misnomer's blog

Once, in high school, while discussing the constitution, a teacher told the class that in school, we did not have all the rights that are granted to us in the constitution. For example, the school had the right to search our lockers without reason, and without our permission, and it was not illegal search and seizure. While this may sound crazy, that made perfect sense to me.  Read More »

For the month of September, I will be doing a bit of a mini-series focusing on school issues, this being the first installment.  Read More »

I am not referring to sacrificing your life to save a friend, or loaning them your last dollar so they could buy food, and not expecting to be reimbursed. I do not believe I can really know that unless I am forced to make that choice.  Read More »

Los Angeles has banned the use of plastic grocery bags, hoping to eleminate them in dumps While I support the switch to canvas bags and eleminating waste, I do belive these cities (San Franscisco has also passed a similar ban) are going about it in the wrong way. The stores should be encouraging customers to reduce waste, which, admittedly, many are.  Read More »

While on Google News, I cam across an article about Susan Atkins, one of the murderers in the Manson family. She was recently up for parole again, probably for the last time. According to doctors, she will only live for a few more months because of her brain cancer.  Read More »

In this day and age, many people are confused by exactly what it means to be a virgin. But does it really matter? dr. Karen Rayne doesn't think so. According to her blog, it is just a way of categorizes people, giving them titles as soon as we look at them.  Read More »

Lord of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien, has always had a rather devout following, even though the books weren't seriously considered in mainstream culture. And while the movies certainly had a strong and vocal fan base, they are regarded as weird, and cultish.  Read More »

On Monday, an old theatre near my house was showing Back to the Future, and so I went. This might not seem like such a strange thing, so here's the twist. I went by myself.  Read More »