Ish Ism

Hi there! This is a place for us to exchange bits of wisdom and for me to share my life with you. The ramblings include my travels, marathon training, foster care red tape, the stress of pursuing a PhD, hiking, chickens, and other random exploits. You can also check out my blog here: http://www.ishism.com

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‘Inside Out’: Pixar’s Latest Masterpiece Is Its Most Profound Movie Yet - The Daily Beast

‘Inside Out’: Pixar’s Latest Masterpiece Is Its Most Profound Movie Yet – The Daily Beast

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/20/inside-out-pixar-s-latest-masterpiece-is-its-most-profound-movie-yet.html

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Robots to Run Japan’s Henn-na Hotel: No Human Employees Welcome - Robotics Trends

Robots to Run Japan’s Henn-na Hotel: No Human Employees Welcome – Robotics Trends

http://www.roboticstrends.com/article/robots_to_run_japans_henn_na_hotel_no_human_employees_welcome

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Watch U.S. Navy test drone killing laser

Watch U.S. Navy test drone killing laser http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/12/11/vo-navy-laser-laws-system-test.u-s-navy.html

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Researchers Closer To Using Light Instead of Wires In Computers | IFLScience

http://www.iflscience.com/physics/researchers-closer-using-optics-instead-wires-computers

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Tweet from TweetCaster

@GTFF_3544: Letter to the Editor: UO Composition Program calls for ‘ethical discourse’ in GTFF negotiations http://t.co/M6TvauvDLR #college Shared via TweetCaster

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Thanksgiving shopping: Opening retail stores on Thursday is terrible for workers, especially women.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/11/26/thanksgiving_shopping_opening_retail_stores_on_thursday_is_terrible_for.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_bot

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Watch "Actor Orlando Jones Creates a ‘Bullet Bucket Chal…" on YouTube

Watch “Actor Orlando Jones Creates a ‘Bullet Bucket Chal…” on YouTube

Actor Orlando Jones Creates a ‘Bullet Bucket Chal…: http://youtu.be/tYPjLF8Uews

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Foster Care Recovery

My wife and I recently finished a very difficult five month placement of foster children. It was difficult for a few reasons: the kids were dealing with a lot of emotional baggage; the paperwork describing their emotional baggage was not accurate; the kids were violent towards animals… and we have cats and a dog; and the kids were violent towards my wife and I.

I am unsure if I will run the…

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You are a million other

You are a million other

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Will President Trump Make The Purge A Reality?

Will President Trump Make The Purge A Reality?

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I don't have the clothing to be poor

I don’t have the clothing to be poor

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The Top 10 Animated Mice List (Cartoons)

Top 10 Animated Mice (Cartoons) #TopTenList #Cartoons #Mice #Rankings

Greetings, and welcome to the list of The Top 10 Animated Mice. How does a mouse get on this list? Various ways, although no computer animated mouse was even considered. The mouse can be funny. Perhaps the mouse has a lot of depth in terms of character & emotion. Was the mouse a trailblazer? Originality is also important. Who will be the number one mouse?

NUMBER TEN… we begin our countdown with…

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Inside Out Emotions React To Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer

Inside Out Emotions React To Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer #movies

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Mysterious City Appears in Sky Above China

Mysterious City Appears in Sky Above China

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Science The Sh*t Out Of This

Science The Sh*t Out Of This

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Marathon Training Day??

Today I ran 1.36 miles. While that is not initially impressive, it is farther than I have run in several months. It is also the first time I have run since the spring of 2015. I have had a buffet of minor injuries, lingering colds, poor sleep, and allergies. Considering all the wildfires in Oregon this year, the allergies were intense.

So today, October 13th, was my first time running in a long…

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Writing Ideas for Blogs, Scripts, Stories, and More

Writing Ideas for Blogs, Scripts, Stories, and More

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The 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts Box Set has over 150 five-star reviews across all books and platforms. This comprehensive collection contains over 800 pages of prompts to get your creative juices flowing for over 90 percent off the cover…

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