Morrison's Dailies

middel schmertz

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:02:59 GMT

ouch!

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:44:43 GMT

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Thu, 18 Mar 2004 06:08:51 GMT

Miriam Lyon
Rep. Ben Cardin
Progress Report for Friday 3/5 through Thursday 3/18
My priority issue is: Budget and Social Security

I. My major goals for these two weeks were to acquaint myself with my two committees and make sure to get copies of useful articles I found out to my committee members. Another goal was to complete my Issue Research Report. Another to speak to Mr. Powers about being a witness before the class. I also planned to prepare for being a witness for my committee on 3/18, and to prepare our bill, as its sponsor, for markup by 3/18.

II. Week one: 3/9 I marked up articles (“Baseline Category Totals 2003-2007” “Request for Military Spending Faces Cuts by Budget Leaders” “Medicare and Social Security Challenge”) and had them copied and distributed them to my committee. In committee 3/10 (Tier II), I explained some of the details discussed in theses articles. 3/10 I confirmed with Mr. Teel that he would be willing to swap classes with Mr. Powers at some point so that Mr. Powers could speak as a witness during classtime. In committee 3/11 (Tier I), I recommended that we schedule two witnesses per day for each of the two informational hearings next week, 3/15 and 3/17. I noted all this down as secretary of the Foreign Relations committee. Week two: 3/14 I spent three hours with Rep. Hostettler researching and note taking regarding our priority issue (my phone lines were out). 3/16 I offered to sponsor the bill and set up Rep. Ryun as co-sponsor in the House and Senator McCain as the sponsor in the Senate. I also charged myself with bringing in a large dry-erase board so as to facilitate hearings and markup in committee. 3/17 I approached Mr. Powers and asked him if he would be willing to speak to our class talking about the economic pros and cons of a balanced budget. He said that he would speak with Mr. Teel about it. I typed up my bill, slightly modified from the December, 1996 BBA. I emailed this to Senator McCain and Rep. Ryun so they can see it before I present it. I have a meeting scheduled with Rep. Ryun at Lunch 3/18 so that we can speak and organize before we present as witnesses to our committee that afternoon. lastly, I made sure to follow all my secretarial duties, including making more copies of the secretary sheets for my committee.

III. My major goals for next week are the following:
Complete my Issue Research Report (the research is mostly done, the writing itself remains)
Set up a hearing when Mr. Powers can come and speak to the class as a witness
Role Model research

IV. I was absent on 3/8, the day of the party caucuses because on minimum days, due to my class at Cal (Greek 115, 10-11am), I miss fourth period. All other days during these weeks I was present and assertive.

Thu, 18 Mar 2004 06:08:20 GMT

Cardin-McCain Committee: Budget

HR

_______________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
March 18, 2004
Mr. Cardin introduces the following resolution:
________________________________________________

To enact an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget.

Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), that
the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years
after the date of its submission to the States for ratification:
Article:
Section I. Total outlays for any fiscal year shall not exceed total receipts for that
fiscal year, unless three-fifths of the whole number of each House of Congress shall
provide by law for a specific excess of outlays over receipts by a roll call vote.
Section II. The limit on the debt of the United States held by the public shall not be
increased, unless three-fifths of the whole number of each House shall provide by law
for such an increase by a roll call vote.
Section III. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall transmit to the Congress a
proposed budget for the United States Government for that fiscal year, in which total
outlays do not exceed total receipts.
Section IV. No bill to increase revenue shall become law unless approved by a
majority of the whole number of each House by a roll call vote.
Section V. The Congress may waive the provisions of this article for any fiscal
year in which a declaration of war is in effect. The provisions of this article may be
waived for any fiscal year in which the United States is engaged in military conflict
which causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security and is so
declared by a joint resolution, adopted by a majority of the whole number of each
House, which becomes law.
Section VI. The Congress shall enforce and implement this article by appropriate
legislation, which may rely on estimates of outlays and receipts.
Section VII. Total receipts shall include all receipts of the Unites States
Government except those derived from borrowing. Total outlays shall include all
outlays of the United States Government except for those for repayment of debt
principal.
Section VIII. This article shall take effect beginning with fiscal year 2010 or with
the second fiscal year beginning after its ratification, whichever is later.

Broza Beats (don't plagerize, it's already published)

Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:42:07 GMT

The tempo increases the beat never ceases smiles and creases bloom all
around the sound pounds their ears withered with age and years when
tears reigned in the feelings reeling in their minds in time to the
tempo. The tempo slows and soothes the child who sees his toes and
knows finally that they're his for stomping out the beat in the heat
of the summer afternoon under a harvest moon by the crest of the wave
of childish laughter which swells as he yells in delight with the
might only a child has in his hands as he hollers his halloos in
hollow hallowed halls of hoary professors who harried hush his
bellowing before he becomes belligerent-they say-but the battered boy
believes better of being born than quiet beginning to bang on the
baseboards the beat which bears him aloft barely above the blue
bare-footed and blind he bangs out that booming beat in time to the
tempo. The tempo sends ripples through the water sending thunder
underground over watery graves beneath wintry waves and riding
whitecaps that lap at the shore higher and higher with each pulse pushing
at the sand riding the tide rising and raining on grainy beach and spraying
the craggy cliffs clambering up and clamoring each crashing wave creating
a cloud of diamond drops who sparkle and shine in the sun baking the
beaten shore heaving and breathing heavily and deep throbbing in time
to the tempo.
Catch your breath.

Wed, 07 Jan 2004 03:46:33 GMT

UC Berk Extension sends me mail...

A in Greek!!!!!!
not that i didn't expect it
still...
makes my day.

Scandal at UCLA

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:49:55 GMT

I had hoped to have Prof. Dyck (pronounced DIKE) for classics at UCLA, but somehow I don't think I ever will:

Below is pasted an article from the 3 October LA Times:

Simi Valley police arrested a UCLA classics professor
Thursday for allegedly sending pornographic material
through the Internet to a detective posing as a
13-year-old girl.

Andrew Dyck, 56, surrendered to police about 1 p.m.
after being told of the case against him, Sgt. Paul
Fitzpatrick said. Dyck was booked on suspicion of
multiple counts of sending harmful matter to a minor
and was taken to Ventura County Main Jail in Ventura.

Fitzpatrick said the investigation started after the
girl went to the Simi Valley police headquarters with
her parents and told detectives about material she had
been receiving over the Internet.

Det. David Del Marto "reviewed the e-mails and
initiated contact with the suspect, posing as the
girl," Fitzpatrick said. Over the next four months,
Del Marto, assisted by the Southern California High
Technology Task force, determined that the e-mails
were coming from UCLA, Fitzpatrick said.

With the assistance of campus police, the suspect was
identified as Dyck, a professor of Latin, Greek and
philosophy.

Dyck received his doctorate from the University of
Chicago in 1975 and joined the UCLA faculty as an
assistant professor in 1978. He was named a full
professor of the UCLA classics department in 1988 and
served as department chair from 1988 until 1991.

In July, police obtained a warrant to search Dyck's
UCLA office and seized his computer. Working with the
task force, Simi Valley police were able to retrieve
pornographic material and related e-mails from the
computer, Fitzpatrick said.

Last week, a former professor at Cal Poly in San Luis
Obispo was arrested on two felony charges of
possessing child pornography on his university
computer.

FBI agents arrested Safwat Moustafa, 63, former
chairman of the department of mechanical engineering.
The investigation began after a university technician
repairing Moustafa's laptop found more than 10 images
of child pornography, said Assistant U.S. Atty. Rod
Castro-Silva.

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:10:32 GMT

800 on Latin SAT II!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yay!

They have GOT to be kidding

Mon, 08 Dec 2003 01:34:34 GMT

never trust thespark tests.

74% dateable! Attractive and confident, witty and charming, a healthy ambrosia-based diet... you're wanted in the 48 contiguous states, you slayer. Call me. Seduce me. Make me a man (or woman.) Not only do you know how to turn a guy's (or girl's) engines on, but you also know how to oil, lube and rotate it. You put the "elation" back into "relationship," and the "night" back into "one-night stand."

Sun, 07 Dec 2003 20:07:51 GMT

David Broza concert last night on CAL campus. Best time in the world. Listening nostop to his music now.

Latin SAT II was fun...

Greek paper to write, Greek final to study for...

Wed, 03 Dec 2003 03:59:36 GMT

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Tue, 02 Dec 2003 05:24:20 GMT

Pennies from Heaven [the lyrics as I learned them]:
Every time it rains it rains
pennies from heaven
Don’t you know each cloud contains
pennies from heaven
You’ll find your fortune
all over town
Just make sure that your umbrella is
upside-down
Trade it for a package of
sunshine and flowers
If you want the things you love
there must be showers
If you hear it thunder
don’t run under a tree
There’ll be pennies from heaven for you and me.

Singin’ in the Rain:
I’m singin’ in the rain
just singin’ in the rain
what a glorious feeling
I’m happy again
I’m laughin’ at clouds
so dark up above
The sun’s in my heart
and I’m ready for love
Let the stormy clouds chase
everyone from the place
C’mon with the rain
I’ve a smile on my face
I walk down the lane
with a happy refrain
Just singin’, singin’ in the rain

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 19:29:11 GMT

i would write about SOME things right now, but graham (who is being punished right now for not paying attention) can read over my shoulder...

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 19:26:04 GMT

in the latin room, bored outta my mind. don't feel like doing work, don't feel like thinking. graham is sitting behind me and is supposed to be paying attention to the pasive periphrastic, but he prefers (pretules, prelates) to throw his pencil at me. childish.

GRAHAM, PAY ATTENTION TO MRS HERNDON!
the fact that you just responded to that means that you are not giving her your UNdivided attention... as you should.
haha. morals.

hmmm. does this count as passing notes in class?

latinese, greekese, speakeasy...

"it'll all go blooey on you" quoth she.

YOU KNOW GRAHAM, IT'S NOT CONSIDERED POLITE TO HAVE YOUR FEET PERCHED [HOWEVER DAINTILY] UPON A CHAIR.

FORTUNA AUDENTES IUVAT.
YET...
FORTUNA CAECA EST.
THAT'S AN OXYMORON.

heh. this sounds like one side of a telephone conversation. well, it is, i guess.

GRAHAM AND AVI, STOP CHATTING. IT'S RUDE WHEN SPECIAL K IS TALKING. [AND WHEN I'M TALKING TOO.]

I HAVE EYES IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD, GRAHAM. IF YOU TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH OF ME, KNOW THAT I WILL HAVE TO REVIEW IT BEFORE I CAN ALLOW IT TO BE SHOWN PUBLICLY.

10 MORE MINUTES OF BOREDOM, EH?

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 02:57:29 GMT

i had the best day today

Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:03:39 GMT

eating soup out of my OLIVE YOU mug from the Olive Pit in Corning, Calif.

Some days the world is so sweet.

Wed, 26 Nov 2003 01:48:30 GMT

feeling special.

Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:24:56 GMT

in a few hours i'll be going to sleep with 4 sheets of paper under my pillow... ah the hours until then.

Tue, 25 Nov 2003 05:09:52 GMT

so it's 9pm
i've written 1.5 paragraphs for my hamlet essay
my mom is FINALLY out of the house for a few minutes buying some cornmeal to make me some spoon bread- comfort food! she's been on my back since 7:30, on the computer doing SAT then UCLA and other stuff. so frustrating. it's her fault i don't get anything done.

Tue, 25 Nov 2003 02:39:27 GMT

stomach pain...
lots of stomach pain...
owww...
mommyyyy...

why does pain flare up right when you need to be concentrating on OTHER things?

Tue, 25 Nov 2003 01:13:00 GMT

so the day started pretty bad but got better as it proceeded. my last day of greek class at cal this semester came and went. i've had a persistent headache for the last 72 hours.

i've been working in my epistulary skills... writing note in class is fun... so is running to post it where the recipiant will find it and then running to my next class before he sees me.

MY UC APP IS IN!

Mon, 24 Nov 2003 02:26:36 GMT

i know i know, i ALREADY said it a long time ago. but i had to say it again.

joke's on me

Mon, 24 Nov 2003 02:25:25 GMT

so i'm all excited that i have a chance to write and i can't for the life of me figure out what was so important to announce...

four entries later i remember...

Mon, 24 Nov 2003 02:23:15 GMT

65 degrees and i'm freezing. my hands are cold, but that's OK because Vadis has a warm sweatshirt.

unfortunately he's getting cold feet.

SLIPPOOTS, SLIPPOOTS!

verbum sapienti: warm milk inside the homo sapiens body yields sleep regardless of amount consumed.

Mon, 24 Nov 2003 02:19:52 GMT

thank god for mind readers- how in the orbem terrae would i have known what i forgot on friday if Vadis hadn't told me? bless the man; may his days of clairvoyancy [yes that's spelled right] never wane, except when i'm thinking uncharitable thoughts about him...
that is, very rarely

in other words [you have other words?!], thank you kindly, Vadis.