Stumbling Back

Looking back over this blog, I realize that it still picks up quite a bit of traffic.  I'm hoping that perhaps some of these peeps are coming from the former authors.  I know it has only been a little over six years since the last post was made, but it feels to me like teaching at Lees-McRae College was a life time ago. 

So, hello to those watching this blog.  I think something great was created through this project that has immortalized its authors whether they realize it or not.  I hope all these one-time students are matured spirits living the dream and, like me, remembering fondly their days in the College Writing class. 

~lella shaffner

Justin Katz Helium 11/30

The topic I chose to review discusses which is better, a male or female dog. I learned a great deal about the similarities and differences between male and female dogs. With the best essays, the authors gave examples by using experiences they have had with both male and female dogs. The essays that weren't as good and they weren't really organized. If I wrote an essay on this topic, I would support that male dogs are better. This is because every dog I've had has been a male.

Justin Katz Helium 11/30

The topic I chose to review this time discusses what to expect when getting a new puppy. I learned by reading these that puppies aren't as easy as people think they are. They take a great deal of training and are quite expensive. The author of the best essay explained a great deal of things. This author also compared getting a new puppy to a great deal of things, which makes the truth become reality. With the essay that wasn't the highest ranked, the author didn't really take time to organize the essay as well. the author also didn't make it interesting as much as the best essay was. If I wrote an essay on this, I would probably write similar to how the best writer did. I would compare having a puppy to other things to draw in peoples' attention as well as make it interesting for them.

Justin Katz Helium 11/30

I reviewed articles on how aggressive dogs can be rehabilitated. I learned from these articles that there are a great deal of ways to rehabilitate aggressive dogs without using Euthanasia. With the best essay, the author used a great deal of organization and writing concepts to make their essay great as well as unique. The lesser essay wasnt as organized and they didnt have supporting facts. If I wrote an article on this topic, I would list the types of ways to rehabilatate dogs as well as explain each step in trying to rehabilitate a dog.

Turk-Stumble-

1.http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1A4n0h/www.geocities.jp/deal_steal/inu2.html/
2. Interesting to me because I like all kinds of dogs and animals.
3. I recommend this to animal lovers.
4. No sources cited.

1.http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1Ge4Y5/www.york.ac.uk/depts/psych/www/about/BIT-1024.swf/
2.Interesting to me because I never seen a brain this big online.
3.I recommend this to people that believe in things like this or not.
4. Sources cited ok.

1.http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#6i9ChZ/i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/KatrinaMarie_photos/Niagrafalls.jpg/
2. I like this because it shows the ancient old stuff.
3. I recommend this because you can learn some old stuff.
4. Sources cited well.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#6i9ChZ/i121.photobucket.com/albums/o238/KatrinaMarie_photos/Niagrafalls.jpg/
(my picture website)

Turk-Roller Coaster Faces

1.http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#19IoZd/www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/2009/rollercoasterfunnies.htm/
2.What was the interesting thing to me is all these photos are funny.
3.I reommend this to people that like to laugh at pictures that are crazy.
4.No sources cited.
5.My question be why did these people let theirselves be put on this website like this, less they dont know.


2.Interesting thing to me is that this is a cartoon.
3. I recommend this to people that like to look at crazy cartoons.
4. Sources cited pretty well.
5. My question would be how did the person come up with this cartoon.
1.http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1qbl5E/www.czeta.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/VALMONT_rgb.jpg/


1.http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1upXOa/www.shambles.net/worldclock/worldclock.swf/
2.This is interesing because I never seen a clock like this. Especially on internet.
3. I recommend this to the people that like to read different clocks.
4.No cources cited.
5.My question would be how did they come up with a clock like this.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#27HH6u/stressbuster1.com/wrapper/always-carry-a-camera//
(My picture website)

Best of Blogger-Turk

http://lmcwriting.blogspot.com/2009/09/weird-animals-justin-katz.html
http://lmcwriting.blogspot.com/2009/09/tyricee-pelzer-stoners-volunteer.html
http://lmcwriting.blogspot.com/2009/10/stumble-rashawndra-doby-piano-and.html

Looking at all these blogs I could see that everyone talked about different things. Like animals, drungs, objects like musical instuments, and even plants. When I look at Tyricee`s stumble I could see where he had questions on how someone can tax a stoner when the person who is selling the drug is not even taxed either. I can understand that question myself

Rashawndra`s stumle on pianos being played virtually is different because I have not seen someone stumble about instruments being played online than it actually being a real object. This person shows the differences of how you can stumble about something different from everyone else. Justin Katz`s stumble is about something that everyone can blog about. Weird and odd animals. Anyone can do that, find an animal they have never seen before and stumble about it and it be something "new" to talk about.

From all the stumbles I have seen I have learned that to blog about something completly different sets you aside from all the other bloggs. Which I have learned to do.

Stumble upon 1-3 #2 stephen cutlip

http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1oqnoL/whoispaz.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/seth-rogen-look-a-like-dumbfounds-local-moron//

This topic caught my eye from being interesting and even more surprising to me in how the situation played out, along with the fact he didn't even know what was going on in tell it was practically over. I would recommend this stumble to my classmates because it is funny and pretty awesome story to be able to get in a shot of a high profile movie. The topic is interesting and a once and a life time opportunity, along with that it isn't to long making it a great stumble to recommend. As for citing his sources he really didn't have any besides stating were he was since his story is all first hand experience. The main question i would have for him would be if he made the cut or not, but that cant be answered in till the movie is out.




http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#8EVW2f/www.truckspills.com/whale_spill.html/


This blog grab my interest with how bizarre that would be to see in a everyday street. The pictures gave you a good idea how it would to be apart of that and to see others reactions. I also learned that they apparently carry huge whales on tractor trailers as well. I would recommend this to my classmates because everyone enjoys hearing about bizarre incidents specially on the scale that this was. Another reason is because it has good pictures and with these sort of times words are never enough. As for citing his sources he did cite the pictures, just not in great detail naming MSNBC and other for his sources. This isn't great citing but is better than nothing. One question i would have would be how long it took to clean up and how long was the smell in the streets.


http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#2Oobo2/www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/starbucks.html/

This stumble is interesting to me because it shows how we are connected through food and it is surprising that some restaurants you would think of only in America and other neighboring modern countries would be spread throughout the world in such high numbers. I think my classmates would like this because it helps you realize how connected the world is now unlike a few hundred years ago. They cite their sources at the bottom left corner. A question I would ask would be what are some other big companies spread throughout the world.

Stumble upon 1-3 Stephen Cutlip

http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1ltPoj/v1kram.posterous.com/liu-bolinthe-invisible-man/

This is interesting and new to me because i haven't seen anyone do this before. He paints himself to blind in or look "invisible" in the surrounding environment. I would recommend this to a class mate because it is entertaining and pretty cool to look at. For citing the sources they give credit to the artist at the top but not to who took the picture. One question I would have is how long it took to paint him?



http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#29tQHw/www.photobasement.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/areyoucrazy.jpg/

This link interest me because it has some humor and is also sort of sad in the fact that this person either doesn't know about the Holocaust which is surprising, or he just decided to make fun of it which wasn't the best idea. But the rest of the paper has humor to it. I would recommend this to classmates because it does have humor in it and if they ever wrote a bad paper it wasn't as bad as this one. For citing the source's they didn't really do that because it was suppose to be confidential to the student. One question i would have is how he made it to US history II?



http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1FhFTI/www.demonbaby.com/pics/americanworld.gif/

This interest me because it shows how others view Americans as a whole on world knowledge. It's funny because its true on some of the stereotypes not saying that is all majority of Americans think this way. I think my classmates would enjoy it because its funny and true also they can judge for them self if they agree with them. They didn't cite any source's its just a picture you cant tell if they did the picture of found it else were. One question i would ask is if you had to change uninhabited for Canada what would it be?

Icey Patterson Helium Can a relationship with a cheater work out

Well if i was in a relationship i don't think it would work out for me. The reason why is because once you are a cheater always will be a cheater. And if somebody cheats on me i feel like that person really don't care about me and don't love me. So for me i will just end the relationship. But you know some people can work it out, but i can't. Cheating can change a lot of things in a relationship, some of the things it can change is trust and also how you feel about that person. In a relationship you need to be honesty and trust it for it to work out. If you cheat on someone you could have broken that person heart. You should never cheat on anyone because that is a hurtful feeling. Also if you know that you are a cheater i mean why be with that person and you know that you are going to cheat, i mean that is not good. Now if you cheat on someone while you are married i think you should get a divorce because that is so not cool to cheat on someone while you are married. Cheating is not good at all. I learned many things from reading this article it gave me good information and also facts. The other ones didn't give me enough information at all. If you have been cheated on or think someone is cheating on you, you should read this article you will learn a lot from it.

Icey patterson Helium Thankgiving

Thanksgiving- secret to enjoy family hoildays: In this article ii said, that the main word in this article is family. Family can also mean many different things. The reason why people have thanksgiving is so that the family can come togther and have a great time. So that everyone can come and get alone with eachother. When familys come togther on hoildays it can be a very happy time and sometimes it can be sad, but it depends. Thanksgivng is just a time to spend time with your family so you can go back and tell your friends how great it was. You can also have a great time and if you do the memory will last forever and you will never forget that day. The reason why i think thanksgiving can be sad for some people is because that family might have had death in there family and they were wishing that person was there, so thanksgiving can be sad for some families you never know. I liked this article because it gave me a lot of information and details. The other ones, i mean they were good but it just didnt give me enough facts so that i can talk about it. I think if thanksgiving is your best hoilday you should read this article it have great information.

Andrew Wolford -- Stumble

The first link I found was a comic that shows why macs are easier to use for those not computer savy. Trying to teach someone who doesnt know how to use a computer what to do on a pc can be very annoying since microsoft doesnt know how to make a straight forward program to use. Or atleast the last time they attempted to make an easy to use program they made windows vista. I want to post this comic but I have a better picture for later on in this post.
left click right click

My next one is a picture of a sign posted on a door as a joke. The door involved has a sign saying "This door is Alarmed" and under that there is a handmade sign asking "what startled it". its a simple thing but quite funny in the right situation. I'll leave it to you to judge this one in more detail.
Door

My final post is pictures meant to be wallpaper. The artwork isnt that great but its strange enough to make a good wall paper image. Also There is a picture of how sushi should be made, I'll go ahead and post that image now.
So that is how sushi should be made. The rest of the images have that strange artwork that is interesting to look at.
wallpaper

Andrew Wolford -- Stumble

The first link was just a random picture that made me laugh so I thought I would post it on here. I'm not really sure how to describe it since its so off the wall and I dont understand it at all really. Maybe you will have more luck at understanding it than I did so here is the link.
link

My next link is more photography. I think these are actual images and not done completely digitally like the others I have posted.
Ok..... so that one looks digital, but it still looks good. There are other photos like this one and a few that are just strange to look at.
link

And my final link brings me back to surviving the world, and this one even has to deal with writing.......kinda. Anyway it relates to drafting your writing and also Shakespeare. I found this entertaining but then I also like reading surviving the world. Its a fairly simple comic with a great sense of humor about it.
STW

Andrew Wolford -- Stumble

Another Digital image link. Yes, Im aware that I keep posting these, but Hey I like them. Anyway, the actual website is in german but the image can still be seen. I'm not going to spend alot of time talking about this so Ill let you see it for your self.
link

I have found a motivational poster worth posting. Except you wont understand it at all if you dont know what lolcats are.
That should be enough explination why you wouldnt understand it.
link

My last link Im posting since I actually know how to play this game from learning binary for a programming class. Its almost like tetris but done with binary math so I say good luck if you dont know binary. If you do this link is fun for about ten minutes after that it gets annoying, but anyway here it is.
link

Andrew Wolford -- Stumble

I managed to find another webcomic that is entertaining to read. The one that Ive chosen everyone can relate to since we all have known someone to add completely worthless comments into a conversation. The picture above is the webcomic that i just mentioned.
link

Now for a strange link but entertaining if you have a twisted sense of humor like I do. This is a link of AIM statuses that are strange on some level but are entertaining. A good example would be the next sentence in this paragraph. "Programmer n. - An ingenious device that turns caffeine into code." Ill leave it to you to look at the rest of the comments.
link

Time for more random comments. There are a few entertaining ones on the but mainly they are just said from a different view of what would normally be said. Ill let you be the judge of these.
link

Andrew Wolford -- Stumble

My first link is of a bildering video. Yes bildering is a word. Its like bouldering but on buildings so its called bildering....... Anyway it was an interesting find to watch someone who learned to climb by imitating monkeys climbing buildings and other man made objects. Im going to let the video do the talking for the rest of this so you can decide for yourself.
Bildering

The second link is supporting the halloween season by letting you carve a virtual pumpkin. Not really useful for outdoor display with how the weather is here but it was fun to play around with. Its a great time waster if you are bored. Not really mush else to say besides you can carve a pumpkin with out the mess of gutting it first.
Pumpkin

The last link is of programs that would be good to use if there was someone using their computer enough to where it becomes annoying. These range anywhere from fake shutdowns to just annoying text boxes. This site could create alot of fun times if you can watch the discovery of these programs.
link

Icey Patterson Helium-is there truth to old wives' tales about predicting the sex of an unborn baby

Is there truth to old wives' tales about predicting the sex of an unborn baby: "Did you know that women is a modern era have the ability to determine the gender of their unborn child by simply having a ultrasound". In this article it also said that ultrasounds was not available long ago, so the only way for the woman to find out what she was having was the old wives' tales that have been passed from generation to generation to predict the gender of the unborn. If you are having a bad morning sickness it means you are having a girl. But man mothers that are having morning sickness can sometimes have a boy. Also in this article it tells you different about symptoms if you are having a boy or a girl. But you real want know what you are having until you go to the doctor and get and ultrasound, Some people try to guess and see what they are having some might be right and sometimes they are wrong. If you want a girl sometimes you go to the doctor and the doctor tells you that you are having a little boy. The doctors might be wrong about telling you what you are having. This is a great article and gives a lot of information and great ideas. The other ones just didn't give good examples. I think you should read this if you are having a baby or wanting to have one.

Icey Patterson Helium Is friendship a lifetime?

Is friendship a lifetime?: Some friendships can be a lifetime and some can't. The reason I say that some friendship can't be a lifetime, say if you and that person been friends for a very long time and that person like went with your ex- boyfriend, so now that lifetime friendship that you and that person had is gone. But yall might work it out but it's not gone be the same. Many people find a true friend that have stuck by there side the whole time and was there when they needed them. In the article it said that whether you are unpleasantly thrust apart through unfortunate experiences, or simply through age, the truth is that people tend too grow older and further apart. It doesn't make a friendship less significant, however, knowing that it hasn't or won't last. But people come into our lives for some reason. You should always stay positive in your friendship at all times because that person is here for you for some reason rather you know why or not. Always try to make your friendship last because you might never find a friend like the one you had before. This article gave good details and information. The other ones gave me little information and i didn't get nothing out of those. You should read this article if you want your friendship to last.

Icey Patterson Helium A guide to weight loss surgery

A guide to weight loss and surgery: If you are trying to have weight loss surgery, did you that it is a major decision is someone's life. If you decide to have surgery you are risking your life. Many people have died while having weight loss surgery. Well i think many people have this surgery to lose there fat, and also to make there body look good, but some don't relaize that they are putting themselves into danger. When reading this article it said bariatric surgery promotes weight loss and is known to reduce the type of two diabetes. There are several different types of bariatric surgical procedures that are available. "But some of the procedures will restrict food intake and interrupt the digestive system to prevent the absorption of calories and nutrients." The reason why i liked this article better than the other ones is because it gave me very important facts, and also great details. The other ones didn't really tell me anything and it gave me poor information. But i think whomever is trying to lose weight should read this article because it gives very good information and good details.

Icey Patterson- Helium- Education

Education College and universities and small colleges: College selection process and be very hard for most people. Many people also want to make the right decision for there education and also when they go to college. Some people try to go to smaller colleges. The reason why is because if you go to a smaller college there are fewer people in your classroom, and also teachers can help you more with your education and also your work. While I was reading this article I also learned that people who enjoy small schools are also intimate social environments, and wide open spaces.If you attend a small school teachers and faculty will know your name. But you should choose a school that makes you comfortable. For me I rather attend a small school. The reason why is because its less people in the classrooms, and the teachers can help you more with your and can help you improve your grade. The reason i picked this article is because it gave me a lot of information and also good facts. The other ones didn't give me a lot of information. I think whomever is looking for a good small college or what to know about small colleges should read this article because it gives you good information and also details.