tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:13:08 +0000teamworkYoung LifeChinaCamp ComfortvulnerabilityIamikancommunityMuteMathNY GiantsnaturealiensThe Life You've Always WantedThe BacheloretteWhat Not to WearNorth AfricasummerstairsRihannaWorld Baseball ClassiczitspersonalityPeggy Orenstein2 Fast and 2 FuriousthoughtsJason MesnickUp in the Airliespostingoffshore drillingsegregationbaseballAmerica's Best Dance CrewFrontlinepeaceDanny WayHelen ThomasversesColdplaygovernmentIraq warfaithThe Guns of AugustsatisfactionOlive WebsterBride Warsfree market economyStephenie MeyeradventureSeth GodiniceThe RoadAlvin Ailey Dance CompanydarknessU2choicesmusic videosTony Blairjob marketmeetingsbloggingTBSStacy LondonPerutechnologyFood BankBury the ChainsNYCSpiritual warfareneedsurrenderN.E.R.D.The Fast and The FuriousCole HamelsThe Only Necessary ThingleadershiphopecreativitymysteriesJohn EldredgesayingsNatasha BeningfieldSignature WoodCrafterscharityWall Street Journalpolitcs200th postPushGoodReadskitchen refacingABCpoemsmiraclesKitchen reCraftingBarbra Tuchmannew beginningsbailoutFast and Furious:Toyko DriftmusicOscarsInto the WildwidgetsJ. 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Please know that the viewers who are watching this are seasoned, sarcastic TV aficionados and we all know that you are just on the show to try to get some reality 15 minutes of fame - which is really 15 seconds - and you are going to end up on the next season of the Bachelor http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/jtWTFxvM5Jo/some-unsolicited-career-advice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=jtWTFxvM5Jo:bOO1Qn4d7Yk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/jtWTFxvM5Jo" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2012/01/some-unsolicited-career-advice.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-6557874541551251704Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:54:00 +00002012-01-20T10:54:51.847-08:00book reviewA Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink My rating: 4 of 5 stars I finally finished this book this week, and would have done so sooner if I hadn't left it at home during a business trip (some other books took priority). I really enjoyed my first Daniel Pink foray. I believe that he makes some really relevant points, and when I consider that this was first http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/SB0XQVetxRM/book-review-whole-new-mind-why-right.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=SB0XQVetxRM:4kXCRCKGykI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/SB0XQVetxRM" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2012/01/book-review-whole-new-mind-why-right.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-7504904331405003494Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:13:00 +00002011-12-29T18:13:16.429-08:00 Happy few days before 2012 :)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/KMd7TCs60l4/too-cute.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=KMd7TCs60l4:REwMmfaPD2I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/KMd7TCs60l4" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/12/too-cute.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-6642786218260445758Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:35:00 +00002012-01-20T10:56:48.795-08:00book reviewOne of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde My rating: 4 of 5 stars When you read a Jasper Fforde novel, you have to be prepared to enter into a completely fantastical realm of novel reading. The book twists and turns at the drop of a hat, and just when you think you may get an inkling of an idea of where the story might be headed you are distracted by a sarcastic rant on the state of bookshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/Iagmn8Fnk8s/book-review-one-of-our-thursdays-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=Iagmn8Fnk8s:X7MlSam_how:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/Iagmn8Fnk8s" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/12/book-review-one-of-our-thursdays-is.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-6019629842081912174Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:43:00 +00002011-11-22T07:53:21.143-08:00Sometimes you come across things that just ring true.  And since this also something that I have been learning about my own faith - to embrace the mystery - and love and believe and hope in spite of and because of it, I wanted to share this article. "I'm Right, And You're Wrong" by Dan Miller“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/Dh-rzmEoO8M/this-is-good.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=Dh-rzmEoO8M:GPvwuCmquoQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/Dh-rzmEoO8M" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/11/this-is-good.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-6654294796284402410Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:15:00 +00002011-11-16T21:18:34.265-08:00book reviewInheritance by Christopher Paolini My rating: 2 of 5 stars *Sigh* I start this review off with a sigh because that is how I felt each time I picked up the book to read it. I have anxiously awaited the release of this book for the sheer fact that I wanted to see how the series ended. I had really enjoyed Eragon, and then Eldest, and when Brisingr came out was ready to see how the series concludedhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/5ZKdgCFSFHA/book-review-inheritance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=5ZKdgCFSFHA:6afmN08u4F4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/5ZKdgCFSFHA" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/11/book-review-inheritance.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-8777176665842420486Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:00:00 +00002011-11-09T19:27:54.247-08:00Over this past weekend while great college football games were played around the country, a former defensive coach at Penn State was arrested on child abuse/sexual assault charges.  And as more and more details come out, a once revered football legend, Joe Paterno, and his entire football program, are being shown as men who did nothing in the face of facts and eyewitness accounts of abuse.  The http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/FKenfUSZsFU/where-are-good-samaritans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=FKenfUSZsFU:G4d2LuyOCgU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/FKenfUSZsFU" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/11/where-are-good-samaritans.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-7523119389907706304Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:30:00 +00002011-11-02T10:30:01.561-07:00Antiques Roadshow is a show constantly flabbergasts me because I will never understand how these innocuous things, like a piece of sand art, can be worth $4k.  That is just ludicrous to me and I guess the ludricousity to the general public is what makes the show appealing to the wider PBS audience. But imagine, if you will, you are innocently watching this program, because the show you were http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/7JAMK51lbMo/i-now-know-why-antiques-roadshow-airs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=7JAMK51lbMo:bnzLYM6MYro:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/7JAMK51lbMo" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-now-know-why-antiques-roadshow-airs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-2165929385079228926Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:00:00 +00002011-11-01T12:00:05.221-07:00book reviewCloser Than Your Skin: Unwrapping the Mystery of Intimacy with God by Susan Hill My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a book that sneaks up on you. It starts off slow and whiles its way through vignettes of the author's childhood. But as this memoir moves on, something begins to happen to your soul. As I read along the pages a long-suppressed desire of hearing and seeing God on the move awoke. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/FnHMpTfp7PE/book-review-closer-than-your-skin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=FnHMpTfp7PE:dFdGnDb0c1w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/FnHMpTfp7PE" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/11/book-review-closer-than-your-skin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-4444217469430389409Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:10:00 +00002011-10-30T10:10:21.502-07:00Last week I had to travel for work to Pittsburgh, PA.  It required getting a rental car and driving for 4 and 1/2 hours to a city.  No big deal, right? I am almost thirty years old and shouldn't be scared by the thought of driving into a city, along unfamiliar highways and roads, right? Wrong. On the way to Pittsburgh, in VA. Some of themost spectacular scenery I've ever beheld. I am not thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/yNb7Up2ezjU/road-less-traveledis-traveled-less-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=yNb7Up2ezjU:WAwE1vbDAjw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/yNb7Up2ezjU" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/10/road-less-traveledis-traveled-less-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-7092503256084666279Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:59:00 +00002011-10-06T14:59:09.334-07:00September came and went before I could acknowledge The Road Goes Ever On's fifth year anniversary.  And holy cow, I can't believe that I started this little experiment over five years ago.  Seriously? I have to admit though that this blog has been neglected for a long time.  I have been dealing with conflicting feelings about this blog and what it is for and what to actually write about and if http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/Cl2r0IvsFi8/five-years-of-blogging.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=Cl2r0IvsFi8:QWl2Uly5hss:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/Cl2r0IvsFi8" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/10/five-years-of-blogging.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-9021636192719036372Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:51:00 +00002011-09-11T20:51:01.879-07:00Ten years ago I remember starting the day as any other normal day.  My new roommate, who had just transferred from NYU, had turned on the Today Show as we were getting ready to go to classes.  All three of us were in some various state of getting ready for the day, because as college students, our classes naturally didn't start till 10am.  I happened to be in the room watching the live view as http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/H4NrR0Ak4AI/remembrances.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=H4NrR0Ak4AI:6HhiseHbZe0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/H4NrR0Ak4AI" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/09/remembrances.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-1079828419582994994Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:59:00 +00002011-08-31T20:59:17.311-07:00book reviewSuch a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie is Not the Answer by Jen Lancaster My rating: 5 of 5 stars After finishing, "You Had Me at Woof", I wanted to continue reading some light-hearted, easy-to-read books, especially after having my brain stretched by Malcolm Gladwell. In doing so, I turned to Jen Lancaster and this memoir about her http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/E3gSbXWznxA/book-review-such-pretty-fat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=E3gSbXWznxA:rENOGQJmGYg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/E3gSbXWznxA" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/08/book-review-such-pretty-fat.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-7870599615044713157Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:16:00 +00002011-06-27T21:34:21.851-07:00Thanks to the love of my life (aka, my new iPhone), I was able to take notes on tonight's episode.  Here are my quick thoughts... 1. Thanks to this season's Bachelorette, "Dot, dot, dot" is now part of the pop culture lexicon.  It's been said approximately 58985497394579384759784 times this season, it has been embedded in all of our brains.  And as of tonight, we can now add "...followed by a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/A0u3Q6BUDhc/dot-dot-dot-oh-wait-i-mean-period-wait.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=A0u3Q6BUDhc:mGXTGnYl4mA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/A0u3Q6BUDhc" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/06/dot-dot-dot-oh-wait-i-mean-period-wait.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-2971399881473395177Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:12:00 +00002011-06-26T21:12:35.707-07:00I totally have my friend Rebekah to blame for this new obsession - "The Glee Project".  I don't even watch the show, but the episode I got to see tonight had not only the song "Mad World" but also "Your Song". Consider me hooked, line, and sinker.  (Thanks for getting me hooked on another reality show Bek :).)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/Ea6WNFKQ0U8/kind-of-obsessed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=Ea6WNFKQ0U8:LLLKvj2A7a8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/Ea6WNFKQ0U8" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/06/kind-of-obsessed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-7568682909951139576Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:38:00 +00002011-06-08T08:47:00.595-07:00Disclaimer - This entire post is dedicated to this past Monday's episode of the Bachelorette.  For those who don't watch, I am sorry.  For those who did watch, there are lots of other better recaps to read - check out ew.com and ihategreenbeans.com.  But for the crowd of people who should have been in my living room with our eyes popping out of our heads, rolling off the couch laughing, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/-6DLEP8kANo/episode-of-epic-proportions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=-6DLEP8kANo:LkCGrMt8fyo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/-6DLEP8kANo" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/06/episode-of-epic-proportions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-7590789793936744496Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:38:00 +00002011-06-14T21:09:53.712-07:00I had a college professor once say that you have no right to complain about your government officials if you do not exercise your right to vote.  And I have lived by that credence ever since I first heard it, because I for one like to voice my opinion disparagingly on things that I don't like. For instance - take my freshman (first) year in college.  Skittles, my favorite candy, tried to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/DR1Rzqv4Me8/power-of-your-vote.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=DR1Rzqv4Me8:PwwC332eBnM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/DR1Rzqv4Me8" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/06/power-of-your-vote.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-7215739487133031735Mon, 30 May 2011 00:38:00 +00002011-05-29T17:38:01.665-07:00I would just like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers - against all odds, Matt was found alive and well - he had left DC of his own volition.  I don't know much else or any other details other than this news story, but I am just so thankful that he is alive and in one piece.  Thank you again.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/O7LmIapKJQI/he-is-found.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=O7LmIapKJQI:zYMEamY-5sY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/O7LmIapKJQI" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/05/he-is-found.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-8877889880849886697Sat, 28 May 2011 17:35:00 +00002011-05-28T10:35:29.907-07:00To those who read this blog and live in the NOVA/DC/Maryland Metro area, I wanted to pass along this prayer request and website.  A person that I knew, Matt Hill, from my Fauquier Gator days has gone missing - he was a youth worker at a DC church, Capitol Hill Baptist, and has been missing since this past Tuesday morning.  Please pray that he will be found, intact, in one piece and that no foul http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/7b7q5aNXEfE/find-matt-hill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=7b7q5aNXEfE:8dLdLlaWdk8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/7b7q5aNXEfE" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/05/find-matt-hill.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-2679969842962669457Tue, 03 May 2011 04:10:00 +00002011-05-02T21:30:24.381-07:00"Ten years ago I went to Afghanistan to report a war initiated by the actions of OBL...and I've been going ever since.  While I'm glad his death provides closure for some...I can't help but wish, that as a nation we were somehow more reflective than triumphalist.  It's not the fear of retaliation, but rather the cold feeling that perhaps we've learned nothing in the process." ~ Kevin Sites When Ihttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/Bnlvniftqzs/hydra.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=Bnlvniftqzs:abkzXqUyGlU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/Bnlvniftqzs" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/05/hydra.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-6294032437467716914Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:17:00 +00002011-03-22T21:17:33.560-07:00One of the many reasons I love E News - I now know that Ja Rule is still alive and is fighting the IRS for tax evasion...I was really dying to know what he had been up to since his duet days with J.Lo...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/AWze3ATfr7M/i-had-always-wondered.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=AWze3ATfr7M:QYsd1s_X_iw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/AWze3ATfr7M" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-had-always-wondered.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-146771712671291610Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:22:00 +00002011-01-27T10:22:43.500-08:00North AfricaMiddle EastOn the heels of the uprising started in Tunisia and the continuing ones in Egypt, comes a new one in Yemen.  This is huge - the current Yemeni government is a significant ally to the US in the "War on Terror" even as it serves as a training ground for Al-Qaeda and is subject to terror attacks.  These protests could serve as a turning point for autocratic governments in the Arab world.  Just http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/Q3QUZELBoZI/mass-protests-spread-to-yemen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=Q3QUZELBoZI:p1wn-p7hu4A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/Q3QUZELBoZI" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/01/mass-protests-spread-to-yemen.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-3437282441646717881Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:05:00 +00002011-06-02T21:44:23.003-07:00North AfricaMiddle EastThomas Hobbes was a seventeenth century political philosopher who wrote the seminal treatise, Leviathan.  The most famous principle from this work, the social contract, sets the foundation for man to leave a "state of nature" and enter into "civil society", consenting to be governed.  If man rejects the social contract, his choice is to remain living in a "state of nature", which means "...each http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/JtI7RMGb67U/turmoil-in-north-africa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=JtI7RMGb67U:Ohezl6E3FMU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/JtI7RMGb67U" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/01/turmoil-in-north-africa.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-8701966319496385108Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:06:00 +00002011-01-24T21:06:41.534-08:00The BachelorEmotional ones that is.  Yes, this week was all about the emotional walls we keep with each other.  I confess, I have lots of emotional walls.  Watching Loveline with Dr. Drew made me realize this.  And I don't believe that my walls have come down yet, but I can guarantee you all that I am here for the right reasons - to bask in the awesomeness of the Bachelor and people making fools of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/1Mc97KZO6vQ/hitting-like-ton-of-bricks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=1Mc97KZO6vQ:y0AqrU3WQnc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/1Mc97KZO6vQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/01/hitting-like-ton-of-bricks.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166938244359856346.post-8685371558686259923Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:57:00 +00002011-01-21T20:57:30.915-08:00One of my passions in life (besides The Bachelor and all of its spinoffs) is music.  And my ear doesn't really discriminate when it comes to good music.  So I wanted to share with you all some of the music that I've been listening to this week. First up is a duo that I recently discovered through some kind of Web 2.0 convoluted way and I've fallen in love with them. Be sure to have a listen to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~3/MryQMaEdEvc/what-im-listening-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lauren)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?a=MryQMaEdEvc:bgk7n6gBqS8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheRoadGoesEverOn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRoadGoesEverOn/~4/MryQMaEdEvc" height="1" width="1"/>http://laurenataggart.blogspot.com/2011/01/what-im-listening-to.html