<?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-9930082</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:46:05.137-05:00</updated><title type='text'>An Ideal, n.  Lacking practicality or the possibility of realization</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>98</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113830414328530751</id><published>2006-01-26T13:32:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-01-31T15:31:57.700-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Update Your Links/Bookmarks/Favorites....</title><summary type='text'>I've finally gotten around to switching this blog over to a new format and a new domain.  I tried to import this blog into the new one so that all my archives would be available in one place, but the pictures thing didn't work out quite right.  Therefore, I have decided to keep this blogger account as my archives (don't worry I'll link it off the new site) and I'm putting all new posts on the new</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113830414328530751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113830414328530751' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113830414328530751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113830414328530751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2006/01/update-your-linksbookmarksfavorites.html' title='Update Your Links/Bookmarks/Favorites....'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113813714154863346</id><published>2006-01-24T14:55:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-01-24T21:28:39.326-06:00</updated><title type='text'>One Thing I've Noticed (If You are Perfect in Every Way, Please Disregard.....)</title><summary type='text'>When I was a kid in school I never put a lot of stock in that left brain vs. right brain, visual vs. audial (is that how you say that?), math vs. language psychobabble.  But when I was a kid, I also thought I could do everything (I mean come on they tell you can if you just put your mind to it) so that shows how much I know.  But being in the English department at school and working in an IT job </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113813714154863346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113813714154863346' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113813714154863346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113813714154863346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2006/01/one-thing-ive-noticed-if-you-are.html' title='One Thing I&apos;ve Noticed (If You are Perfect in Every Way, Please Disregard.....)'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113813425123530222</id><published>2006-01-24T14:09:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-01-24T14:51:30.320-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Bob Loblaw's Law Blog **</title><summary type='text'>What's a blog?  There are blogs about blogs and blogging that will answer this question.  The more appropriate question to begin this musing is what is a blog to me?  Being in a blogging class this semester (yes, they really do offer those) has given me a lot of food for thought on the subject.  I will probably be creating an ancillary blog for that class only, just so that I can gain focus (and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113813425123530222/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113813425123530222' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113813425123530222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113813425123530222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2006/01/bob-loblaws-law-blog.html' title='Bob Loblaw&apos;s Law Blog **'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113779471292156490</id><published>2006-01-20T15:56:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-01-20T16:40:47.630-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: E is For...</title><summary type='text'>I know it's late but I've been meaning to do this all week.  I had been trying to think up a good way to post the big news here and then Illustration Friday popped up with the perfect opportunity.  I know this illustration is not super complex but I think it accurately captures the elegance and simplicity of the moment Nick and I shared.  Now, I bet you want the details, am I right?As alluded to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113779471292156490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113779471292156490' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113779471292156490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113779471292156490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2006/01/illustration-friday-e-is-for.html' title='Illustration Friday: E is For...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113753073137907048</id><published>2006-01-17T14:43:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-01-17T14:51:26.086-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm Having a Weird Transcendental Moment...</title><summary type='text'>because I'm blogging from a class that's all about blogging.I guess now that I'm in the blogging class, all of you can expect more posts because it's my homework now.  I'm not sure how I feel about the association between homework and blogging.  I hope it doesn't zap the fun out of the experience.  But I honestly don't think it will.  Although, for all of you out there in blogland who still visit</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113753073137907048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113753073137907048' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113753073137907048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113753073137907048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2006/01/im-having-weird-transcendental-moment.html' title='I&apos;m Having a Weird Transcendental Moment...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113699857390320721</id><published>2006-01-11T10:54:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-01-11T15:41:30.763-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Blueprint For A Great East Coast Trip....</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113699857390320721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113699857390320721' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113699857390320721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113699857390320721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2006/01/blueprint-for-great-east-coast-trip.html' title='Blueprint For A Great East Coast Trip....'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113693007029396511</id><published>2006-01-10T15:50:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-01-10T16:03:31.836-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Updates to My Updates....</title><summary type='text'>Seems like the most reasonable (and briefest) way for me to catch all of you up on the last month is to update the list of updates I have already posted.  I promise to post on the highlights, but until I can pull it together, here goes....1. I did end up buying a coat after all.  While I was shopping with my mom for her new winter coat, I picked up a black pea coat on a whim.  Honestly I didn't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113693007029396511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113693007029396511' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113693007029396511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113693007029396511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2006/01/updates-to-my-updates.html' title='Updates to My Updates....'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113359227567763650</id><published>2005-12-03T00:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-12-03T00:44:35.696-06:00</updated><title type='text'>20 Quick Updates....Ready, Set, Go!</title><summary type='text'>1. I sent the coat back because it wasn't cut right and the color wasn't flattering and I have now decided not to get a coat at all.2.  I wrote  four papers last week and I have four due next week and four revisions due the week after that.3.  I have 5 blog post ideas saved in my Blogger drafts file, so prepare for the storm.4.  I read 6 books in November I would love to tell you about.5.  I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113359227567763650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113359227567763650' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113359227567763650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113359227567763650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/12/20-quick-updatesready-set-go.html' title='20 Quick Updates....Ready, Set, Go!'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113259268602174931</id><published>2005-11-21T10:59:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-11-21T11:04:46.046-06:00</updated><title type='text'>And the Winner Is....</title><summary type='text'>None of the above (or below in this case).  Everyone who commented on my decision post liked the green LL Bean jacket, which is kind of funny because I already have a green jacket (fall raincoat) from Eddie Bauer that's almost exactly the same shade of green.  On Friday when I saw my Aunt Sara I was wearing that green one and she thought it was the new coat I had bought (she was one of the ones </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113259268602174931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113259268602174931' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113259268602174931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113259268602174931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/11/and-winner-is.html' title='And the Winner Is....'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113259047054959428</id><published>2005-11-21T10:08:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-11-21T10:27:50.583-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Whew.......</title><summary type='text'>I feel like a neglectful parent because I haven't so much as even thought about my little baby blog until this morning.  The last few days have been really fun, but really chaotic as well.  It always seems that as Thanksgiving break approaches, I just check out of all my responsibility and kick back.  Makes it that much harder to return.  At least blogging is fun, the rest of my day won't be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113259047054959428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113259047054959428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113259047054959428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113259047054959428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/11/whew.html' title='Whew.......'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113215866084729031</id><published>2005-11-16T10:28:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T10:31:00.883-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I Can't Decide....</title><summary type='text'>which color jacket I want, so I'm asking you.  The choices are below, leave your comment with your choice.Megan...November 16, 2005 @ 10:30 am</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113215866084729031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113215866084729031' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113215866084729031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113215866084729031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/11/i-cant-decide.html' title='I Can&apos;t Decide....'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113172474894596106</id><published>2005-11-11T09:53:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-11-11T10:14:31.726-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday Favorites - Night</title><summary type='text'>1. Ward Jenkins @ The Ward-O-MaticThe Ward-O-Matic is one of my favorite sites on the web.  It is singlehandly responsible for getting me interested in Illustration blogs, which is what lead me to Illustration Friday.  I've been waiting for Ward to do an entry for IF for a while so that I could put up a few kind words about his site.  If you haven't been, Ward is an animator in Atlanta and his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113172474894596106/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113172474894596106' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113172474894596106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113172474894596106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/11/illustration-friday-favorites-night.html' title='Illustration Friday Favorites - Night'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113028149020468400</id><published>2005-11-10T12:29:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-11-10T12:29:34.746-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The Mapparium</title><summary type='text'>One Saturday, following an afternoon concert at Symphony Hall, he showed her his favorite place in the city, the  Mapparium at the Christian Science Center, where they stood inside a room made of glowing stained-glass panels, which was shaped like the inside of a globe, but looked like the outside of one.  In the middle of the room was a transparent bridge, so that they felt as if they were </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113028149020468400/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113028149020468400' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113028149020468400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113028149020468400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/11/mapparium.html' title='The Mapparium'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113141376803314358</id><published>2005-11-07T19:29:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T09:16:15.333-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: Night</title><summary type='text'>Adobe Photoshop"Tryin' to See Orion"Well I skipped last week's topic (Broken) for lack of inspiration and time, but I'm back with a vengence for this one.  "Night" is something I can get behind as a topic because I'm so inspired by this very peculiar time of day (For a really interesting discussion of night, check out Carla at Anonyrrie).  I have about 8 kagillion ideas I would love to do, but </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113141376803314358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113141376803314358' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113141376803314358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113141376803314358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/11/illustration-friday-night.html' title='Illustration Friday: Night'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113130881562866547</id><published>2005-11-06T14:18:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-11-07T10:21:54.370-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Doodle Backlog II</title><summary type='text'>Two DressesSpace Command CenterFax gone HaywireFlowerMegan...November 6, 2005 @ 2:18 pm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113130881562866547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113130881562866547' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113130881562866547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113130881562866547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/11/doodle-backlog-ii.html' title='Doodle Backlog II'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113121697947745526</id><published>2005-11-05T12:45:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-11-07T20:04:43.286-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday Favorites - Broken</title><summary type='text'>1. Maryn Roos at Blog O' the BaronessI was watching the Disney movie Ichabod and Mr. Toad when I came across this illustration, and the Benjamin Franklin here looks very similar to the characters in that film.  I need to brush up on my American history a little bit, but did the liberty bell really break because someone hit it, or was it something else?  Either way, it would suck to be the one who</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113121697947745526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113121697947745526' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113121697947745526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113121697947745526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/11/illustration-friday-favorites-broken.html' title='Illustration Friday Favorites - Broken'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112932748641425712</id><published>2005-11-03T17:04:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-11-03T16:50:37.306-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Book I Read Last Month...October 2005</title><summary type='text'>1. Sex and the CityI just have one thing to say about this book: watch the show instead.  Unfortunately, I have to write another book review about this book for my class, so I'm hesitant to waste all my patience posting here, but I'll give a taste of the diatribe that is to come.  First of all, under no circumstances should this be called a novel.  Novels have certain criteria, a prety big one </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112932748641425712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112932748641425712' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112932748641425712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112932748641425712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/11/book-i-read-last-monthoctober-2005.html' title='Book I Read Last Month...October 2005'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113103579146686624</id><published>2005-11-03T10:35:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-11-03T10:36:31.490-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Ugh....</title><summary type='text'>Megan...November 3, 2005 @ 10:35 am </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113103579146686624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113103579146686624' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113103579146686624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113103579146686624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/11/ugh.html' title='Ugh....'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113078497092501450</id><published>2005-10-31T12:49:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-10-31T12:56:10.926-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Trick or Treat....</title><summary type='text'>Megan...October 31, 2005 @ the witching hour</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113078497092501450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113078497092501450' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113078497092501450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113078497092501450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/trick-or-treat.html' title='Trick or Treat....'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113078342648475838</id><published>2005-10-31T12:26:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-10-31T21:14:49.816-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Doodle Backlog</title><summary type='text'>I've been remiss in scanning in my doodles over the last few weeks, but the following is a selection of some of the ones I've done.WomanI have no idea..a seal plane?SpaceshipSquidPumpkinA preliminary sketch of JeepJop, see finished here.The ice chest from One Hundred Years of Solitude.FishBirdMegan...October 31, 2005 @ 12:126 pm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113078342648475838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113078342648475838' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113078342648475838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113078342648475838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/doodle-backlog.html' title='Doodle Backlog'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113070422117707875</id><published>2005-10-30T14:18:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-10-30T15:07:31.256-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Danke Liebchen (Thank You, Sweetheart)...</title><summary type='text'>Nick...I'm sorry, honey, it's time for some public embarrassment. How lucky am I?  How many women can say they have a boyfriend/fiancee/husband who makes the bed every morning, cooks because you're totally swamped, and is eternally sweet, loving, and nice despite having to pick up the slack on all the responsibilities?Nick graduated with his degree in English in May, and he's been waiting </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113070422117707875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113070422117707875' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113070422117707875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113070422117707875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/danke-liebchen-thank-you-sweetheart.html' title='Danke Liebchen (Thank You, Sweetheart)...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113060235405141633</id><published>2005-10-29T11:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-29T13:45:03.016-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday Favorites - Remote</title><summary type='text'>1. Pasto at PastoblogThere's no place like a snow mountain lodge. There's no place like a snow mountain lodge.  There's no place like a snow mountain lodge (Sorry, I just bought the new Wizard of Oz DVD).  I really liked this illustration because I wish this place was real and I wish that I owned it and I wish that I had time to go there.  On a technical level, I like this because of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113060235405141633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113060235405141633' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113060235405141633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113060235405141633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/illustration-friday-favorites-remote.html' title='Illustration Friday Favorites - Remote'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-113044460743053130</id><published>2005-10-27T15:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-27T16:11:53.376-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday - Remote</title><summary type='text'>Adobe Photoshop"Remote Desktop With a New Spin"Geez...I barely got this one in by the skin of my teeth.  In truth it was a combination of both being incredibly busy and not really being too jazzed about the topic.  But here he is "JeepJop" (copyright Mike), the robot I wish we had in our office.My job right now is computer tech support for the University I attend.  Part of that job is maintaining</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/113044460743053130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=113044460743053130' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113044460743053130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/113044460743053130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/illustration-friday-remote.html' title='Illustration Friday - Remote'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112999209410083014</id><published>2005-10-22T09:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-22T09:41:34.120-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I Should Have Been Writing a Book Review of Sex and the City...</title><summary type='text'>...but I was too taken with the challenge of defending Harry Potter.  You'll have to forgive the writing as this was done late and is being posted without any sort of revision, but here are my discombobulated thoughts about what makes Harry Potter so great to read.How do you quantify something that has only been quantified financially?  6 Books. A Kagizillion dollars.  Thousands of Pages.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112999209410083014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112999209410083014' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112999209410083014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112999209410083014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/i-should-have-been-writing-book-review.html' title='I Should Have Been Writing a Book Review of Sex and the City...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112991713589694469</id><published>2005-10-21T12:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T13:21:37.023-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday Favorites - Cold</title><summary type='text'>1. RaimI liked this illustration because it seemed to pick up a funny/cute/interesting story "in media res."  I can come up with numerous possibilities for how this very cold, blue gentlman came to be standing over such a racous and cheerful bunch of snowmen.  I also like the inversion of the size of the snowmen relative to the man. Normally snowmen are very close to life size, but the man's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112991713589694469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112991713589694469' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112991713589694469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112991713589694469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/illustration-friday-favorites-cold.html' title='Illustration Friday Favorites - Cold'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112983267541410398</id><published>2005-10-20T13:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T16:06:17.063-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"But I Was on the Safety!?"</title><summary type='text'>Well, my new internet buddy, Carla, has "tagged" me to participate in the newest form of the dubious chain letter, where bloggers "tag" one another to post on a specific topic.  This usually involves a list of some sort.  In this case, I've been "tagged" to jot down 20 random facts about myself (hmmm, where do I start?).And since I know you're all on pins on needles, I won't stall any longer....I</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112983267541410398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112983267541410398' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112983267541410398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112983267541410398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/but-i-was-on-safety.html' title='&quot;But I Was on the Safety!?&quot;'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112967705942906954</id><published>2005-10-18T18:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T18:10:59.436-05:00</updated><title type='text'>How bout a quickie?</title><summary type='text'>1.  I've been really into Damien Rice's album "O" for the last week.  If you haven't heard it...Go listen immediately.2.I took the GRE this afternoon.  I think it went pretty well, although at the end of it, when they give you your scores (it was computer based) I had no idea what the numbers meant.  I had to look it up later.  Turns out I did okay.Verbal: 640 (90th percentile)Quantitative: 660 (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112967705942906954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112967705942906954' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112967705942906954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112967705942906954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-bout-quickie.html' title='How bout a quickie?'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112965292809510073</id><published>2005-10-18T11:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T11:31:06.570-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: Cold</title><summary type='text'>                                                                                                                                                                                            Ink and Adobe Photoshop"Snowflake"Nothing says cold to me like a beautiful snowflake.  This was actually a pretty easy illustration to make.  I simply drew a line with my cool new blue ink and artists pen and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112965292809510073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112965292809510073' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112965292809510073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112965292809510073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/illustration-friday-cold.html' title='Illustration Friday: Cold'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112959106388825246</id><published>2005-10-18T11:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T11:06:38.256-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Draw A Witch 2005</title><summary type='text'>Well, Carla got me intrigued about Penelope Dullaghan's Draw a Witch Contest (here) for Halloween this year.  If you read the comments on the last post you already know that I had drawn a witch the very afternoon Carla suggested it, but in case you didn't read the comments: I drew a witch on the very afternoon Carla suggested it.  The aforementioned witch is what you see above and is the same </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112959106388825246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112959106388825246' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112959106388825246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112959106388825246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/draw-witch-2005.html' title='Draw A Witch 2005'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112938962383243256</id><published>2005-10-15T10:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-15T10:20:23.843-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Watch Out...</title><summary type='text'>                                                                        Ink and Adobe Photoshop"Crockagator"Megan...October 15, 2005 @ 10:18 am</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112938962383243256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112938962383243256' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112938962383243256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112938962383243256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/watch-out.html' title='Watch Out...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112932238280883161</id><published>2005-10-14T15:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-14T15:42:24.636-05:00</updated><title type='text'>4 Little Pumpkins Sitting in the Hay...</title><summary type='text'>Megan...October 14, 2005 @ 3:23 pm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112932238280883161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112932238280883161' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112932238280883161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112932238280883161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/4-little-pumpkins-sitting-in-hay.html' title='4 Little Pumpkins Sitting in the Hay...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112931763791304471</id><published>2005-10-14T14:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-14T14:46:02.246-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday Favorites - Lost</title><summary type='text'>1. Darlene at The Obstacle is The PathI thought this was such an amazing idea that I had to put it up here.  I've lately been getting interested in a school of criticism called Post-Structuralism, which analyzes texts based on all the visual details such as covers, colors, fonts, paperweights and examines how people relate to those seemingly insignificant aspects of written work.  I think this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112931763791304471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112931763791304471' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112931763791304471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112931763791304471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/illustration-friday-favorites-lost.html' title='Illustration Friday Favorites - Lost'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112922017309733582</id><published>2005-10-13T11:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-14T15:51:47.266-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: Lost</title><summary type='text'>                                                                        Adobe Photoshop"Pestilential Pitch"Finally he reached the place where Melquiades used to set up his tent and he found a taciturn Armenian who in Spainish was hawking a syrup to make one's self invisible.  He had drunk down a glass of the amber substance in one gulp as Jose Arcadio Buendia elbowed his way through the absorbed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112922017309733582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112922017309733582' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112922017309733582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112922017309733582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/illustration-friday-lost.html' title='Illustration Friday: Lost'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112906887155374247</id><published>2005-10-11T17:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-11T17:14:31.566-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Doodles - Week of October 10, 2005</title><summary type='text'>A fire/match man riding a bicycle.A swamp I drew while musing about this week's Illustration Friday, which is "Lost."An alien.Megan...October 11, 2005 @ 5:11 pm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112906887155374247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112906887155374247' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112906887155374247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112906887155374247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/doodles-week-of-october-10-2005.html' title='Doodles - Week of October 10, 2005'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112899174073038344</id><published>2005-10-10T19:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-11T11:07:22.993-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater....</title><summary type='text'>For the sixth year running Nick and I joined his immediate family at the Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival this past weekend.  It was kind of a special trip because in all probability this was our last year.  Nick and I are hoping to move next May.  Nick's dad just took a job in Hartford, Connecticut and Nick's Mom and brother, Montana will be joining him out there as soon as Tanna finishes high school </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112899174073038344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112899174073038344' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112899174073038344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112899174073038344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/peter-peter-pumpkin-eater.html' title='Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater....'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112898637719387004</id><published>2005-10-10T18:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T19:13:52.970-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"Has Anybody...</title><summary type='text'>seen the Martin Scorsese version of Age of Innocence?" That was the question posed to a bunch of English majors in one of my classes this morning.  I was amazed by this because they didn't ask, "Has anybody read The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton?" which I thought would be the logical question.  My question is....Is this what we've come to?  Is it so bad that professors at a good college just </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112898637719387004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112898637719387004' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112898637719387004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112898637719387004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/has-anybody.html' title='&quot;Has Anybody...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112878381122331388</id><published>2005-10-08T09:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-08T10:33:25.013-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Check This Out...Illustration Friday Favorites - Float</title><summary type='text'>I've decided to create yet another recurring post on this blog.  I try every week to contribute to Illustration Friday and it has come to mean a lot to me.  It is so fun and looking at everyone else's drawings is really inspiring.  I think that this forum is the biggest reason why I have improved since I started drawing/doodling/photoshopping a few months ago.  That is why I have decided to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112878381122331388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112878381122331388' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112878381122331388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112878381122331388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/check-this-outillustration-friday.html' title='Check This Out...Illustration Friday Favorites - Float'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112878347496843444</id><published>2005-10-08T09:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-08T09:57:54.976-05:00</updated><title type='text'>When it Comes to Floating, Floating Away Would Have Been...</title><summary type='text'>just fine with me.  This past week was wretched.  Not because anything particularly bad happened, it was just a bona fides stress fest.  I had two papers, both due the same day of course, in the middle of the week and one of them decided to give me fits, so I struggled with it for two days straight.  Other than that I was just so busy, and sooooo tired, that every little thing I had to do seemed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112878347496843444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112878347496843444' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112878347496843444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112878347496843444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/when-it-comes-to-floating-floating.html' title='When it Comes to Floating, Floating Away Would Have Been...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112844222315981048</id><published>2005-10-04T11:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-04T11:11:30.423-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Reading Then Became A Matter of Waiting For His Focus to Change</title><summary type='text'>Or, How I Wish Jonathan Franzen Would Correct The CorrectionsJonathan Franzen’s novel, The Corrections, is a self-proclaimed ambitious work.  Published on the heels of his identity crisis as an author, which he painstakingly detailed in his Harper’s Essay “Why Bother?”, this novel is Franzen’s attempt at redefining the contemporary social novel.  This is interesting, because in the aforementioned</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112844222315981048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112844222315981048' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112844222315981048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112844222315981048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/reading-then-became-matter-of-waiting_04.html' title='Reading Then Became A Matter of Waiting For His Focus to Change'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112666163040765867</id><published>2005-10-03T12:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-03T12:33:36.096-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Books I Read Last Month....September 2005</title><summary type='text'>Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920's by Frederick Lewis AllenThis was a really fascinating book.  For instance, I had no idea that while the freewheeling of the young and affluent was going on, there was a massive conservative backlash in this country.  The Klu Klux Klan resurged during this time period and there were massive red scares.  It's interesting to compare the 1920's with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112666163040765867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112666163040765867' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112666163040765867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112666163040765867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/10/books-i-read-last-monthseptember-2005.html' title='Books I Read Last Month....September 2005'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112814105251858413</id><published>2005-09-30T23:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-30T23:30:52.526-05:00</updated><title type='text'>For One Glorious Day...</title><summary type='text'>It was like this outside.  Every fall I decide that Autumn is my absolute favorite season and this year is no exception.  I absolutely hate summer.  I could live in a place where summer was a curse word and be absolutely, perfectly content.  However, I guess I should keep in mind that what makes Autumn so glorious for me is that it comes after the dreaded summer.  Having to endure summer, which </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112814105251858413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112814105251858413' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112814105251858413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112814105251858413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/for-one-glorious-day.html' title='For One Glorious Day...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112801242883400560</id><published>2005-09-29T11:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-30T23:34:55.440-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Doodles - Week of September 26, 2005</title><summary type='text'>A woman...I think.A tree.  I will be finishing this and posting it as a second version of Illustration Friday: Fresh for this week.update: I ended up not finishing this in time for Illustration Friday from last week.  But I did use it in a post anyway.  Check it out here.Rainy, rainy, leaves.Wouldn't it be cool if you could just drop brick paint on your roof, let it run down the sides of your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112801242883400560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112801242883400560' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112801242883400560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112801242883400560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/doodles-week-of-september-26-2005.html' title='Doodles - Week of September 26, 2005'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112795067455563768</id><published>2005-09-28T18:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T13:09:35.750-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: Fresh</title><summary type='text'>                                                                                Ink"Raindrops on Noses"This submission for Illustration Friday was inspired by this really great and really beautiful movie I saw recently, The Girl In the Cafe.  I would highly recommend this film to anyone.  The story was emotional and engaging as both a love story and a political argument.  But what really struck </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112795067455563768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112795067455563768' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112795067455563768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112795067455563768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/illustration-friday-fresh.html' title='Illustration Friday: Fresh'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112733127451508558</id><published>2005-09-21T14:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-27T18:19:12.563-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Doodles - Week of September 19, 2005</title><summary type='text'>This was inspired by a thing from Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin.  The guy lights matches with his thumbnail and the woman always says, "You'll light yourself on fire"  I thought it would be cool to try to draw him lighting the match. Not sure how well I succeeded.Another fish, not sure why I was preoccupied with them this week.Heads rolling."The Wishing Tree" see post below.   A butterfly.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112733127451508558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112733127451508558' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112733127451508558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112733127451508558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/doodles-week-of-september-19-2005.html' title='Doodles - Week of September 19, 2005'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112733096171582313</id><published>2005-09-21T14:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T13:08:59.053-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: Escape II &amp; III</title><summary type='text'>                                                                                                                        Ink and Adobe Photoshop"Goldieflops"                                                                             Ink and Adobe Photoshop"The Wishing Tree"As promised I have done some literal illustrations of "Escape" in addition to my post from earlier.  I'm sorry they aren't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112733096171582313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112733096171582313' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112733096171582313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112733096171582313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/illustration-friday-escape-ii-iii.html' title='Illustration Friday: Escape II &amp; III'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112715811427169794</id><published>2005-09-19T14:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-19T14:41:37.723-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: Escape</title><summary type='text'>"Toe The Line"I had a pretty crappy day on Saturday, so as the night drug on, I finally decided to just take a minute for myself to escape to a land of order and sense. Therefore, I devised a drawing with a set of rules, something I could just sit down to and know instantly how everything would come out. I sat at my desk for a long while (I'm not even sure how long it was) and just let everything</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112715811427169794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112715811427169794' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112715811427169794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112715811427169794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/illustration-friday-escape.html' title='Illustration Friday: Escape'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112680667531331563</id><published>2005-09-15T12:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T13:06:37.070-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: Depth 2</title><summary type='text'>                                                                                 Ink"Trench Warfare"This is my second attempt at "depth" for this week's Illustration Friday.  This image was inspired by Pat Barker's The Eye In the Door, which I have made a lot of reference to on this blog today, but it was a really thought provoking book.  I got to thinking what it would be like to know your enemy</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112680667531331563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112680667531331563' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112680667531331563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112680667531331563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/illustration-friday-depth-2.html' title='Illustration Friday: Depth 2'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112680599372061295</id><published>2005-09-15T12:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-15T12:39:53.733-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Panopticon</title><summary type='text'>The Panopticon is a style of prison based on the theory of surveillance designed by Jeremy Bentham. The idea is that one guard can see completely into all the cells. While the guard can see in, the prisoners cannot see the guard. They are sure that a guard is in there, but they are never sure wether the guard is looking at them or someone else. Eventually the prisoners operate under the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112680599372061295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112680599372061295' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112680599372061295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112680599372061295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/panopticon.html' title='Panopticon'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112680452393452872</id><published>2005-09-15T11:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-19T14:46:00.260-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Doodles - Week of September 12, 2005</title><summary type='text'>Here are my belated doodles for this week:  A boat.  The window over the door of one of my classrooms. A bird landing in its nest.I was experimenting with organic forms and making creatures out of them. Although I think this one looks like an alien comb running through straggly hair. I was messing around with a landscape picture and for some totally random reason decided to draw this ball </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112680452393452872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112680452393452872' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112680452393452872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112680452393452872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/doodles-week-of-september-12-2005.html' title='Doodles - Week of September 12, 2005'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112663538438623207</id><published>2005-09-13T13:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-13T13:16:24.396-05:00</updated><title type='text'>#57 - Leave No Man Behind</title><summary type='text'>It's Tuesday, so that means there's a new Invisible Life of Poet comic strip. It's funny...Hooray Funny! Recently The Jebus posted a Dilbert strip on his site to illustrate what things are like in our office. I'm here to give you the truth about what it's really like. And to do that I'm going to employ the following comic:Basically I feel some days like I work in a war zone.  I hear gunfire and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112663538438623207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112663538438623207' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112663538438623207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112663538438623207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/57-leave-no-man-behind.html' title='#57 - Leave No Man Behind'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112655057530915012</id><published>2005-09-12T14:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-12T14:58:29.440-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"How Many Games Have You Been To at Busch Stadium?"</title><summary type='text'>This was the question the Cardinal's Crew asked random fans around the stadium yesterday. For me, the answer is approximately 20. For Nick the answer was around 10. No matter how many games we've been to, it seems that we attended our last one yesterday. We saw the Cardinals play the Mets (unfortunately the Cardinals lost) and had a really great time just soaking up the stadium one last time. In </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112655057530915012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112655057530915012' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112655057530915012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112655057530915012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/how-many-games-have-you-been-to-at.html' title='&quot;How Many Games Have You Been To at Busch Stadium?&quot;'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112636801399406898</id><published>2005-09-10T11:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T13:05:15.533-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ilustration Friday: Depth</title><summary type='text'>                                                                                Adobe Photoshop"Untitled"I don't know why this is the image I came up with for "depth". Maybe because I get sucked into doing crosswords until my brain hurts. Maybe it was just what popped into my head and I figured I'd come up with a valid explanation later. Maybe it has nothing whatsoever to do with depth. Whatever </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112636801399406898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112636801399406898' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112636801399406898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112636801399406898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/ilustration-friday-depth.html' title='Ilustration Friday: Depth'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112619032388632908</id><published>2005-09-08T09:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-08T09:38:43.893-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Since I Couldn't Find any Tape in Our Office....</title><summary type='text'>I'm going to stick this comic up in my virtual cubicle, my blog, here it is......It's from the comic "Realty Check". Megan...September 8, 2005 @ 9:38 am</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112619032388632908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112619032388632908' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112619032388632908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112619032388632908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/since-i-couldnt-find-any-tape-in-our.html' title='Since I Couldn&apos;t Find any Tape in Our Office....'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112613533095371941</id><published>2005-09-07T18:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T18:22:10.956-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Doodles - Week of September 5, 2005</title><summary type='text'>Along with my first recurrent post, "Books I Read Last Month," I've decided to add another recurrent post. This one, again the title is self-explanatory, will be a post I make every week where I will compile my doodles from that week. These will be unedited drawings, and many will probably suck. But don't be surprised if you see their cleaned up, photoshopped, colored in offspring appear in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112613533095371941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112613533095371941' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112613533095371941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112613533095371941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/doodles-week-of-september-5-2005.html' title='Doodles - Week of September 5, 2005'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112613431287874744</id><published>2005-09-07T18:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T18:05:12.886-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Grasshoppers and Groundhogs and Spiders, Oh My!</title><summary type='text'>Have I missed something? Did President Bush rezone Columbia as a wildlife refuge? Over the last month I have come across a lot of creatures that you usually don't cross paths with in your everyday life (you can read about our other strange encounters of the wildlife kind here and here). Our most recent safari adventure occurred last night when Nick came hurridly into the house, slamming the door </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112613431287874744/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112613431287874744' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112613431287874744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112613431287874744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/grasshoppers-and-groundhogs-and.html' title='Grasshoppers and Groundhogs and Spiders, Oh My!'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112603128729166096</id><published>2005-09-06T13:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T13:28:07.293-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Check This Out....</title><summary type='text'>I've created a second blog where Nick and I can post about our impending wedding and our plans.  So far it's really, really basic and is very much a work in progress and it will probably stay that way for a while since I doubt I'll have time to work on it in the near future (I should be reading right now, in fact).  But here is the first post.Megan...September 6, 2005 @ 1:27 pm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112603128729166096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112603128729166096' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112603128729166096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112603128729166096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/check-this-out.html' title='Check This Out....'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112601728861972867</id><published>2005-09-06T09:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T09:34:48.626-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Deep Thoughts by Nick &amp; Megan</title><summary type='text'>"Why do they call them lessons, when they should be called morons?"Nick &amp; Megan...September 6, 2005 @ 9:34 am</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112601728861972867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112601728861972867' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112601728861972867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112601728861972867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/deep-thoughts-by-nick-megan.html' title='Deep Thoughts by Nick &amp; Megan'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112597480105496535</id><published>2005-09-05T21:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-05T21:56:21.360-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And Now Without Further Adieu....My First Paper of The Semester</title><summary type='text'>The following response essay is in reference to two articles: "The Pedagogy of Debt" and "The Post-Welfare State University"Money TalksMoney makes the world go round. Money is the root of all evil. These two sentiments are equally true and completely opposite. However, unfortunately for us, they are not mutually exclusive. The hard fact of our society is that both maxims exist in equal force and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112597480105496535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112597480105496535' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112597480105496535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112597480105496535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/and-now-without-further-adieumy-first.html' title='And Now Without Further Adieu....My First Paper of The Semester'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112569040889738727</id><published>2005-09-02T14:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-12T19:28:25.246-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Books I Read Last Month...</title><summary type='text'>I've decided, mainly because I want to chronicle for myself, to include a recurring post on this here blog. This recurring post, "Books I Read Last Month..." is going to be a linkified list of all the books I managed to get through each month. I know, the title is pretty self-explanatory. Maybe I'll even come up with a rating system, although some may question my credibility and reliability (as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112569040889738727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112569040889738727' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112569040889738727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112569040889738727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/books-i-read-last-month.html' title='Books I Read Last Month...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112568944407433440</id><published>2005-09-02T14:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T13:03:57.563-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: Roots</title><summary type='text'>                                                                    Ink Drawing and Adobe Photoshop"Mangrove" Unlike my other Illustration Friday posts recently, there isn't a story to go along with this illustration.  I just sat down and tried very literally to draw the roots of a tree.  After completing the intial sketch and staring at it a little bit, I realized that my roots looked like hair </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112568944407433440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112568944407433440' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112568944407433440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112568944407433440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/09/illustration-friday-roots.html' title='Illustration Friday: Roots'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112543989837253862</id><published>2005-08-30T17:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-02T14:37:00.670-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Doodling Away and Semi-Listening....</title><summary type='text'>I was in my 1920's literature class today and I'm sorry to report that the discussion wasn't heading anywhere particularly fascinating. We're currently reading and discussing Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. It's an alright read, although not especially, and the class seemed to focus on purely plot summarization today rather than actually discussing pertinent issues. So while listening to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112543989837253862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112543989837253862' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112543989837253862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112543989837253862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/doodling-away-and-semi-listening.html' title='Doodling Away and Semi-Listening....'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112533872952812063</id><published>2005-08-29T13:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T13:01:52.976-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: Dreams - Take Two</title><summary type='text'>                                                                    Adobe Photoshop"Encore"The more I looked at my first submission for this week's Illustration Friday, the less I liked it.  I've been tempted to take it down, but this blog isn't about perfection (if it were, it would be blank), so I've decided that I'll leave it up, even if it only serves to remind me of the egregious mistakes I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112533872952812063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112533872952812063' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112533872952812063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112533872952812063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/illustration-friday-dreams-take-two.html' title='Illustration Friday: Dreams - Take Two'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112516305146345750</id><published>2005-08-27T12:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-08-27T12:17:31.466-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It's August 27 Not February 2, So What's The Deal?</title><summary type='text'>I went to go pay the Mediacom bill today and when I pulled into the parking lot, I saw this little guy just digging and chilling in the yard of the house next door.  It took me a computer, google, and several searches to figure out what the hell it was.  Can you guess?Megan...August 27, 2005 @ 12:11 pm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112516305146345750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112516305146345750' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112516305146345750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112516305146345750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/its-august-27-not-february-2-so-whats.html' title='It&apos;s August 27 Not February 2, So What&apos;s The Deal?'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112509655128655362</id><published>2005-08-26T17:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T13:00:50.543-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: Dreams</title><summary type='text'>                                                                       Ink Drawing and Adobe Photoshop"UGH" I concieved this drawing a couple days ago and thought that this week I should submit my suggestion for the topic so that I could display it. I didn't, but fortunately for me, the topic was appropriate anyway. School started up again this week, thus I have spent the majority of my time </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112509655128655362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112509655128655362' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112509655128655362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112509655128655362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/illustration-friday-dreams.html' title='Illustration Friday: Dreams'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112475143899319197</id><published>2005-08-22T18:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-08-22T18:10:11.576-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Family History</title><summary type='text'>Or, more accurately, what's history in our family....We had two casualties in our little family this past weekend: my laptop and my car (funny how they're both mine).Whilst helping Nick out with a tough spot with a video game he was playing, my laptop decided to act funny and freeze up. This is not unusual with this particular hunk of blue plastic, so I thought nothing of it. How mistaken I was. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112475143899319197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112475143899319197' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112475143899319197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112475143899319197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/family-history.html' title='Family History'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112448668735413588</id><published>2005-08-19T16:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T12:59:48.386-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: Reflection</title><summary type='text'>                                                                    Adobe Photoshop"Marveloss, Marvelust""It's ordinary to love the marvelous, but marvelous to love the ordinary"I came across these words today as I was blog surfing and must first give credit where credit is due... to  hula seventy (view the specific post here).Reading this gave me immediate pause because it seems lately in my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112448668735413588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112448668735413588' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112448668735413588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112448668735413588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/illustration-friday-reflection.html' title='Illustration Friday: Reflection'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112422174492521022</id><published>2005-08-16T14:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-08-16T17:15:47.470-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A Shocking Revelation!</title><summary type='text'>Who among us believes that computer animation will be at it's peak, when everything digital on screen is indiscernable from reality? I must confess that I had never considered CG any other way. I scrutinized all computer animated movies by one standard, how lifelike and realistic it is. However, today I came across an immensely fascinating post by an animator from Atlanta, Ward-O-Matic, who gave </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112422174492521022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112422174492521022' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112422174492521022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112422174492521022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/shocking-revelation.html' title='A Shocking Revelation!'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112421315183177158</id><published>2005-08-16T12:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T12:59:01.156-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: Wisdom</title><summary type='text'>                                                                     Adobe Photoshop"Lake Lincoln" I always associate "wisdom" with children and their ability to take a unique perspective and their ability to just let things go and have a little fun. It's been raining here for the last three days and I've found myself getting frustrated by everything being damp, humid, and wet. But then I think </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112421315183177158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112421315183177158' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112421315183177158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112421315183177158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/illustration-friday-wisdom.html' title='Illustration Friday: Wisdom'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112396340056354829</id><published>2005-08-13T15:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-08-13T15:28:00.636-05:00</updated><title type='text'>La Marche de L'Empereur</title><summary type='text'>Nick and I went to see "March of the Penguins" last night at the Missouri Theater and the best word I can think of to describe it is "phenomenol."  I think that word truly encompasses everything this movie sets forth...the photography in the film was phenomenol, the story of the film was phenomenol, the majesty of the penguins is phenomenol. We went to the 8:00 pm show and I still expected to see</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112396340056354829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112396340056354829' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112396340056354829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112396340056354829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/la-marche-de-lempereur.html' title='La Marche de L&apos;Empereur'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112380168168585446</id><published>2005-08-11T18:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-08-16T12:50:11.010-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm Bored...So You get Posts</title><summary type='text'>http://www.lifeofpoet.com/This webcomic is another one I really like. It's very Calvin &amp; Hobbes-esque, which is my favorite comic of all time, hands down. If you are bored too and decide to click that link above, then make sure you read them in order from oldest to newest because it's a serial. The oldest is the picture on the far right which says "Give a Hoot, Don't Smoke Crack." Hope that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112380168168585446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112380168168585446' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112380168168585446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112380168168585446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/im-boredso-you-get-posts.html' title='I&apos;m Bored...So You get Posts'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112379514433377530</id><published>2005-08-11T16:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-08-11T16:24:35.580-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Why I'm Glad I Switched Desks With Nick</title><summary type='text'>If I hadn't, I would never have seen this. It was crawling on the window that sits over my new desk in our office. Even though I think bugs are creepy for the most part and am the first to jump on the chair when one comes my way, you have to admit they're preety cool to look at (from a safe distance). I love our apartment because we look out onto beautiful Shelter Gardens from both our bedroom </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112379514433377530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112379514433377530' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112379514433377530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112379514433377530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/why-im-glad-i-switched-desks-with-nick.html' title='Why I&apos;m Glad I Switched Desks With Nick'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112368688543694056</id><published>2005-08-10T10:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T12:58:11.770-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: Empty II</title><summary type='text'>                                                                                                Adobe Illustrator"Invisible Man"Do you see what I see?I can't believe I didn't immediately think of this when I saw the topic was "empty," but this drawing represents the biggest emptiness in my life. I would elaborate but there's just too much to say.Megan...August 10, 2005 @ 10:18 am</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112368688543694056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112368688543694056' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112368688543694056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112368688543694056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/illustration-friday-empty-ii.html' title='Illustration Friday: Empty II'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112353502154174762</id><published>2005-08-08T16:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T12:57:12.373-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Illustration Friday: Empty</title><summary type='text'>                                   Adobe Photoshop"Phwoop"What would the sky be like if there were no stars in it?Last night, Nick and I went out for a late night snack and there was so much cloud cover that the only thing visible was a sliver of the crescent moon and a single star off to it's left. I started thinking about "emptiness" today and I immediately remembered that feeling of looking up</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112353502154174762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112353502154174762' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112353502154174762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112353502154174762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/illustration-friday-empty.html' title='Illustration Friday: Empty'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112310437159236584</id><published>2005-08-03T16:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-08-08T11:36:40.990-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Plotlines</title><summary type='text'>An original work of art done in Photoshop. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112310437159236584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112310437159236584' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112310437159236584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112310437159236584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/plotlines.html' title='Plotlines'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112292396507102531</id><published>2005-08-01T14:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T14:19:25.073-05:00</updated><title type='text'>If You Haven't Noticed.....</title><summary type='text'>you are looking at a new site.Megan...August 1, 2005 @ 2:19 pm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112292396507102531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112292396507102531' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112292396507102531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112292396507102531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/08/if-you-havent-noticed.html' title='If You Haven&apos;t Noticed.....'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112239647413296014</id><published>2005-07-26T11:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-07-26T11:47:54.146-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Nick, I don't think we're in J22 anymore!</title><summary type='text'>I don't know what came over me last weekend, but I had this insane desire to do some "it's-103-degrees-outside-summer-cleaning". I went room by room in our apartment and totally overhauled each one. The best part of the whole thing was that I didn't spend a dime to do it. Who knew we had so much crap lying around and shoved into closets. A little bang-bang there, and a little switch-up here and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112239647413296014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112239647413296014' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112239647413296014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112239647413296014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/07/nick-i-dont-think-were-in-j22-anymore.html' title='Nick, I don&apos;t think we&apos;re in J22 anymore!'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112120419660970335</id><published>2005-07-12T16:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-07-12T16:38:20.930-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wipeout!</title><summary type='text'>I was going to start with a picture at the beginning of this post, but I couldn't bring myself to look at the car again.On Friday night, as I was heading to pick up Nick from work, I completely thrashed his car on I-70. I had just gotten on the highway and was behind a small SUV in the right lane, pacing them. A red taurus passed us on the left and I looked over my shoulder and saw the left lane </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112120419660970335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112120419660970335' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112120419660970335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112120419660970335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/07/wipeout.html' title='Wipeout!'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112059354216252115</id><published>2005-07-05T14:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-08-10T10:01:44.556-05:00</updated><title type='text'>AAAAAA!</title><summary type='text'>A is for Angel, which is why I don't understand how all my Aunt Sara and Uncle Roy's kids' names start with A, when they are so obviously not Angels. Just Kidding, Sara! You know we love those kids. For those of you not acquainted with the Geisen kids, they are Adam (14), Alex (12), Andrew (10), Aaron (6), Avery (3), and Anthony (2)....at least I think that's right. Nick and I had the extreme </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112059354216252115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112059354216252115' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112059354216252115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112059354216252115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/07/aaaaaa.html' title='AAAAAA!'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-112006148847675229</id><published>2005-06-29T11:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-06-29T11:11:28.480-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Go Go Gadget Meth Rocket!</title><summary type='text'>http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Jun/20050628News007.aspMegan...June 29, 2005 @ 11:10 am</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/112006148847675229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=112006148847675229' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112006148847675229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/112006148847675229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/06/go-go-gadget-meth-rocket.html' title='Go Go Gadget Meth Rocket!'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-111999790694038442</id><published>2005-06-28T17:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-06-28T17:31:46.953-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What Makes Bigfoot Angry?</title><summary type='text'>To find the answer to this and many more of life's important questions click the following link:Toothpaste For DinnerThis is the single funniest comic I have ever read.  The drawings suck, you can barely read the writing, but the humour is top notch.  Enjoy.Megan...June 28, 2005 @ 5:31 pm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/111999790694038442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=111999790694038442' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111999790694038442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111999790694038442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/06/what-makes-bigfoot-angry.html' title='What Makes Bigfoot Angry?'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-111971575970873157</id><published>2005-06-25T11:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-06-25T11:09:19.713-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>JAMES ROBERT "JIM" KLASNER, age 56, of Columbia, Missouri died on Sunday, June 19, 2005 at his residence. The former long-time Alton area resident was born on September 11, 1948 in Alton, Illinois and was the son of the late Walter &amp; Josephine (nee: Brinkoetter) Klasner. A 1966 graduate of Marquette Catholic High School in Alton, he later earned a Master's Degree at Southern Illinois </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/111971575970873157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=111971575970873157' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111971575970873157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111971575970873157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/06/james-robert-jim-klasner-age-56-of.html' title=''/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-111764907128694655</id><published>2005-06-01T12:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T18:11:58.196-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Do they allow Black people in Colorado?</title><summary type='text'>Because I didn't see any. I was looking around Nick's Cousin's High School Graduation and noticed right away the lack of minorities. Everyone was white, blond, and skinny and I was shocked. Although thinking back I shouldn't have been. I was warned long before we made the 12 hour trek to Denver, that I wouldn't find anybody who didn't fit that description, but I paid no heed to the warnings. This</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/111764907128694655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=111764907128694655' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111764907128694655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111764907128694655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/06/do-they-allow-black-people-in-colorado.html' title='Do they allow Black people in Colorado?'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-111687870453695222</id><published>2005-05-23T14:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-23T16:01:37.633-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Let's Go Roydinals!</title><summary type='text'>I believe it was Dorothy from Kansas who said "There's no place like home," and while the Cardinals weren't technically at home over the weekend, when they played the Kansas City Royals, they might as well have been. I watched the game on Friday night from the comfort of the recliner in my living room and it seemed the crowd was about 3/4 red and only a quarter blue. But when I went to the game </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/111687870453695222/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=111687870453695222' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111687870453695222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111687870453695222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/05/lets-go-roydinals.html' title='Let&apos;s Go Roydinals!'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-111687713980384068</id><published>2005-05-23T14:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-23T14:56:47.336-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"Is it broken?" ... "Which? The monitor or my foot?"</title><summary type='text'>So I had a spectacular end to a long week last week...We are currently replacing a million machines on campus so my days have been filled with endless moving of old computers and monitors. I survived, surprisingly, for 5 days without dropping anything, but on Friday morning, I cluzted out big time. I dropped a 17" CRT (for you non-techinal people: CRT = Heavy) right on the top of my right foot. I</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/111687713980384068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=111687713980384068' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111687713980384068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111687713980384068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/05/is-it-broken-which-monitor-or-my-foot.html' title='&quot;Is it broken?&quot; ... &quot;Which? The monitor or my foot?&quot;'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-111604137874248913</id><published>2005-05-13T22:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-13T22:31:05.546-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Insert Clever Title Here....</title><summary type='text'>I have officially exhausted all of my mental capacity during this past week. But I have the next three months to regenerate now that school is over for the semester. I'm very happy with how I did this past semester, but very much looking forward to a break (which never seems long enough). However, this summer's not going to be all fun and games as I have some serious decisons to make about my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/111604137874248913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=111604137874248913' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111604137874248913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111604137874248913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/05/insert-clever-title-here.html' title='Insert Clever Title Here....'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-111491709933778325</id><published>2005-04-30T22:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-04-30T22:11:39.340-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Vanity killed the Radio Star...</title><summary type='text'>This post comes completely from my own vanity and I'm not sure why I'm indulging it, but here goes anyway.  The following paragraph is, if not my best, one of the top five things I have ever written and I have a strange compulsion to post it on this blog that no one reads.  It's a paragraph I wrote for an assignment asking us to analyze how the items in pivotal scenes of Modernist works influence</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/111491709933778325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=111491709933778325' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111491709933778325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111491709933778325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/04/vanity-killed-radio-star.html' title='Vanity killed the Radio Star...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-111491571232459015</id><published>2005-04-30T21:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-04-30T21:50:15.816-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Does anyone see the resemblence here. The similarity is not just physical either: Dale Scott is just as dumb and slow. The way he called the Cardinals-Braves game tonight was atrocious and embarrassing to the game of baseball. But my opinion may not be accurate, so here's a short quiz:1. A ball below the knees is a:   (a) Strike   (b) Ball   (c) A strike early in the game resulting in 4 called </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/111491571232459015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=111491571232459015' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111491571232459015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111491571232459015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/04/does-anyone-see-resemblence-here.html' title=''/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-111470411421858015</id><published>2005-04-28T11:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-04-28T11:04:00.850-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"Take Me Out to the Ballgame...</title><summary type='text'>This year I had a really great birthday. As you can see from the pictures (taken with my brand spanking new, totally awesome digital camera) we went to a Cardinals game to celebrate. The Cardinals played the Brewers and it is a game I will always remember for a few reasons. First of all, Grudzielanek hit for the cycle, which hasn't been done in Busch Stadium for 14 years (Ray Lankford, 1991) and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/111470411421858015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=111470411421858015' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111470411421858015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111470411421858015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/04/take-me-out-to-ballgame.html' title='&quot;Take Me Out to the Ballgame...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-111470279702533730</id><published>2005-04-28T10:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-04-28T10:39:57.026-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A Breakdown of Albert Pujols' Swing in Batting Practice - April 27, 2005 Cardinals vs. Brewers </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/111470279702533730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=111470279702533730' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111470279702533730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111470279702533730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/04/breakdown-of-albert-pujols-swing-in_28.html' title=''/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-111470186064090779</id><published>2005-04-28T10:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-04-28T10:30:05.883-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Mark Grudzielanek Standing on Third Base after Completing the Cycle - April 27, 2005 Cardinals vs. Brewers </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/111470186064090779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=111470186064090779' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111470186064090779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/111470186064090779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/04/mark-grudzielanek-standing-on-third.html' title=''/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-110970514064639747</id><published>2005-03-01T13:22:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-06-25T11:21:02.186-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"Welcome to the Academy Awards...</title><summary type='text'>...a glittering two hours of entertainment, spread out over four hours. For those of you taping this on Betamax, you're under arrest." - Johnny Carson @ 1979 Oscarshmmm, I just heard the first part of this qoute the other day, but the rest is surprisingly a propos as well. Actually, I quite enjoy the Academy Awards and this year was no exception (for the most part). I liked Chris Rock as the host</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/110970514064639747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=110970514064639747' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110970514064639747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110970514064639747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/03/welcome-to-academy-awards.html' title='&quot;Welcome to the Academy Awards...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-110618365017773580</id><published>2005-01-19T19:10:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-01-21T22:01:43.926-06:00</updated><title type='text'>"Racilization of Space," "Nucleophile/Electrophile Pairing," "Acid Deposition," "Calvinism without the Theology," and "The Polysyllabic Spree"</title><summary type='text'>Either I've turned into a pompous know-it-all or school has started once again. After two full days of classes this semester, I felt it was time to comment on them. I have found, ever since I started on the Pre-Med track, that I am countering my science classes with the most pompous and highfalutin English classes I can find. That is why this semester finds me taking 20th Century British </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/110618365017773580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=110618365017773580' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110618365017773580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110618365017773580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/01/racilization-of-space.html' title='&quot;Racilization of Space,&quot; &quot;Nucleophile/Electrophile Pairing,&quot; &quot;Acid Deposition,&quot; &quot;Calvinism without the Theology,&quot; and &quot;The Polysyllabic Spree&quot;'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-110539167684999350</id><published>2005-01-10T15:12:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-01-21T22:02:36.973-06:00</updated><title type='text'>By the Way...</title><summary type='text'>So, I wrote the longest post ever about my surgery, but I forgot the punchline....I am completely and utterly Cancer free. They sent the whole thyroid down to the pathology lab after my surgery, and about 10 days later they called me to tell me the news. So that's a relief. Just thought everyone would want to know.Megan...January 10, 2005 @ 3:12 pm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/110539167684999350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=110539167684999350' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110539167684999350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110539167684999350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/01/by-way.html' title='By the Way...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-110520809794227433</id><published>2005-01-08T15:05:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-01-21T22:03:04.360-06:00</updated><title type='text'>It's Alive, Alive I tell you!</title><summary type='text'>Yes...I am still alive and kicking, although if you've been relying on my Blog for evidence of that, you might have thought otherwise. I've been hesitant to post over the last two months, because I had no way for people to comment on what I was posting, that is until today! Finally, you can tell me what you really think and the whole world can read it. The entire thing works, but I can promise </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/110520809794227433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=110520809794227433' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110520809794227433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110520809794227433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/01/its-alive-alive-i-tell-you.html' title='It&apos;s Alive, Alive I tell you!'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-110521631406627842</id><published>2005-01-08T14:27:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-01-21T22:03:30.736-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Anybody got any Aloe?</title><summary type='text'>because my wrists and ankles are really chapped from wearing those shackles. Finally, I'm free from my indentured servitude at the VA. As of 4:00 pm today, I'm a free woman (at least from that). In all fairness, the job itself I did like, but there are perks to not working there anymore. Now those of you who live in Columbia (and even those who don't) can see my smiling face on the weekends. No </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/110521631406627842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=110521631406627842' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110521631406627842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110521631406627842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/01/anybody-got-any-aloe.html' title='Anybody got any Aloe?'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-110520924029733121</id><published>2005-01-01T13:15:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-01-21T22:04:02.296-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Surgery or something like it....</title><summary type='text'>For those of you who don't know, after months of decisions and planning, I did finally have my surgery on December 20, 2004 at 1:00 in the afternoon. And let me tell you, if you ever have surgery in the future, ask for Verced before they take you away. I was, quite honestly, a wreck when they pulled me into the little room to put me in the gown, hook up my iv's, etc. But then the wonderful, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/110520924029733121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=110520924029733121' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110520924029733121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110520924029733121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2005/01/surgery-or-something-like-it.html' title='Surgery or something like it....'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-110513599133701327</id><published>2004-11-03T10:38:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-01-21T22:04:35.520-06:00</updated><title type='text'>If the Republicans ain't happy, ain't nobody happy</title><summary type='text'>Or more appropriately, if the Republicans are happy, ain't nobody happy...that pretty much sums up how I'm feeling right now. As I was setting up to update my blog and tell you all what I think of this Ohio situation, I read on Cnn.com that Kerry has called Bush to conceded, and after all, if CNN says it, it must be true. I must confess that I am disappointed to hear that the Kerry campaign is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/110513599133701327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=110513599133701327' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110513599133701327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110513599133701327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2004/11/if-republicans-aint-happy-aint-nobody.html' title='If the Republicans ain&apos;t happy, ain&apos;t nobody happy'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9930082.post-110520000332545204</id><published>2004-10-22T13:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-21T22:05:19.633-06:00</updated><title type='text'>As Promised...</title><summary type='text'>Like I said in my first post, this website is mainly for my family and everyone else interested to get updates about what's going on with me, primarily about what is going on with me medically. I thought it would be useful for me to provide an all inclusive update to this point, so that everyone has the same story. So here goes...On August 26, 2004 I went to my family doctor on the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/feeds/110520000332545204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9930082&amp;postID=110520000332545204' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110520000332545204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9930082/posts/default/110520000332545204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mekf29.blogspot.com/2004/10/as-promised.html' title='As Promised...'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15081181495021272424</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://www.missouri.edu/~mekf29/Botanical-Arches.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
