Wrath: Anger (a.k.a. pissed off constantly).

First of all, before we make the announcement, we want to apologize for the delay in this announcement. We had some problems with the distribution of the scholarships and it took until now to resolve them.

So I'm gonna start this entry with a list of free stuff I found/was given in Portland just today:

1) Working radio found on a trail in forest park, when I went up there to shoot my bow at the shooting range...
2) Still wrapped kitkat bar found on the MAX train on my way to school (yum!)
3) Half a bag of kettle cooked chips (thanks Theressa!)

I've spent the past few days debating whether or not this topic is appropriate for this website. Obviously, I decided I should post it here, rather than my personal journal. So, with that in mind, I want to put out a disclaimer now. This post is about religion. If you don't believe in religion, fine, whatever. I really don't want to debate it with you.

I just finished reading East of Eden and it struck me just how important a role sibling rivalry plays in our lives. For those of you who don’t know, East of Eden is the story of two generations of brothers. One of the most striking parallels is to the story of Cain and Abel in the Bible.

If there is one thing that can be said of ProgressiveU, it is that we have gathered quite a diverse group of individuals. One needs look no further than previous Blogging for Progress Scholars to see just how true that is. Our scholars come from all races, all religions, and all lifestyles.

As you probably already know either from your own research or earlier posts, wolves were recently taken off the endangered species list in two states: Montana and Idaho. This happened in March of this year after a long battle pitting state legislatures and ranching communities against environmental protection agencies and Native Americans (1).

I spent the past two afternoons walking around downtown Indianapolis, clipboard in hand, trying to get people to register to vote. I was for some reason surprised at the still high amount of apathy in people's faces. "I'm not interested." "WHY?!"