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I had a busy day today. Went to class until almost 5. The last class of mine is just me talking w\/ a professor so it doesn’t end at the same time each week. But after that I had to go to senate. It wasn’t really senate this week, it was the ASLC debates. People are going to be elected President and VP soon I guess. It was pretty exciting. \ud83d\ude1b I hate politics, even on a small scale it seems.<\/p>\n

After that was over I walked to the other side of campus to see a lecture by uh… David Shipler. It was about the working poor in America. He seemed like a pretty reasonable guy. He’s won a couple of Pulitzer Prizes too. Apparently, he says, the rich get richer, but the poor get poorer! I dunno, something about bad credit leading to an inability to get a good job leading to drug dealing leading to jail time leading to an inability to get a job at all… blah blah blah. I say… why don’t they get jobs?<\/p>\n

Ok, I’m not really that incompassionate. I would like to help those poor people who actually can and do contribute to society. Plus, I think it’s bad for society as a whole to have starving, unmedicated, desparate people all over.<\/p>\n

I think the internet will solve all problems eventually. That’s why I turn to the internet to solve this one. Someone will make a site that is like blogger only instead of making a blog, you make a disaster page. It’ll be like the Hurricane Katrina things, only for every little disaster out there. Jimmy fell down a well and his mom can’t pay for the ambulance… don’t worry, go to www.disasterhelp.com where you can quickly and easily explain your situation. Your page will be analyzed by a souless algorithym uncrackable by the minds of man and put as an ad on the appropriate web sites. Then while the unimpoverished are checking your e-mail they can simply click on the little picture of Timmy that appears in your search bar and you’ll automatically recieve a dollar. After about 255 hits, the problem is solved. Hurray! Then there are the spin off sites. Programs that make sites automatically for every medical bill filed to someone w\/o insurance, and programs that allow you to donate money ahead of time for disasters that might occur. The future is going to be great.<\/p>\n

I’ve not been doing enough London stuff. I’m sorry. Have some London.<\/p>\n

1-17-06<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Castles<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p> <\/span>So far we\u2019ve only been to Castle Warwick but there\u2019s another on the schedule I believe, hence the title.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>I read a letter in Castle Warwick written to someone requesting troops to fight Edward. <\/span>It was even more punctuated than Johnson. <\/span>It was very cool. <\/span>I also enjoyed swords and armor of course. <\/span>I agree with some of Mikes complaints about their presentation though. <\/span>They were pretty good, but they tended to have weapons spanning 500 years in one area, and no description or information. <\/span>On the other hand, the guides at least those I was in contact with, were very good.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Winter time at the castle is kinda quiet. <\/span>No trebuchet or jousting. <\/span>I think it was a good time to go though, because I heard the guides talking about all the \u201cqueues\u201d everywhere during the summer.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>The displays span the life of the castle, so they include both medieval and Victorian eras. <\/span>I have to say I prefer medieval greatly. <\/span>At least I prefer the medieval stereotype and whatnot. <\/span>Victorian is only cool if there are vampires.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>A display said that during Waterloo<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> there were 45,000 dead bodies within 3 square miles. <\/span>I did some unintelligible calculations on the front cover of this journal that show that if each body takes six square feet then 30% of the ground was covered in corpse.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>The second castle visited was Kinalworth, or something, that was sieged and destroyed during the English civil war. <\/span>It was very different from Warwick<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. <\/span>It seemed that in its hay day it was ridiculously well defended, however. <\/span>Had a good time tramping around the ruins. <\/span>I was impressed that original stairs still existed.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Recently viewed the play Great Expectations. <\/span>I believe I found it easier to follow than some of my fellow students. <\/span>I also found it quite funny. <\/span>Some of the lines were quite humorous, and much of the plot as well. <\/span>A strange kind of humor that doesn\u2019t make you laugh but makes you smile for a long time. <\/span>The chairs were a bit uncomfortable though. <\/span>It was certainly good it wasn\u2019t a full house<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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