<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629</id><updated>2012-01-25T16:22:06.076-05:00</updated><category term='childhood'/><category term='Hockey'/><category term='LBGT Stuff'/><category term='amusement'/><category term='beer'/><category term='Megan'/><category term='pride'/><category term='television worth watching'/><category term='news'/><category term='movies'/><category term='Steve'/><category term='books'/><category term='interesting'/><category term='Michigan'/><category term='Simone'/><category term='punk'/><category term='Shiner Bock'/><category term='death'/><category term='zombies'/><category term='guilt'/><category term='Iowa'/><category term='Dr. Strangelove'/><category term='updates'/><category term='things that make me happy'/><category term='bad (good) movies'/><category term='grad school'/><category term='photos'/><category term='laughing at myself'/><category term='existence'/><category term='sarcasm?'/><category term='taxes'/><category term='personal ramblings'/><category term='sometimes I&apos;m an ass'/><category term='apocalypse'/><category term='Chicago'/><category term='roadside attractions'/><category term='philosophers'/><category term='Super Bowl'/><category term='roller derby'/><category term='family'/><category term='rabbit ramblings'/><category term='Iowa City'/><category term='David Lynch'/><category term='Hank'/><category term='&quot;Singles&quot;'/><category term='myspace'/><category term='procrastination'/><category term='pre-mid-life crisis'/><category term='work'/><category term='whining'/><category term='friends'/><category term='growing up'/><category term='summer of terror'/><category term='weather'/><category term='sarcasm'/><category term='angst'/><category term='George Carlin'/><category term='Steve(s)'/><category term='getting older'/><category term='observations'/><category term='feminism'/><category term='dogs'/><category term='politics'/><category term='random'/><category term='actually good movies'/><category term='roadtrip'/><category term='cigarettes'/><category term='rants'/><category term='music'/><category term='robots'/><category term='cats'/><category term='philosophy'/><category term='equality'/><category term='Baxter'/><category term='religious experiences'/><category term='libraries'/><category term='passive aggressive'/><category term='creepy'/><category term='dieting'/><category term='lesbians'/><category term='dreams'/><category term='people'/><category term='words'/><category term='holidays'/><category term='Birthdays'/><category term='religion'/><category term='weird'/><category term='Prince'/><category term='free speech'/><category term='schadenfreude'/><category term='questions'/><category term='Detroit'/><title type='text'>A casual stroll through a lunatic asylum...</title><subtitle type='html'>A personal blog filled with political rants, news of interest, personal ramblings, attempts at philosophical thought, and amusement.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>662</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-3302895405481680949</id><published>2010-08-24T17:49:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-24T21:03:33.998-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I miss you already, Bax.</title><summary type='text'>Baxter Bertrand Steve McQueen Stangl passed away peacefully at home on August 24, 2010.  While his cause of death is unknown, there was speculation a year or so ago that he had a slow-growing stomach cancer.  I chose not to get the tests done, as it would not have changed my decision to enjoy every moment I had with him.  Baxter came into my life just over 4 weeks ago.  I have long maintained </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/3302895405481680949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=3302895405481680949' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/3302895405481680949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/3302895405481680949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-miss-you-already-bax.html' title='I miss you already, Bax.'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-36478838150979532</id><published>2010-07-22T01:33:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-22T02:43:20.548-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='updates'/><title type='text'>Did you really think I'd stop with one?</title><summary type='text'>Part of me moving into a bigger place was planning ahead for getting another dog.  I wanted a full Dane, and since the Marmaduke movie came out recently, I assumed that shelters would be full of 6 month old Dane puppies in about 4 months (which they may very well still be).  I'd talked to Hank's foster mom, Katie, about that possibility as well as my desire to potentially foster, and she </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/36478838150979532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=36478838150979532' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/36478838150979532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/36478838150979532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2010/07/did-you-really-think-id-stop-with-one.html' title='Did you really think I&apos;d stop with one?'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/TEfexlgGkLI/AAAAAAAAAI0/1UFqN4EW3MU/s72-c/Cash+shelter.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-9082656843503278387</id><published>2010-07-15T17:06:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-15T17:29:33.877-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><title type='text'>I almost died today.</title><summary type='text'>I don't actually fear for my life much.  Nor does it usually "flash before my eyes."  Today, it did.  My friend Alison and I had decided to run out to the animal shelter to check out this Dane that they have (I'll tell that story when there's a conclusion to it).  On our way back, we decided to swing by a Speedway gas station so I could cash in on my Speedy Rewards.  As we pulled up to the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/9082656843503278387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=9082656843503278387' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/9082656843503278387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/9082656843503278387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-almost-died-today.html' title='I almost died today.'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-2886229954563271131</id><published>2010-04-11T20:09:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-11T20:09:44.970-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><title type='text'>An Observation</title><summary type='text'>Isn’t it interesting how one’s guidelines for a relationship change over time?  I suppose that some people manage to find someone appropriate early on and don’t have to start working within the confines that age and position in life force one in to.  In your late teens/early 20s, when the possibility that you might meet someone that you might spend the rest of your life with is fairly high, the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/2886229954563271131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=2886229954563271131' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2886229954563271131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2886229954563271131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2010/04/observation.html' title='An Observation'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-6369003409231350580</id><published>2010-03-28T22:06:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-28T22:34:06.168-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad (good) movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='actually good movies'/><title type='text'>Another one bites the dust...and some movies you should see</title><summary type='text'>I've found myself single again.  Luckily, I think I've gained a pretty cool friend out of the deal-- but we weren't so compatible in the relationship category.  I think I like this new "method" I'm trying.  Give things a little time getting to know someone...and ending it when it needs to end instead of waiting too long...  I think it'll work.  We'll see...Anyway, I spent most of my weekend </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/6369003409231350580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=6369003409231350580' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6369003409231350580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6369003409231350580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2010/03/another-one-bites-dustand-some-movies.html' title='Another one bites the dust...and some movies you should see'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-6741584635392763748</id><published>2010-03-28T00:31:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-28T01:17:05.211-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='growing up'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hank'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pride'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='updates'/><title type='text'>Someday I'll do more than seasonal updates...</title><summary type='text'>Oh so much to tell...and yet...so little.  I figured it was beyond time for an update.  I think frequently about updating, I just rarely manage to actually do it.  In my defense, there are about 4 drafts sitting in my blogger account that I never posted.  Why not?  Eh.  They seemed...unimportant, I suppose?Primarily, as usual, I've been working too hard.  Plans for Pride are well underway.  We </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/6741584635392763748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=6741584635392763748' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6741584635392763748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6741584635392763748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2010/03/someday-ill-do-more-than-seasonal.html' title='Someday I&apos;ll do more than seasonal updates...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-7698462583632501203</id><published>2010-01-02T00:24:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-03T13:45:45.531-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Goodbye 2009 (and an update)</title><summary type='text'>A lot has happened in 2009.  I spent most of it in a relationship with someone I hoped was my other half.  I went from being an underpaid, over-worked grad assistant to being a decently paid (yet still over-worked) full-timer.  After many years of patiently waiting, I have a dog in my life again.  And I ended it a single dog-mommy.Yes, a single dog-mommy.What can I say?  Sometimes things don't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/7698462583632501203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=7698462583632501203' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7698462583632501203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7698462583632501203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2010/01/goodbye-2009-and-update.html' title='Goodbye 2009 (and an update)'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/S0DlfqT5WNI/AAAAAAAAAHs/E1wxEhg_8os/s72-c/holidays+2009+024.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-5402692154715413426</id><published>2009-11-09T13:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T13:34:03.219-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I friggin love this.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/5402692154715413426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=5402692154715413426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5402692154715413426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5402692154715413426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-friggin-love-this.html' title=''/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-8140857889142850405</id><published>2009-11-09T09:39:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T09:55:55.332-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><title type='text'>When am I gonna learn...</title><summary type='text'>...that Sunday night shows are rarely a good idea?  I'm clearly not in to work yet, sitting at home, nursing a hangover that is not equivalent to the amount of beer I drank.  Damn you age 30... you are looming entirely too closely.  Regardless, I needed the alt-country/rockabilly show I hit up last night.  I needed to abandon Coordinator me, and just be Sarah Stangl for a little while.  And maybe</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/8140857889142850405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=8140857889142850405' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8140857889142850405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8140857889142850405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/11/when-am-i-gonna-learn.html' title='When am I gonna learn...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-6575567670622248072</id><published>2009-11-07T19:36:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T20:40:50.700-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hank'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='roller derby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zombies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='updates'/><title type='text'>Equality, A Bloodhound, Zombies, and Beer</title><summary type='text'>After much worrying, and lots of mental preparations for supporting hundreds of students that would not deal well with a loss on the city ordinance... we won.  62% to 38%.  The city of Kalamazoo is now safe for LBGT people-- well, at least there's recourse if it isn't ($500 fine).  I was kind of at a loss when I realized that if the ordinance didn't pass I'd have at least 150 students in need of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/6575567670622248072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=6575567670622248072' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6575567670622248072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6575567670622248072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/11/equality-bloodhound-zombies-and-beer.html' title='Equality, A Bloodhound, Zombies, and Beer'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-3375506043986127877</id><published>2009-11-01T22:37:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-01T22:37:50.003-05:00</updated><title type='text'>At Peace</title><summary type='text'>I realized recently, when I got some quiet time and took an actual day off, that it doesn't matter how others fight the fight.  The way I fight the fight is different and is still important and the way they fight the fight is different and still important.  I'm done being angry about it and frustrated because nobody understands belief-forming systems or rhetoric or any of those things.  All that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/3375506043986127877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=3375506043986127877' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/3375506043986127877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/3375506043986127877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/11/at-peace.html' title='At Peace'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-500132459442117333</id><published>2009-10-15T01:32:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T01:42:20.089-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LBGT Stuff'/><title type='text'>Burnt out?  No, just burned.</title><summary type='text'>This post is not what it started out as.  Multiple edits, deletes, and finally just a realization that I had to wrap it up, was the only way this got done.  I hope it's not too random or incoherent.  As usual, you've been warned.I can't tell you when it started, because I don't know.  If you want to know what "it" is, I'm not sure I can even explain that to you.  Just a long line of pure bullshit</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/500132459442117333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=500132459442117333' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/500132459442117333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/500132459442117333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/10/burnt-out-no-just-burned.html' title='Burnt out?  No, just burned.'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-4713169716129907151</id><published>2009-10-14T00:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-14T00:09:34.343-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I'm formulating a new post-- it will probably be long and angry, but allow me to give you a taste of my life lately.In a panel today a freshman asked, "Why don't you have someone on these panels that is anti-gay?  Wouldn't that provide more perspective?"  They also wrote this on their evaluation. *sigh*</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/4713169716129907151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=4713169716129907151' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4713169716129907151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4713169716129907151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/10/im-formulating-new-post-it-will.html' title=''/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-7420970346442064407</id><published>2009-09-05T16:26:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-05T16:43:46.231-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happenings and Adjustments</title><summary type='text'>I think about blogging a lot more than I actually do... I should fix that.Hank is adjusting rather well, considering he was shuffled around who knows how many times.  We've got a little separation anxiety, but it consists more of mournful howling/braying when I am gone.  My neighbors thus far are understanding, and/or uncaring as most of them are gone during the day as well.  One neighbor </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/7420970346442064407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=7420970346442064407' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7420970346442064407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7420970346442064407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/09/happenings-and-adjustments.html' title='Happenings and Adjustments'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-152846752584602687</id><published>2009-08-29T22:56:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T23:23:42.565-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hank'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dogs'/><title type='text'>Welcome Hank!</title><summary type='text'>Hank Steve McQueen Stangl-Ward has arrived.  He got a clean heartworm test on Thursday and has joined our family.  Yep-- 2 dogs, 2 cats-- does it even need to be said that there are 2 women in this family too?Hank is a 3 1/2 year old Bloodhound.  We wondered for a bit if he was mixed with something else, but have come to be pretty certain that he's full-blooded.  It helped as he got healthier and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/152846752584602687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=152846752584602687' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/152846752584602687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/152846752584602687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/08/welcome-hank.html' title='Welcome Hank!'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SpnqyKgkWpI/AAAAAAAAAF8/jvpppyCmiqo/s72-c/006.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-4071863964776584065</id><published>2009-08-07T11:46:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T12:26:55.036-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dogs'/><title type='text'>Hound dogs, back yards, and my Momma</title><summary type='text'>Well, I am now back among the ranks of those with internet access at home. One would think this would be exciting, but already I'm feeling a tad bored with the internet. I also got cable, since the digital signal conversion really means that you'll never be able to get more than one or two channels via antenna ever again. Having cable has been a bit depressing, however, as what little faith I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/4071863964776584065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=4071863964776584065' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4071863964776584065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4071863964776584065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/08/hound-dogs-back-yards-and-my-momma.html' title='Hound dogs, back yards, and my Momma'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SnxQ5RRkyRI/AAAAAAAAAFs/YOzwrLl_wKQ/s72-c/hank+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-5640283622287690292</id><published>2009-07-17T13:52:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-17T14:02:37.702-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Full-time is like part-time...only slower.</title><summary type='text'>It only took me a couple of days to realize that the pace at which I was used to working was not sustainable for 40 hours a week. Apparently my mom was right-- full-time is really just like part-time only slower... Of course not just "slower," as much as I can actually do things better and more completely now that I actually have the time to focus on them. I'm not sure how I feel about this whole</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/5640283622287690292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=5640283622287690292' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5640283622287690292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5640283622287690292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/07/full-time-is-like-part-timeonly-slower.html' title='Full-time is like part-time...only slower.'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-8679261910726367878</id><published>2009-07-06T15:17:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T15:36:40.841-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><title type='text'>Change is good.</title><summary type='text'>Well. It's July. And that means I am now the full-time Coordinator. Hells yes. This means that I: a) actually get paid for what I do, b) actually have time to do what I need to do, and c) don't have to be a damn grad student anymore. It's quite exciting.What I have found rather difficult (already) is the lack of things to do. I suppose it's not the lack of "things to do" in general, but I existed</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/8679261910726367878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=8679261910726367878' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8679261910726367878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8679261910726367878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/07/change-is-good.html' title='Change is good.'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SlJRVosdglI/AAAAAAAAAFk/dlGfOilGXFI/s72-c/5855_199688220087_655485087_7576458_2610538_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1837290668339325764</id><published>2009-06-02T12:17:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T12:18:52.506-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LBGT Stuff'/><title type='text'>Awwwww!  Thanks Obama!</title><summary type='text'>THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press Secretary___________________________________________________________For Immediate Release June 1, 2009LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2009- - - - - - -BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATIONForty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become all too </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1837290668339325764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1837290668339325764' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1837290668339325764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1837290668339325764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/06/awwwww-thanks-obama.html' title='Awwwww!  Thanks Obama!'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-6756249244156224403</id><published>2009-05-25T16:39:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-25T17:12:28.117-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='things that make me happy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Megan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michigan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>Memorial Day &amp; Margaritas</title><summary type='text'>As concerned as Megan gets from time to time about me hating Traverse City and resenting her for moving up here next year, I've grown rather fond of the Northern woods &amp; lakes that surround the city. While we've taken advantage of the trails and woods before, this weekend has been full o' nature!I managed to take Saturday off so I could actually get a weekend off for once. I needed it, especially</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/6756249244156224403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=6756249244156224403' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6756249244156224403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6756249244156224403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/05/memorial-day-margaritas.html' title='Memorial Day &amp; Margaritas'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-6582257534438535778</id><published>2009-05-16T14:40:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-16T14:59:02.080-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><title type='text'>FREEDOM!!!</title><summary type='text'>So I've been without internet at home for a few weeks now.  Partially because AT&amp;T is annoying me and I almost don't want to pay them anything ever, and partially because I don't have all that much money at the moment, thus am limited in what I can actually pay them.  Regardless, I've been without internet...and I almost don't miss it.  I have internet at work.  I have internet on my phone (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/6582257534438535778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=6582257534438535778' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6582257534438535778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6582257534438535778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/05/freedom.html' title='FREEDOM!!!'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-2879267462346846263</id><published>2009-05-03T18:09:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-03T18:59:12.948-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad (good) movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='actually good movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zombies'/><title type='text'>What have I been doing?  Watching bad movies of course...</title><summary type='text'>I haven't updated in awhile, and honestly? There's not much to report. Megan and I are in newly engaged bliss and trying to scrape up the money to put a deposit on a venue for our wedding. The semester ended, which means that I wrote lots of papers on crap I didn't care about and did presentations on crap I care even less about. I'm clearly enamored with this graduate program...or not.Anyway...I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/2879267462346846263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=2879267462346846263' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2879267462346846263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2879267462346846263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-have-i-been-doing-watching-bad.html' title='What have I been doing?  Watching bad movies of course...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-4577134371630433243</id><published>2009-04-14T23:40:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T23:52:39.421-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Megan'/><title type='text'>Never thought I'd be a diamond girl...</title><summary type='text'>When Megan and I started talking about the possibility of an engagement, she asked me what I wanted. I honestly had no idea. I hadn't considered it. I knew what I thought was pretty. I just had no idea what I would think was pretty on my hand. HA! So, I started spending my weekends looking on ebay, thinking eventually I'd find something I liked, or at least get a good idea. I wasn't sure really, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/4577134371630433243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=4577134371630433243' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4577134371630433243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4577134371630433243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/04/never-thought-id-be-diamond-girl.html' title='Never thought I&apos;d be a diamond girl...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SeVX0cIkYII/AAAAAAAAAEg/zDHKXjTxUwU/s72-c/6da6_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-5762571244197963339</id><published>2009-04-11T12:00:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-11T12:14:24.277-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='things that make me happy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Megan'/><title type='text'>She said yes.</title><summary type='text'>Early last Fall you would have found me looking for cheap wedding dresses for a Halloween costume because that was the most terrifying and absurd costume I could imagine for myself. My, how the perfect woman changes everything...After talking about it for months, and having rings in my possession for months...After plotting with her best friend as to how it would all take place...After fussing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/5762571244197963339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=5762571244197963339' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5762571244197963339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5762571244197963339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/04/she-said-yes.html' title='She said yes.'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-2800094871148988350</id><published>2009-04-11T00:52:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-11T00:53:26.787-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I asked.She said yes.She's wearing her ring.Mine will be done by the end of the week.  :-)Weekend of zombie film consumption in celebration of engagement and Zombie Jesus begins now...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/2800094871148988350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=2800094871148988350' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2800094871148988350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2800094871148988350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-asked.html' title=''/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1347816086180173334</id><published>2009-04-04T11:50:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-04T11:54:09.328-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iowa'/><title type='text'>"homesick" might not even cover it...</title><summary type='text'>Just a quick one...  but I'm on Facebook, looking at the pictures all my Iowa friends are posting of the rallies and celebrations back home and I'm tearing up like a baby.  Of course, I cry when any state legalizes it and images are released of individuals who have been together for decades and are just now able to have their union made legal.  But it's a little different when it's home.  And </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1347816086180173334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1347816086180173334' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1347816086180173334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1347816086180173334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/04/homesick-might-not-even-cover-it.html' title='&quot;homesick&quot; might not even cover it...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-2140506919604106453</id><published>2009-04-03T19:22:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-03T19:43:01.780-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Megan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michigan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iowa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LBGT Stuff'/><title type='text'>Proud to be an Iowa Girl</title><summary type='text'>Today, Iowa's Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision that it was unconstitutional to limit marriage to a man and a woman.  Yep.  I can now get gay married* in Iowa.  Holy crap.Of course I have lots of thoughts.  I've been trying to put them together in some coherent way, but I can't make any promises.  I'm rather giddy about the decision so I'm kind of all over the place.First and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/2140506919604106453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=2140506919604106453' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2140506919604106453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2140506919604106453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/04/proud-to-be-iowa-girl.html' title='Proud to be an Iowa Girl'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-8602451080558023026</id><published>2009-03-21T11:42:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-21T12:54:04.256-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pride'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grad school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LBGT Stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='updates'/><title type='text'>No rest for the wicked...</title><summary type='text'>...or the fairly unwicked and dedicated.Things have been insanely busy again.  Imagine that?  Between a few events on campus, umpteen thousand panel presentations, planning for Pride fundraisers and the event itself, and classes...I've been pretty busy.  We brought Erin with her "Fagbug" to campus yesterday.  Ended up planning that event in exactly one week.  Got the final go ahead to bring her </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/8602451080558023026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=8602451080558023026' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8602451080558023026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8602451080558023026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/03/no-rest-for-wicked.html' title='No rest for the wicked...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-8803028436469436891</id><published>2009-02-26T14:27:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T15:05:10.357-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Megan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dogs'/><title type='text'>If a dog catch a dog...</title><summary type='text'>We all know that I'm a dog person.  Unfortunately, my lifestyle hasn't exactly been conducive to having dogs, so I've settled for my Maine Coons.  However, this hasn't meant that I haven't long been aching for some canine love.  Probably reason #3,724 that Megan has been so perfect for me is that she, too, is a dog person.  She has bonded fairly well with my cats (as much as one can bond with the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/8803028436469436891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=8803028436469436891' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8803028436469436891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8803028436469436891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/02/if-dog-catch-dog.html' title='If a dog catch a dog...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SabudgXJprI/AAAAAAAAADY/NzVGtyvi8A4/s72-c/2+20+09+022.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1052453844560852508</id><published>2009-02-13T21:33:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T21:44:14.376-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad (good) movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='actually good movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zombies'/><title type='text'>Just in case you were looking for a good zombie movie to watch...</title><summary type='text'>I've consumed quite a few zombie flicks in the last month, and figured that I should at least share. It might make all this movie watching worth it. I didn't want to do a full review of anything, but I've listed them, linked them, and added my comments. You can't say I didn't warn you...Return of the Living Dead (1985)A series of zombie movies that capitalized on Romero's success that never once,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1052453844560852508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1052453844560852508' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1052453844560852508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1052453844560852508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/02/just-in-case-you-were-looking-for-good.html' title='Just in case you were looking for a good zombie movie to watch...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-9020788913203377852</id><published>2009-02-11T21:16:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T21:46:06.592-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free speech'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LBGT Stuff'/><title type='text'>"I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it..." ...except when...</title><summary type='text'>I have long held that quote from Voltaire as something very foundational to my very being. It has created difficult moments for me, because just as strongly as I hold the belief that free speech is important and necessary, I also believe very strongly that most people are not capable of sorting through the bullshit. While I acknowledge that the truth lies somewhere in between two extremes, I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/9020788913203377852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=9020788913203377852' title='50 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/9020788913203377852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/9020788913203377852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-disagree-with-what-you-say-but-i-will.html' title='&quot;I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it...&quot; ...except when...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>50</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1052059707195314917</id><published>2009-01-23T20:42:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T21:15:51.711-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LBGT Stuff'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zombies'/><title type='text'>Best.  Activity.  Ever.</title><summary type='text'>Through my job I do a number of trainings and educational programs focusing on the development of leadership &amp; activism skills, as well as basic social justice concepts. As far as I can tell, everyone pretty much uses the same activities to convey essentially the same message: You are oppressed. Other people are oppressed too. Every semester I end up gaining more and more resources through </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1052059707195314917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1052059707195314917' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1052059707195314917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1052059707195314917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/01/best-activity-ever.html' title='Best.  Activity.  Ever.'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-6070427262684906215</id><published>2009-01-19T15:36:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T18:21:17.062-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rabbit ramblings'/><title type='text'>Back in the saddle...sort of</title><summary type='text'>Well, the Bunny is fixed...errr ummm...her alternator issue is fixed.  And the running like crap?  The timing belt apparently jumped.  The fact that it jumped is a bit alarming, but apparently it does happen in rare cases.  I also suppose it's never a good sign when your mechanic asks you how you keep it on the road because the front end suspension is so squirrelly...  *sigh* I asked if it was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/6070427262684906215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=6070427262684906215' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6070427262684906215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6070427262684906215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/01/back-in-saddlesort-of.html' title='Back in the saddle...sort of'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-5845393233613691875</id><published>2009-01-16T16:09:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-16T18:05:12.394-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Today's Post By Whiney McWhinerson</title><summary type='text'>Well, after spending almost 2 weeks without internet and more time on the phone more with AT&amp;T than my girlfriend, I've got internet (and cable!).  I was ready to get things caught up and recover from being at least an entire week behind.  Surely I could get myself all caught up in a few days, right? After pushing myself to get a training program done for this weekend, the super cold weather </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/5845393233613691875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=5845393233613691875' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5845393233613691875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5845393233613691875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/01/todays-post-by-whiney-mcwhinerson.html' title='Today&apos;s Post By Whiney McWhinerson'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-5763611917223620045</id><published>2009-01-10T14:09:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-15T15:21:09.608-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grad school'/><title type='text'>At least all this snow and cold means the zombies are frozen and we have a few more months to relax...</title><summary type='text'>Warning: Completely random post... and possibly a little terrifying...I'm pretty sure we are nearing 3 feet of snow...maybe we've passed that. All I know is that it's been snowing in Kalamazoo for the last couple days the way it snows in friggin Traverse City. We're 3 hours south. It really shouldn't be snowing like this. But whatever... I'm supposed to be finishing up my move today (no it didn't</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/5763611917223620045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=5763611917223620045' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5763611917223620045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5763611917223620045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/01/at-least-all-this-now-and-cold-means.html' title='At least all this snow and cold means the zombies are frozen and we have a few more months to relax...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1699109640953123663</id><published>2009-01-03T13:25:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-03T13:48:57.281-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><title type='text'>Moving on up...to the third floor...with an extra bedroom...</title><summary type='text'>After months of waiting for my completely remodeled two-bedroom apartment to be done...and after months of grumbling about how small my current apartment is...I'm moving.  But, not into something beautiful and remodeled and new.  No no.  That never happened.  And it's not going to.  After staffing issues, injured maintenance guys, and aging furnaces, the whole remodel plan went away.  But </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1699109640953123663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1699109640953123663' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1699109640953123663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1699109640953123663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2009/01/moving-on-upto-third-floorwith-extra.html' title='Moving on up...to the third floor...with an extra bedroom...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-493473835076359213</id><published>2008-12-19T12:47:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-19T12:50:49.392-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh so proud of my philo program...</title><summary type='text'>A prof from WMU's philo department is achieving international notoriety again. I'm not complaining. It just means that people know where I'm talking about when I say I've got an M.A. in Philosophy from Western Michigan University. Too bad I didn't take a class with him...or perhaps that's how I got out of the program halfway sane...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/493473835076359213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=493473835076359213' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/493473835076359213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/493473835076359213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/12/oh-so-proud-of-my-philo-program.html' title='Oh so proud of my philo program...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-4868308412427455068</id><published>2008-12-19T10:38:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-19T11:38:20.386-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rabbit ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>Screw a White Christmas...I just wanna go home.</title><summary type='text'>As much as we all love a nice and white and snowy Christmas, it's really not conducive to my holiday travel plans.  The snow is falling again today, and heavier than it has yet this winter.  Megan is slowly making her way down from Traverse City, and I'm questioning whether or not I can get my car out of the parking lot.  (Oh good, as I type the parking lot is being plowed...)  The plan has been </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/4868308412427455068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=4868308412427455068' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4868308412427455068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4868308412427455068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/12/screw-white-christmasi-just-wanna-go.html' title='Screw a White Christmas...I just wanna go home.'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-4596605781722516073</id><published>2008-12-18T23:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-18T23:13:18.819-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Why does THIS exist?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/4596605781722516073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=4596605781722516073' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4596605781722516073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4596605781722516073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/12/why-does-this-exist.html' title=''/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1452415056025562486</id><published>2008-12-14T16:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T16:16:02.131-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sarah Stangl, M.A.</title><summary type='text'>Just so everyone knows, if they don't already, I finished the philosophy M.A. and officially graduated on Saturday, but I'm already in the Educational Leadership: Higher Education Student Affairs program on my way to yet another M.A. This one is merely for employment purposes and to maintain my ability to remain in my position as the Coordinator of LBGT Student Services (since it's still a GA </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1452415056025562486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1452415056025562486' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1452415056025562486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1452415056025562486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/12/sarah-stangl-ma.html' title='Sarah Stangl, M.A.'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1045363490372056625</id><published>2008-12-03T14:11:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T15:02:38.705-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Done and DONE</title><summary type='text'>Well, I have completed my paper-writing for the semester.  All that is left is mandatory attendance in class tonight and tomorrow night.  HOORAY!  Writing papers for Student Affairs classes is a very different experience than writing philosophy papers.  While I tried, I couldn't really "think through" the papers for weeks ahead of time, writing them in my head before I actually began typing, as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1045363490372056625/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1045363490372056625' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1045363490372056625'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1045363490372056625'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/12/done-and-done.html' title='Done and DONE'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-3229275045977466863</id><published>2008-12-03T13:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T13:26:10.900-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hilarious...</title><summary type='text'>See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/3229275045977466863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=3229275045977466863' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/3229275045977466863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/3229275045977466863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/12/hilarious.html' title='Hilarious...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-8268416051417846508</id><published>2008-12-03T03:20:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T03:20:52.355-05:00</updated><title type='text'>For the record...</title><summary type='text'>...I have enough Bowie on my computer to write a 22 page paper and skip the Greatest Hits album bullshit...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/8268416051417846508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=8268416051417846508' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8268416051417846508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8268416051417846508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/12/for-record.html' title='For the record...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-2963274954829523464</id><published>2008-11-30T12:15:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-30T12:46:14.736-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='amusement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='getting older'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthdays'/><title type='text'>A Very Happy Birthday to Me</title><summary type='text'>I turned 29 on November 27th. It happened to be one of those lucky years that my birthday actually fell on Thanksgiving Day. Really, I thought the joy of turkey and stuffing and pumpkin pie for my birthday would be enough. But after some friends insisted I come up with another plan, I began to start planning another option. Really it was half-ass planning, as I wasn't really in the mood to do </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/2963274954829523464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=2963274954829523464' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2963274954829523464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2963274954829523464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/11/very-happy-birthday-to-me.html' title='A Very Happy Birthday to Me'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/STLLGQxWMoI/AAAAAAAAADA/uscaUsEXV6Q/s72-c/lapdance+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-8944496509650546875</id><published>2008-11-22T12:42:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T12:58:53.751-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rabbit ramblings'/><title type='text'>Bunny got smashed :-(</title><summary type='text'>So yesterday, on my way home from work, in normal Friday afternoon traffic, some wench rear-ended me. I didn't expect to see a lot of damage when I got out of the car, as my back bumper has been nudged before and it is absolutely made to take nudges. But no... it was pretty well slaughtered.I managed to calm myself, and was glad that I was super exhausted anyway, because otherwise I may have been</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/8944496509650546875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=8944496509650546875' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8944496509650546875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8944496509650546875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/11/bunny-got-smashed.html' title='Bunny got smashed :-('/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SShE0g2V91I/AAAAAAAAABw/Oieb5hjxG_s/s72-c/n655485087_4884354_3938.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-8470040790243081819</id><published>2008-11-21T11:43:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T11:44:14.240-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Whyever would I want to move back, you ask?</title><summary type='text'>It's the little things like this that make me want to move back...Iowa City Named World's Third City of Literature</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/8470040790243081819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=8470040790243081819' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8470040790243081819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8470040790243081819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/11/whyever-would-i-want-to-move-back-you.html' title='Whyever would I want to move back, you ask?'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1966012580687991240</id><published>2008-11-21T04:14:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T04:21:53.669-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm just trying to help...</title><summary type='text'>If anyone happens to be wondering what to get me for my birthday orChristmas, it really isn't all that difficult.  Or maybe it is...Sorry...can't sleep...so I'm doing a little window shopping...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1966012580687991240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1966012580687991240' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1966012580687991240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1966012580687991240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/11/im-just-trying-to-help.html' title='I&apos;m just trying to help...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-3678770925864797553</id><published>2008-11-20T23:17:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T23:22:21.607-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><title type='text'>Reflections from a weekend of Social Justice training</title><summary type='text'>WARNING:  I wrote this blog post in the airport after an intense 3-day Social Justice conference.  I debated on posting it, but I do that too often, so I'm just posting it.  Try not to read too much into it.  I was processing.Maybe it was the postmodernists that started us acting as if things that exist socially and culturally didn’t actually exist.  We don’t want the categories to exist, so we </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/3678770925864797553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=3678770925864797553' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/3678770925864797553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/3678770925864797553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/11/reflections-from-weekend-of-social.html' title='Reflections from a weekend of Social Justice training'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-2808715139127279505</id><published>2008-11-11T23:57:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T00:50:33.321-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><title type='text'>Too bad I don't really LIKE rollercoasters all that much...</title><summary type='text'>I know that you all know by now that if I haven't posted in awhile, I've probably been insanely busy. I always have stories to share, it's just a matter of finding time to sit down and post them.The last month has been an emotional rollercoaster and a half. Work has been a little insane. Lots of things got stuck on the backburner as I prepared for the conference. Unfortunately, I haven't really </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/2808715139127279505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=2808715139127279505' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2808715139127279505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2808715139127279505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/11/too-bad-i-dont-really-like.html' title='Too bad I don&apos;t really LIKE rollercoasters all that much...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SRpsI7RKELI/AAAAAAAAABY/NGKoWIPl6HM/s72-c/DSC01508.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1203762296482630950</id><published>2008-11-05T13:14:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T13:14:57.269-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>  Created by Mingle2.com (Dating for non-zombies)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1203762296482630950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1203762296482630950' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1203762296482630950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1203762296482630950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/11/created-by-mingle2.html' title=''/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-7221386001192107955</id><published>2008-10-26T17:19:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T17:39:16.215-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><title type='text'>No, I'm not Wonder Woman, but I'm pretty sure I beat her in super powers last week</title><summary type='text'>A social justice conference to develop the leadership &amp; activist abilities of college students?  With over 30 student participants?  And a nationally known keynote speaker kicking things off?  And 2 national organizations presenting workshops?  And 4 local organizations providing interest sessions?  And an unveiling of a training program?  Yeah...I did that.  What...the...fuck?Who knew I was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/7221386001192107955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=7221386001192107955' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7221386001192107955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7221386001192107955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/10/no-im-not-wonder-woman-but-im-pretty.html' title='No, I&apos;m not Wonder Woman, but I&apos;m pretty sure I beat her in super powers last week'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-5566616518619578555</id><published>2008-10-20T20:49:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-20T20:49:48.313-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This is the funniest thing in the world to me right now...</title><summary type='text'>See more funny videos at Funny or Die</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/5566616518619578555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=5566616518619578555' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5566616518619578555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5566616518619578555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/10/this-is-funniest-thing-in-world-to-me.html' title='This is the funniest thing in the world to me right now...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-5746350128230906010</id><published>2008-10-18T12:55:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T13:07:50.592-04:00</updated><title type='text'>So yeah...</title><summary type='text'>I didn't really share pics or anything with all of you from the Indigo Girls concert yet. What can I say? I've been busy. Busy with what, you might ask? Well, being the Awesomepants that I am, I've been working on putting together the final pieces for a big gay leadership/activism conference on my campus. Yeah. That's right. I put together a friggin' conference. I know, I can't even believe it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/5746350128230906010/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=5746350128230906010' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5746350128230906010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5746350128230906010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/10/so-yeah.html' title='So yeah...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-809276984791862032</id><published>2008-10-04T17:10:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-04T17:11:40.971-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Just so you know...</title><summary type='text'>...I'll be sitting second row center at the State Theater in Kalamazoo seeing the Indigo Girls in about 4 hours.  Expect pictures.  And texts.  And maybe even a phone call.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/809276984791862032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=809276984791862032' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/809276984791862032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/809276984791862032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/10/just-so-you-know.html' title='Just so you know...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-8833043105681287778</id><published>2008-09-27T16:42:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-03T21:52:49.229-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Vacation in late September?  Why not?</title><summary type='text'>After my "vacation" in August kept getting cut shorter and shorter, I decided to wait and fly up to see my grandparents in Minnesota in late September; rather than taking a full 24 hours of travel time to drive up and back during the 4-5 days I managed to scavenge.  So, classes started, beginning-of-year stuff happened in a whirlwind, and the moment I thought I would get a chance to catch my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/8833043105681287778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=8833043105681287778' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8833043105681287778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8833043105681287778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/09/vacation-in-late-september-why-not.html' title='Vacation in late September?  Why not?'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-7777893754288833404</id><published>2008-09-21T14:28:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-21T15:08:30.732-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><title type='text'>Sunday Ramblings</title><summary type='text'>I have 3 saved posts that I either didn't finish or wasn't happy with, so for now, I'm letting them go.  Of course I also realized that I haven't posted in awhile, so I figure at the very least, it's time for an update.My newt, Eddie, died as expected.  I was a bit more sad than I thought I would be, but I suppose it made sense since I've had her for almost 8 years.  Other than the pets I grew up</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/7777893754288833404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=7777893754288833404' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7777893754288833404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7777893754288833404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/09/sunday-ramblings.html' title='Sunday Ramblings'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-5504746702912740951</id><published>2008-09-10T14:02:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T14:25:35.748-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guilt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><title type='text'>On Guilt and Hospice Care for Newts</title><summary type='text'>My newt is dying.  In fact, I thought she was dead, since she hadn't moved in awhile and when I dumped more water in her tank she didn't move at all.  She hasn't looked well for awhile, and hasn't been eating much, but she's about 8 years old.  I cried a little and tried to decide how I was going to dispose of her body.  A paper towel seemed the first obvious necessity, but when I went to pick </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/5504746702912740951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=5504746702912740951' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5504746702912740951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5504746702912740951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/09/on-guilt-and-hospice-care-for-newts.html' title='On Guilt and Hospice Care for Newts'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-8895526779298812380</id><published>2008-08-26T21:15:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-26T21:22:25.516-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><title type='text'>I'm almost...bored?</title><summary type='text'>I'm not sure "bored" is the right word...I will admit that I'm not exactly sure what to do with myself.  I'm working hard during the day, and home by 5.  Which isn't all that unusual.  However, I don't have anything absolutely dire to do during my evenings.  No papers for an incomplete hanging over my head.  No books that I really should be reading to enhance my philosophical background that will</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/8895526779298812380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=8895526779298812380' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8895526779298812380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8895526779298812380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/08/im-almostbored.html' title='I&apos;m almost...bored?'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-7915672499378207306</id><published>2008-08-24T18:58:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-24T19:21:45.427-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><title type='text'>It's good to be home (the other one)</title><summary type='text'>After a fantastic trip back to Iowa, I'm back in Michigan.  And, well, as much as I loved my trip (and my home state), it's good to be back.  I hit the ground running, returning on Friday only to do a training on Saturday and another on Sunday.  Hoo-ray.  I suppose I can't really complain.  Although I'd really prefer to be perpetually on vacation, considering that I have to work, I'm fairly fond </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/7915672499378207306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=7915672499378207306' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7915672499378207306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7915672499378207306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-good-to-be-home-other-one.html' title='It&apos;s good to be home (the other one)'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-5193943472442185835</id><published>2008-08-21T11:30:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T11:47:12.879-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iowa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iowa City'/><title type='text'>It's good to be back home</title><summary type='text'>After busting my butt trying to get my last philosophy paper done, and before the fall rush starts with trainings and presentations for incoming freshman, I found a few days to head back home for vacation.  Originally, I'd planned to go visit my grandparents in Minnesota, but my homesickness and missing my momma won out.  I'll go see my grandparents some weekend this Fall.  I needed to be back </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/5193943472442185835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=5193943472442185835' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5193943472442185835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5193943472442185835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-good-to-be-back-home.html' title='It&apos;s good to be back home'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-20148829043156925</id><published>2008-08-16T01:17:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-16T01:18:11.974-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>You've gotta be f*ckin' kidding me...Bigfoot?Seriously?That's the best news you could come up with iGoogle?  Perhaps I should blame CNN...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/20148829043156925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=20148829043156925' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/20148829043156925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/20148829043156925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/08/youve-gotta-be-fckin-kidding-me.html' title=''/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-65935623526599329</id><published>2008-08-13T17:48:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-13T18:46:56.675-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iowa City'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lesbians'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LBGT Stuff'/><title type='text'>A Very Lezzie Weekend</title><summary type='text'>While I nab a moment to catch my breath and do something non-philosophical for a few minutes, I thought I'd share the happenings of my Very Lezzie Weekend.  I'm not sure it could have been more lesbianic if I spent it in bed.  I will give a bit of a disclaimer, however, because you know I like to do that.  While I may exploit the hell out of stereotypes from time to time, I do not, in any way, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/65935623526599329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=65935623526599329' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/65935623526599329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/65935623526599329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/08/very-lezzie-weekend.html' title='A Very Lezzie Weekend'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1874776999658251219</id><published>2008-08-04T22:39:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-04T22:57:53.740-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><title type='text'>Sometimes I wonder...</title><summary type='text'>There's an episode of 30 Rock where someone mentions to Liz that being a single woman, she'll choke to death on something and not be found for days.  Liz blows them off and then, that night, chokes on a chicken nugget or something.  She manages to give herself the heimlich with the back of a chair and survives, but it scares her and she goes on a hunt for a man.This episode amused me, and I got </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1874776999658251219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1874776999658251219' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1874776999658251219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1874776999658251219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/08/sometimes-i-wonder.html' title='Sometimes I wonder...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-187034978986291877</id><published>2008-08-03T19:17:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-03T19:27:35.146-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><title type='text'>Alexander Solzhenitsyn died...</title><summary type='text'>Alexander Solzhenitsyn, author of one of my favorite books, A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, died.  I'd say I was bummed out, but I was a little surprised to find out that he was still alive (well, until today).  I'm terrible like that.  I suppose I just assume that any one that is awesome has already passed. If you haven't read A Day In the Life... I would recommend doing so.  It's a </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/03/solzhenitsyn.dead/index.html?eref=rss_topstories' title='Alexander Solzhenitsyn died...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/187034978986291877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=187034978986291877' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/187034978986291877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/187034978986291877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/08/alexander-solzhenitsyn-died.html' title='Alexander Solzhenitsyn died...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-3459320859668618606</id><published>2008-07-29T19:51:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-29T21:13:28.134-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baxter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iowa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Simone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philosophy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rabbit ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='roller derby'/><title type='text'>A Semi-Lazy Summer</title><summary type='text'>I won't start off by apologizing for not blogging more often. I do that enough already, and honestly, I'm not sure I'm sorry. I think of things to blog about all the time, but discard them either because they aren't that funny or interesting five minutes after I think of them, or I have no desire to be "that" kind of blog. (I fully admit that I'm not actually sure what kind of blog this is...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/3459320859668618606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=3459320859668618606' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/3459320859668618606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/3459320859668618606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/07/semi-lazy-summer.html' title='A Semi-Lazy Summer'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-7517786827190204419</id><published>2008-07-19T02:22:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-19T02:59:28.901-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><title type='text'>Sleep is over-rated...?</title><summary type='text'>I have a terrible habit of over-booking myself. Really, it's a result of the ridiculous schedule the my job occasionally requires along with my insistence on actually having a life. This weekend is a prime example. Right now it's 2:30 a.m. on Saturday. I just got home. I have to be on campus in two hours. Hence why I'm blogging and not sleeping. Why, you may ask? (Or perhaps "Hey crazy woman! </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/7517786827190204419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=7517786827190204419' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7517786827190204419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7517786827190204419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/07/sleep-is-over-rated.html' title='Sleep is over-rated...?'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-8909536290626271484</id><published>2008-07-18T00:42:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T01:16:23.921-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='punk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><title type='text'>Punk as F*ck</title><summary type='text'>I just got home from a punk rock show held in someone's basement...The story begins last weekend, when my friend Tiffany and I were laying around watching the first season of Flight of the Conchords, debating about whether or not we wanted to go out. After about two hours of discussing whether or not we wanted to go out, and if we did, where we would go, we pried our asses off my couch and headed</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/8909536290626271484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=8909536290626271484' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8909536290626271484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8909536290626271484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/07/punk-as-fck.html' title='Punk as F*ck'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-6304876926094612787</id><published>2008-07-17T01:19:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-17T01:40:50.501-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rabbit ramblings'/><title type='text'>She's baaaaaack...and she can change the weather.</title><summary type='text'>The Rabbit is back in commission and running better than ever.  Thank you to Spring Valley Motors and the VW Guru Kirk and his crew for their fantastic work!  (And all for cheaper than expected!!!)  A replaced o-ring, a new clutch, and the right adjustments, and that little girl is purring like a little German kitten.  I forgot how much I loved her.  I forgot how much I loved the feel of my hands</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/6304876926094612787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=6304876926094612787' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6304876926094612787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6304876926094612787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/07/shes-baaaaaackand-she-can-change.html' title='She&apos;s baaaaaack...and she can change the weather.'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1639452071500584632</id><published>2008-07-11T00:30:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-11T01:13:04.619-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cigarettes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='actually good movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rabbit ramblings'/><title type='text'>It's time for another random post, don't you think?</title><summary type='text'>Why is it that every time I start a random post, I go through this whole process in my head? Allow me to relay the internal monologue that appears to be more of a dialogue:You really shouldn't do a random post. You always do random posts.But I don't have enough of any one thing to say that would be adequate for a whole post.Of course you do. You end up with these ridiculously long random posts </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1639452071500584632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1639452071500584632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1639452071500584632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1639452071500584632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/07/its-time-for-another-random-post-dont.html' title='It&apos;s time for another random post, don&apos;t you think?'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-4431232610676347407</id><published>2008-07-06T11:52:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-06T12:19:36.532-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baxter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Simone'/><title type='text'>KITTY!</title><summary type='text'>Baxter Bertrand Steve McQueen Stangl would like to announce the arrival of his new little sister, Simone Diotima Steve McQueen Stangl. She is an 8 week old Maine Coon, obtained from a very nice breeder north of Grand Rapids. She's got huge paws, a huge personality, and the cutest little face you've ever seen. Baxter isn't quite sure what to think of Simone yet, but we're working on it. Eventually</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/4431232610676347407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=4431232610676347407' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4431232610676347407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4431232610676347407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/07/kitty.html' title='KITTY!'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SHDt7b4-IQI/AAAAAAAAAA4/fFMUjj8ynMg/s72-c/DSC01034.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-299863075577375121</id><published>2008-07-05T02:00:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-05T02:34:41.907-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>YAY AMERICA!</title><summary type='text'>I'd say Happy Fourth of July, but it's a bit late.As I've stated in the past, the Fourth of July is the most American holiday of them all. After all, it is an entire holiday devoted to eating meat, drinking beer, and blowing shit up. You wouldn't see the French coming up with a holiday like that!So, I began my day with hopes of accomplishing all three. So, how did that go?EAT MEAT: I found myself</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/299863075577375121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=299863075577375121' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/299863075577375121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/299863075577375121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/07/yay-america.html' title='YAY AMERICA!'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-123660422938751913</id><published>2008-07-03T03:01:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-03T03:04:45.373-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I've become a big fan of iGoogle.  It gives me a "How To" of the Day, some of which are helpful, some of which are amusing.Today's was AMAZING:How To Find Your SoulmateSeriously?  Seriously?  Who the hell WRITES this crap?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/123660422938751913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=123660422938751913' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/123660422938751913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/123660422938751913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/07/ive-become-big-fan-of-igoogle.html' title=''/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1926921666888288262</id><published>2008-07-03T00:54:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-03T01:15:17.304-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><title type='text'>It was like camping...only not.</title><summary type='text'>Around 6:30 tonight, after the power blinked out two or three times in the midst of the wind and rain and hail of the storm moving across Michigan, the power went out. I got to leave work early after I realized it wasn't coming back on, but then had to run across the parking lot through 5 inch deep puddles getting soaked by rain and pelted by hail. Kevin has been up visiting for a couple days, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1926921666888288262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1926921666888288262' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1926921666888288262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1926921666888288262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/07/it-was-like-campingonly-not.html' title='It was like camping...only not.'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-4691135491486873883</id><published>2008-06-28T13:58:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-28T14:09:50.037-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><title type='text'>I can update everyone with what I'm doing via my cell phone?  Seriously?  That's f*cked up.</title><summary type='text'>So I've been hearing about this Twitter here and there.  As in, someone will blog about it from time to time, or someone mentions it on MyFace, or I overhear someone talking about it about a coffee shop or something.  But it sounds horrible.  And, well, I'm a little horrified by the way that technology has encouraged us to be egocentric enough to think anyone really wants to know this much about </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/4691135491486873883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=4691135491486873883' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4691135491486873883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4691135491486873883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-can-update-everyone-with-what-im.html' title='I can update everyone with what I&apos;m doing via my cell phone?  Seriously?  That&apos;s f*cked up.'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-7641668639460116026</id><published>2008-06-24T20:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T20:24:44.139-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Does anyone else see a resemblance?</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/7641668639460116026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=7641668639460116026' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7641668639460116026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7641668639460116026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/06/does-anyone-else-see-resemblance.html' title='Does anyone else see a resemblance?'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SGGQNnUlbqI/AAAAAAAAAAo/Yhlx6Os1TKA/s72-c/joan+crystal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-2763710408563959870</id><published>2008-06-23T14:26:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T14:37:09.682-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='George Carlin'/><title type='text'>I miss you already Georgie...</title><summary type='text'>George Carlin died.  :-(  It was inevitable, but I was sort of looking forward to him reaching 100 years of age, getting crabbier by the moment.  I got an opportunity to see George Carlin at the State Theatre in Kalamazoo about a year ago.  A friend had tickets, and upon being unable to coerce any chicks to go with him, he asked me.  George wasn't looking so hot then.  In fact, he kind of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/2763710408563959870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=2763710408563959870' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2763710408563959870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2763710408563959870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-miss-you-already-georgie.html' title='I miss you already Georgie...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SF_q9oGzYLI/AAAAAAAAAAg/O1TgugzsGNE/s72-c/georgecarlin.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-4985458363124386107</id><published>2008-06-13T22:51:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-13T23:10:26.307-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LBGT Stuff'/><title type='text'>Beyond Stangry...</title><summary type='text'>My friend Maggie has named a common "mood" of mine, "Stangry".  It's not when I'm actually angry, but more when I'm irrationally irritated, or at least pretending to be pissy because I think that's how I should be responding to something.  "Stanger" occurs mostly in public when certain people say things that they know will piss me off and I give them that reaction that I've gotten so good at.  (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/4985458363124386107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=4985458363124386107' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4985458363124386107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4985458363124386107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/06/beyond-stangry.html' title='Beyond Stangry...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-2488251872195953770</id><published>2008-06-13T00:27:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-13T00:37:38.314-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iowa'/><title type='text'>At least my heart is at home...</title><summary type='text'>My homeland is under water...and more is coming.  And there's nothing I can do about it.At this point, even if I decided to go home and help, I-80 is closed and the detour takes me all the way up by Minnesota, or all the way down by Missouri.  I kept hoping it'd be over soon.  That the rivers would crest, no more levees would break, the dams would hold, and it would all be okay.  But no, they are</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/2488251872195953770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=2488251872195953770' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2488251872195953770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2488251872195953770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/06/at-least-my-heart-is-at-home.html' title='At least my heart is at home...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-4539489842543307274</id><published>2008-06-10T23:53:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-11T00:03:20.532-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iowa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iowa City'/><title type='text'>*sad face*</title><summary type='text'>Iowa City is flooding.The apartment building I lived in my last year of undergrad is now lakefront property.My library friends got to go sandbag on work time.It makes me sad.  If Pride wasn't on Saturday, I'd be back filling sandbags.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/4539489842543307274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=4539489842543307274' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4539489842543307274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4539489842543307274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/06/sad-face.html' title='*sad face*'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16978173882683916521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SPoUeZrM_iI/AAAAAAAAABA/EnEc89s0ZTI/S220/n655485087_4520123_1381.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_xNmnF3fH57A/SE9ONv3aw1I/AAAAAAAAAAY/Rw1jOyS5Ppw/s72-c/sad.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1659564967139782234</id><published>2008-06-05T23:57:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T00:05:44.420-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zombies'/><title type='text'>Awwwwwwww</title><summary type='text'>Max Brooks, the author of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and The Zombie Survival Guide, was here in Kalamazoo doing a reading and signing on Wednesday. I didn't get to go (much to my dismay of course) because I had to work until 7 and he was done by then. BUT! Have no fear... My friend Tiffany, who happens to work at the library where he was giving his talk, presented me with a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1659564967139782234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1659564967139782234' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1659564967139782234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1659564967139782234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/06/awwwwwwww.html' title='Awwwwwwww'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_009qS-wgvF8/SEi3PcNNwdI/AAAAAAAAAEA/CKAewa2o-4Q/s72-c/max+brooks.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-5658675023696315432</id><published>2008-06-04T12:11:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T12:12:53.737-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ugh</title><summary type='text'>If I have just one night with not enough sleep...Or one day with too much stress...Or one night with too much beer...My body weakens to the point that it succumbs to the allergies that it has gotten better at fighting.I feel like crap. And it's not just a hangover anymore.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/5658675023696315432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=5658675023696315432' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5658675023696315432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5658675023696315432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/06/ugh.html' title='Ugh'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-9076356085939041693</id><published>2008-05-21T20:10:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-21T20:26:10.901-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><title type='text'>A personal epiphany</title><summary type='text'>I've had an odd obsession with uber-masculinity for awhile. You've heard me go on and on about Steve McQueen. (If you haven't, you haven't talked to me enough.) Of course the list doesn't end there-- Henry Rollins, Glen Danzig, Chris Chelios-- all of the above having something about them that is somehow uber-masculine and/or traditionally masculine in a way that makes me ridiculously giddy. My </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/9076356085939041693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=9076356085939041693' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/9076356085939041693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/9076356085939041693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/05/personal-epiphany.html' title='A personal epiphany'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-357424311938236935</id><published>2008-05-21T18:06:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-21T18:31:38.852-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dogs'/><title type='text'>It's like my clock is ticking...</title><summary type='text'>...only I don't want human children.For the last couple years I've been itching to get another dog.  I mean, it's been four years.  I am most definitely a dog person.  We all know that the only reason I have a cat is because he's a Maine Coon, and therefore half dog.  It seems that a lot of my friends have dogs these days, and every time I get down on the floor and play tug-o-war or feel those </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/357424311938236935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=357424311938236935' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/357424311938236935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/357424311938236935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/05/its-like-my-clock-is-ticking.html' title='It&apos;s like my clock is ticking...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-9040367777419936117</id><published>2008-05-16T17:05:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T17:22:11.399-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A fairly unplanned day off...</title><summary type='text'>I hadn't really planned to take today off.  I had, however, insisted that I would not be in the office.  I figured I'd get all sorts of work done from home or a coffee shop.  I did get a little done, but only the absolute necessities.  It's been amazing...I suppose the awesomeness started last night when Maggie had my car so I couldn't go anywhere even if I wanted to.  Tiff stopped by with a pile</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/9040367777419936117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=9040367777419936117' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/9040367777419936117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/9040367777419936117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/05/fairly-unplanned-day-off.html' title='A fairly unplanned day off...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-8341613442502457167</id><published>2008-05-10T12:32:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-10T13:05:57.302-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><title type='text'>Whining and Randomness</title><summary type='text'>Most people are smart and put up these little notices that they don't really have time to blog and nothing is really happening at the moment anyway, so they will be on a hiatus until they have something to blog about.Not me. And admit it, you've grown a little fond of my super-random posts. :-)An interesting thing is happening lately. I'm exhausted and pretty much out of gas, but I haven't had </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/8341613442502457167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=8341613442502457167' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8341613442502457167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/8341613442502457167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/05/whining-and-randomness.html' title='Whining and Randomness'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-4444196497733738944</id><published>2008-05-08T17:05:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-08T17:09:23.489-04:00</updated><title type='text'>At least something is coping well...</title><summary type='text'>BBC News Headline:Great Tits Cope Well With WarmingHmmm...I can't pick one comment for this headline, so I'll just list some possible responses:What about the not-so-great ones?YES they are!Perhaps there really ARE advantages to global warming...Any other suggestions?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/4444196497733738944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=4444196497733738944' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4444196497733738944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4444196497733738944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/05/at-least-something-is-coping-well.html' title='At least something is coping well...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-4060397412794598680</id><published>2008-05-01T22:05:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-01T22:23:44.761-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='amusement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michigan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Random Roadtrip Ponderings</title><summary type='text'>Today I drove to a little college over by Saginaw, MI to do a training. I had a long time on the road by myself. When I drive long distances by myself, I always make sure I have a pen and paper handy, because, well, I'm a big geek-- and any trip over 2 hours is usually filled with the thought "I should blog about that". Generally none of them actually make it to the blog, or if they do, I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/4060397412794598680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=4060397412794598680' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4060397412794598680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4060397412794598680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/05/random-roadtrip-ponderings.html' title='Random Roadtrip Ponderings'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-4829285568030997505</id><published>2008-04-27T15:45:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-27T16:18:47.270-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><title type='text'>DONE!  Sort of...not really...but kind of...</title><summary type='text'>I'm done...with everything that was due Friday. Now I just have to finish a paper from a class I took an incomplete in last summer, and work on my final grant report for work. Regardless, my final paper for the semester of torture that was otherwise known as a "Descartes Seminar" is done, as well as my Practical Ethics paper. No incompletes this semester.Even though I have several other things to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/4829285568030997505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=4829285568030997505' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4829285568030997505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4829285568030997505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/04/done-sort-ofnot-reallybut-kind-of.html' title='DONE!  Sort of...not really...but kind of...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-5549010878519341874</id><published>2008-04-21T20:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-21T20:49:30.045-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You know what's terrifying?</title><summary type='text'>Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich on a couch together.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/5549010878519341874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=5549010878519341874' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5549010878519341874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5549010878519341874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/04/you-know-whats-terrifying.html' title='You know what&apos;s terrifying?'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-3353252594229630231</id><published>2008-04-21T12:41:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-21T13:03:57.377-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='procrastination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michigan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='observations'/><title type='text'>I have a ton of stuff to get done!  Guess that means I should blog!</title><summary type='text'>If procrastinating was an Olympic event, I'd have gold medals.Although I have various productive ways of procrastinating, I think blogging might be my favorite. It's the last week of the semester and I have two papers to get done for my current classes, plus an additional paper I need to get done to correct an incomplete I took last summer. I'm actually doing pretty well at the moment. I've got </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/3353252594229630231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=3353252594229630231' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/3353252594229630231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/3353252594229630231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-have-ton-of-stuff-to-get-done-guess.html' title='I have a ton of stuff to get done!  Guess that means I should blog!'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-6614551133060218726</id><published>2008-04-17T21:52:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-17T22:21:50.777-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='David Lynch'/><title type='text'>Dear Mr. Lynch,</title><summary type='text'>I have recently been working my way through your short-lived television series, Twin Peaks. I have always had a modest respect for you, but have always been unable to determine if you are truly brilliant, or completely insane. After all, I have yet to make it through Eraserhead even though I have tried at least twice. Although I have a sense of fondness for Lost Highway, if you asked me what it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/6614551133060218726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=6614551133060218726' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6614551133060218726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6614551133060218726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/04/dear-mr-lynch.html' title='Dear Mr. Lynch,'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-4739791098700296297</id><published>2008-04-16T09:36:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-16T09:38:16.592-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cigarettes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iowa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iowa City'/><title type='text'>Mother$%*&amp;</title><summary type='text'>Well, it's done.Looks like I'm going to have to go back home before July 1 if I want to sit in the Deadwood and chainsmoke for an afternoon...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/4739791098700296297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=4739791098700296297' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4739791098700296297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4739791098700296297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/04/mother.html' title='Mother$%*&amp;'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-2555206839543147037</id><published>2008-04-12T10:46:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-12T11:03:23.299-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='questions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LBGT Stuff'/><title type='text'>Hallmark should really catch up...</title><summary type='text'>So last night I went to a "T" party. If you don't know what a "T" party is, well then you are just missing out. When an FTM* gets their first testosterone shot, it is customary to have some sort of a celebratory shin-dig (before the effects of the hormones make one rather insane for a few months). It's a big deal when you find a doctor to give you that shot of hormones that your body has either </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/2555206839543147037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=2555206839543147037' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2555206839543147037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2555206839543147037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/04/hallmark-should-really-catch-up.html' title='Hallmark should really catch up...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-6071599736089332467</id><published>2008-04-12T10:45:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-12T10:45:31.077-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think I just found my "root":</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/6071599736089332467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=6071599736089332467' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6071599736089332467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/6071599736089332467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-think-i-just-found-my-root.html' title='I think I just found my &quot;root&quot;:'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-5969599576959882596</id><published>2008-04-10T19:06:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T19:22:05.618-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cigarettes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iowa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iowa City'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><title type='text'>Damn...I hate when that happens.</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday I threw a temper tantrum about the State of Iowa passing a ban on smoking.  I have thought about it more and came to some (perhaps unsettling) conclusions.  I admit that it is unreasonable to expect employees (wait-staff, bartenders, etc.) to endanger their lives in order to do their job.  I admit that being around that much second-hand smoke (smokers or not) is definitely endangering </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/5969599576959882596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=5969599576959882596' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5969599576959882596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/5969599576959882596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/04/damni-hate-when-that-happens.html' title='Damn...I hate when that happens.'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-7887202549243991046</id><published>2008-04-09T17:44:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-09T18:01:26.018-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cigarettes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whining'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iowa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>*sigh*</title><summary type='text'>Reason #82 why I probably won't end up moving back to Iowa any time soon.Seriously?  A state-wide smoking ban?  With no exemption for bars?  Can you DO that?  There goes my Tobacco Bowl...and my Deadwood...I hope everyone is smart enough to build those fancy schmancy patios like they have in the Twin Cities with heaters and windblocks...At what point do we make our own choices?  Restaurants and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/7887202549243991046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=7887202549243991046' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7887202549243991046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/7887202549243991046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/04/sigh.html' title='*sigh*'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1644491474740590021</id><published>2008-04-08T14:57:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-08T14:57:53.197-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='amusement'/><title type='text'>Abortions, Apple Pie, and the USA</title><summary type='text'>Human Giant - Bozard and the BBQ Boys on FunnyOrDie.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1644491474740590021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1644491474740590021' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1644491474740590021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1644491474740590021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/04/abortions-apple-pie-and-usa.html' title='Abortions, Apple Pie, and the USA'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-4514558210164882085</id><published>2008-04-07T19:09:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-07T19:43:30.621-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='procrastination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weather'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='updates'/><title type='text'>Bloggity blog blog blogging</title><summary type='text'>I figured I should post today.  But then when I opened blogger, I realized I don't really have much to say...not that THAT has ever stopped me...nor is it now.It appears that spring has arrived.  The crocuses are blooming (not to be confused with Krokus which, I hope, is still dead and will never record an album again).  The trees are budding.  It's delightfully warm and sunny.  Although I had </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/4514558210164882085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=4514558210164882085' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4514558210164882085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/4514558210164882085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/04/bloggity-blog-blog-blogging.html' title='Bloggity blog blog blogging'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-2271435625427026079</id><published>2008-04-02T22:57:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-02T23:03:53.963-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='amusement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal ramblings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='David Lynch'/><title type='text'>Damn you David Lynch...</title><summary type='text'>So I decided that it was a good idea for me to fill up the top of my Netflix queue with Twin Peaks Season 1 &amp; 2.  When it was on, I was too young to really understand what the hell was going on, much less appreciate it.  But I have long acknowledged its brilliance from my limited experience with it.  But I hate to call anything "brilliant" without actually fully experiencing it.  You may already </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/2271435625427026079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=2271435625427026079' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2271435625427026079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/2271435625427026079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/04/damn-you-david-lynch.html' title='Damn you David Lynch...'/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907629.post-1495599089080934055</id><published>2008-03-30T20:47:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-30T20:47:37.507-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Pink Scare on FunnyOrDie.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/feeds/1495599089080934055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3907629&amp;postID=1495599089080934055' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1495599089080934055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3907629/posts/default/1495599089080934055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://expansionrants.blogspot.com/2008/03/pink-scare-on-funnyordie.html' title=''/><author><name>Sarah</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://photo.ringo.com/180/180331285O313248307.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
