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K?rperwelten

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Once a semester I try to get out of Oshkosh and make a mini road trip. I think I’ve found what I want to do. The Science Museum of Minnesota is hosting Gunther von Hagens exhibit “Body Worlds.” This contraversial German doctor from the former Deutsche Demokratische Republik perfected plastination for education purposes. He discovered, however, that his life’s calling for creating medical specimens held the macabre interest of the common man. With donated corpses preserved, flayed, and masterfully posed Body Worlds creator Gunther von Hagens has created one of the most intruiging and contraversial modern art exhibitions. If you are interested in this experience please contact me through the comments.

[edit:] You can view a public autopsy that Herr Doktor von Hagens conducted by clicking here.

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Die Gedanken sind Frei

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The title of this post is a German colloqialism that means “thoughts are free.” Millions of students in America are headed back to college to, hopefully, do a lot of free thought. Unfortunately, evil professors want proof that you thought and they want it to fill up 20 pages before next Wednesday. At this point a number of people settle down before a bloated, overpriced piece of software called Microsoft Office, and their thoughts are no longer free. You don’t have to use or buy Office. There are free and better alternatives, namely OpenOffice.org. Open Office offers all of the same productivity software needed to make Word files, Powerpoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets. It even has better support for foreign languages, which, when studying German is very important. It is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. For Mac users, there is an even better alternative based on OpenOffice, NeoOffice.

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Die Freude von Valleyschwag Vier

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Schwaggage

Phil, Nick, and I were about to lounge back for a rousing couple of rounds of Mario Kart DS when all of a sudden a suprise temporarily interrupted the fun. My Valleyschwag Issue 4 arrived! This month’s schwag was wrapped in a red cloth. I received a videoegg.com t-shirt, a mobiTV lounge chair, PerplexCity cards, a magnet, and as always, a bunch of stickers. Take a closer look by clicking here.

Also, did you know that my toaster runs Ubuntu Linux?

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No Escape… Starring Ray Liota

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Pro.: I managed to find a job for the week prior to classes starting. I would have just sat around and done nothing anyways. They are paying me well to do practically nothing.
Con.: I semi-reprise my role as a Community Advisor (RA). I’m in charge of keeping Stewart Hall from becoming a smoldering pile of ashen rubble.

Guh… no matter how hard you try to get away… Residence Life manages to further ensnare you in their web. Well, in the interest of full disclosure, this is what they are really paying me to do. My G3 blue iMac is now a video server. Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman, music videos, and other stuff will be available for your iTunes viewing pleasure. Converting right now: Aeon Flux.

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Kenneth Langteau

The person I am named after, my grandfather, passed away Sunday night. He is survived by children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren beyond my capacity for remembering names.