A N N O T A T E D B I B L I O G R A P H Y

Ann-oh-tated Bib-leo-graph-ee
Ahn-o-tat-ed Bibly-o-gra-fee
Ah-no-tat-ed Bib-lee-ah-graf-ee


I have something else I'm supposed to be doing, so here I am.

Ah-no-ta-ted Bi-blyo-gra-fee

I'm supposed to turn in a fancy works cited before I start on the paper. It's really just to make sure that, yes, we do actually know there is a paper due sometime before the semester is up.

It looks scary, but it's catering to the lowest common denominator, in this case: me.

When it comes to time-management, I am the lowest common denominator, but having a decent amount of intelligence gets me by.

I need ten sources, I've already printed out one (1) from JSTOR, so 9. Or I might do ten more just to have more than the absolute minimum, which would make me look better.

Probably not.

I'm going to write on physician assisted suicide. I just now decided this, but I wouldn't have decided until 2 months from now if not for this A-not-a-ted Beh-bee-ah-graa-fee, which is how I know this assignment is just for me. People like me made this happen.


I really shouldn't aspire for too high in life, if I want to continue to influence policy.

I didn't even read the article, I just looked at the title and printed it out.

Lowest Common Denominator.


I'm the OCD LCD.

The RCD/ICR PT.

The LOL in NAD.

I'm reading the House of God, and so I know that GOMERS GO TO GROUND.


Now why exactly am I in a medical ethics class?

I couldn't stand to be a doctor.

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The second one was over some sort of definition of euthanasia. It's seventeen pages long so I can't rightly say more.

These are long articles so far 15 and 17 pages. This also makes me look good.

I think.

It's expensive to print out though. Ick.

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Euthanasia: None Dare Call it Murder

Mrr?

I should read that and make sure it's not stupid. 9 pages.

It starts out with a story of how a son mercy killed his mother with 3 bullet wounds to the head.


This piques my interest, I'll probably end up analogyzing euthanasia (my I hope that's the same as physician assisted suicide, or at least comparable) to abortion.

It it's not legal, then they'll do it illegally. Obvious argument, but not necessarily bad.

I'm probably going to qoute this Glanville Williams character.


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Now I can distinguish between active and passive euthanasias.

I'm not feeling particularly bold, and passive euthanasia is so much easier to swallow, so I might focus in on that.

It's only 7 pages, the next one's got to be about 9 or 10.

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Thirty-three pages.

Of course, I have to summarize each article, that's where the ah-noh-tay-ted in ann-o-tat-eh-d bihb-lee-o-gr-af-ee comes from, but the conclusion of this article is just your basic paragraph, although obviously I'm going to paraphrase and pull things that I skim out of the article, to do otherwise would be just asinine.

It'd probably break some rule too, who knows?

There's lots of rules.

Half done, and it's just now the witching hour. Time to take a break.



The men's basketball team lost to Florida, which is a good thing, because otherwise there would have been a riot like last year.

I don't care much for my school's fans.

I just come to basketball games to watch the dance team.

And of course, play in the band.


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23 pages. It, apparently, takes two arguments against physician assisted suicide and shreds them. I noticed the word "absurdity" as I was scanning the article, so it simply has to be absolutely essential to my research.


My favorite one to watch is also the one everyone seems to make fun of, because she's the only one who's not skinny. Her body type is not such that it's flattering to wear midriff baring tights, though she's far from flabby, obviously, as she's a gymnast and the captain of a dance team.

She can do that side-flip type thing without using any hands. I call that impressive. She also has striking blue eyes, she must, otherwise you wouldn't see them from 20 odd yards away. She doesn't appear too bright, unfortunately.

I write about girls too much.

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4 pages, the confounding statistic.

Besides, I thought I saw the phrase "it follows that", which seems to be in tune with the philosophical bent of an ethics class.

Quater til one. I'm feeling pretty chill.

I'll get home about 2ish, have a couple of beers and sleep with a nice buzz.

I'll get up about 6:30ish, and actually summarize everything. My class is at 9:30, I'll be fine. I might skip Mushrooms Friday to catch up on sleep, but on the other hand I'm actually free this weekend, so I might not.

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15 pages, an argument against my position, which I think I'll use...somehow. It's always good to know what the other side thinks, yes?

9

13 pages, something by some past Surgeon General. It's pretty much against my position, but he offers up a case where passive euthanasia would be considered acceptable.

All I have to do is twist his words a little, and I've got an argument.

I don't think I'll do that, but whatever.


Not much time left, this building closes at 2.

I feel as if I should put something here, but it's not coming to me.


I was reaching into the compartment in my bag with paper clips in it, and I nearly got stuck by a thumbtack.

I have gold thumbtacks in my bag, and I don't know why.

At the last women's game I played at, I got a 90% scale model poster of the only attractive women's basketball player, so I though I might finally get rid of those tacks mounting the poster to the door facing the kitchen, to freak out Roomate.

Because it's an almost actual-size poster of a six foot high blonde leering at you.

It's creepy, even though she's pretty.

But Roomate wouldn't stand for it, so nothing much happened with that, so it's just there in my room (rolled up, I originally thought I'd like it, but as I said, it's just too damn creepy). Maybe I'll use it in some sort of practical joke.

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Now we're in the bonus. This one is 21 pages long and argues that medicine is already heading towards an ethical attitude where at least passive euthanasia is acceptable.

I think I'm done.

But not quite with the Ahn-o-tayt-ed Beeb-lee-ah-graa-fee.