. It just figures!
Posted by: Beth Donovan at June 05, 2006 12:17 PM (9FPYz)
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There is no such thing as global warming!
And now research is proving things they should have thought of before!
Posted by: Rave at June 05, 2006 01:45 PM (Fir0Z)
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Too bad they're irony-impaired [not to mention humor-challenged, so I won't mention it] so it's all lost on 'em.
Posted by: Claire at June 05, 2006 03:42 PM (l1oyw)
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I don't get it. Does that mean that Mann is going to be believed by people like Claire, Rave, Jane Beth et al over this report, but not over the hockey stick? A bit selective don't you think (assuming they are anti the hockey stick)?
Since you all have your irony antennas so finely tuned how did you manage to miss this delicious dollup of irony
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Yummy Yum!
You Are a Chocolate Chip Cookie
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 Traditional and conservative, most people find you comforting.
You're friendly and easy to get to know. This makes you very popular - without even trying!
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h/t
oatmeal raisin Marie
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Damn! That's what I wanted to be!!!
Posted by: Marie at June 05, 2006 07:23 AM (dswo0)
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I'm a jam cookie.
My favorite.
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We're back!
Did you miss us? MuNuvia was the target of at least 3 different DDOS attacks this weekend, but Pixy seems to have everything under control again for the moment, so we return you to your regularly scheduled programming, already in progress...
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Yes, I did! It was driving me nuts!
Posted by: Marie at June 05, 2006 04:52 AM (dswo0)
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I'm still MIA, though!
rats!
; )
Posted by: Chrissy at June 05, 2006 05:53 AM (zJsUT)
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i sensed a disturbance in the force
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Yikes. I knew about one... but three???
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June 04, 2006
Oh, and for those of you that asked...
Here's what the haircut did.
From this:
To this:
More than 12 inches off. I donated it.
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Wow!!
That's a lot of hair!
I love the color and I have no doubt the cut looks greats on you!
; )
Posted by: Chrissy at June 04, 2006 03:01 PM (zJsUT)
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I'm glad you donated it. I donated mine when I chopped it off two years ago. It was traumatic for hubby. It's finally a length he can be happy with again, in that it's almost to the middle of my back again. I imagine when it gets long enough, I'll chop it off and donate it again. He doesn't understand. But my high school best friend had alapecia (sp?), which is that condition that prevents her from being able to grow hair. Nice for the not shaving legs thing, but bald with no eyebrows made school very hard on her.
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Wow! Very cool! I bet it's a lot easier to care for now.
Posted by: Marie at June 04, 2006 05:06 PM (dswo0)
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I'm assuming it's donated to a cancer-related charity...way cool!
Posted by: Mrs_Who at June 04, 2006 08:50 PM (nPR3h)
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You are so awesome!! So, how do you like the shorter do?
Posted by: Dana at June 05, 2006 06:52 AM (mY0KN)
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I heart Locks for Love.
Bravo!
Posted by: Helen at June 05, 2006 08:37 AM (La1Mk)
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Wonderful thing you've done, there. And I'll bet it's much cooler, too.
Posted by: Margi at June 05, 2006 10:00 AM (BRtaN)
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What beautiful hair you donated! Very cool. Very very cool.
Posted by: Bou at June 05, 2006 12:50 PM (iHxT3)
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wow.
just wow.
(Your hair was about 3-4 inches longer than mine is currently.)
Posted by: rave at June 05, 2006 01:47 PM (Fir0Z)
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I'm still trying to convince myself to get my hair cut. It drives me nuts, but it's a big step to get it chopped! Looks great by the way.
Posted by: amanda at June 05, 2006 05:47 PM (cqrWD)
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Wow. That is just wonderful.
Posted by: vw bug at June 06, 2006 03:59 AM (YS9om)
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I have been contemplating doing the same thing. Locks of love is such a great organization and if I'm going to cut it all off, it might as well be for a good cause...
Posted by: Richmond at June 09, 2006 09:54 AM (e8QFP)
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Gradumacation!
So yesterday was our school's graduation ceremony. We're a small university, but it's still fun to get dressed up and see all of my colleagues in their academic regalia, too.
The color and style of the robe, hood, and cap denote the wearer's academic degree, field of study, and alma mater, so in a full faculty group, you get a pretty wide variety, although most are some variation of black robe, mortarboard cap, and royal blue or green velvet on the hood.
Mine aren't!
Yeah, I stand out. But I like it that way.
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You look so happy! Congrats!
Posted by: Jane at June 04, 2006 08:57 AM (Ffvoi)
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Love the lipstick
Actually, the colors are absolutely gorgeous!
Posted by: Beth Donovan at June 04, 2006 10:30 AM (9FPYz)
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How do you get your skin so clear?
Posted by: Greta (Hooah Wife) at June 04, 2006 10:47 AM (Cbtbf)
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Ancient Chinese secret....
Posted by: caltechgirl at June 04, 2006 11:10 AM (1mfa4)
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You have such an open, friendly face. No wonder everyone likes you and you probably stand out more for that than your outfit!!
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I see you have the ultimate solution to sinus problems.
Posted by: Jay at June 04, 2006 05:15 PM (q9El8)
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Oh, I like it!!!
My robe is a boring black. Fortunately, in my line of work, I get to wear it on a weekly basis. :-)
Posted by: Paul Burgess at June 05, 2006 04:35 AM (7EVyU)
Posted by: Attila Girl at June 05, 2006 06:03 AM (4IuF2)
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If I did my research, not having known you, and just by looking at your cap and gown, I would have known you were a "Doctor of something." It was hard to see certain details of your gown to determine more, but that's what I gathered.
Thanks for sending me on a quest.
Posted by: Dana at June 05, 2006 07:00 AM (mY0KN)
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Well, yes, Dana: if you're wearing a tam rather than a mortarboard, you know it's doctoral regalia. Of course, that doesn't work in reverse: my JD is a doctorate of sorts, but I wore a mortarboard, as a tam is reserved for a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD, the legal equivalent of a Ph.D.) or for the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. The three stripes on the sleeves, matching the facing on the hood, are the clearest marker of doctoral regalia, more so than the headgear. And, of course, everything I'm saying only applies in the US, and POSSIBLY parts of Anglophone Canada.
Oy, I know way too much about this stuff. And I do still cherish my luscious black-and-purple JD robes: who knows, maybe someday I'll have a use for them if I go back to law school, this time as a professor. Stranger things have happened (or so I'm told). ;-)
Posted by: Dave J at June 05, 2006 12:50 PM (SKqxt)
Posted by: oddybobo at June 06, 2006 05:56 AM (6Gm0j)
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That is one of the coolest academic robes I have ever seen. You look awesome!!
Posted by: sagacitas lerin at June 06, 2006 12:43 PM (1m8/N)
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I can't believe I missed seeing this until today!!! You look wonderful!
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