Good Day Readers,

Today the devils neighbour parked himself on the road in front of my house…AH HAAAA HAAAAAA The Fool…anyone who would dare let his chariot sit in front of my castle deserves to feel the full brunt of The Seventh Sun. The elderly man exited the vehicle. After his exit he appeared to “Flee to his home”, helping his wife out of the car. At this point I approached him about bringing down the value of my home, and not properly allowing sun to hit the 472 blades of grass » Read the rest of the entry..

Updated August 2009

I am studying for the CST (Content Specialty Test) Social Studies as part of my studies at D’youville College (pronounced c.awl.edge). I also have to take one US history course OR pass a CLEP test about US history. Both exams are multiple choice and on the same topics (one slightly more focused on US history). Mostly for myself, I am starting link list of good sites that I can learn from. A premuim is placed sites that are easy to print off.

Feel free to add or suggest links that may help, or your comments regarding the validity / usefulness of the links present.

• Official Study Guide for CST Social Studies: PrepGuide
• Offical CLEP US History-II page.
• KapTest — Various CST study guides including the Social Studies CST. Provides a web resource for each topic one must know for the CST.

US History Starting Points: Click and Print

• Outline of American History — The Official History of the US as written by the US government [read: bias]
• US history 1600 - 1987 — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [PDF document]
• From: www.historyteacher.net
  • THE GIANT AHAP REVIEW — A concise history of the US
  • US History Review by Mr. Montouri — A checklist of major events of US history
  • Regents US History Review — Just the most important stuff
  • Giant EHAP Review — European history in one nice word doc by the same people who brought you the AHAP one

Other Broad US History Resources:

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — All the US history and government you need to know (at least to become a citizen) with a few sample tests thrown in
• History of the United States II
  1865 to the Present — From the people at Free University Online

Fantastic Quiz’s on US History and all things related to CLEP / CST:

• PHSchool Review

Other Targeted US History Resources:

• Summary of US Political Parties
• The American Pageant

World History Starters

• A History of the Modern World
• Civilization in the West

Commercial Publications

The following resources have been recommended as being very useful for studying and passing the CST. Links to the Amazon page for both American and Canadian customers are provided. Note that in some cases it is cheaper to order and pay duty (should it be applied):

• Don’t Know Much about History - US/ Canada - by Kenneth Davis — a very engaging book with quick easy to read chapters. Its written in a very upbeat manner, pretty much the exact oppisite of a typical history textbook.
• Don’t Know Much about History AudioBook - US/ Canada - also by Kenneth Davis — Its the same book as above, only this version reads to you. Perfect for those long drives between the hood (err DYC) and the nice place you call home. You are stuck in the car anyway right?

Thanks to all those who continue to help (Kenny). If you would like to add something, please let me know.

Originally written Saturday October 16, 2004

We awoke early and spent an hour packing all our belongings into our packs, ready to cross the border into Laos (pronounced L-owww as in owww, I just hit myself with a hammer, except with l infront). We paid our bill at MutMee (2624 BT, or about 30? a day CDN for food and lodging) and hooked up with Marvin and Rebecca with whom we had arranged to take a tuk tuk to the ‘Friendship Bridge’ [one of only 2 bridges to cross the Mekong, the other in China or so I am told]. As usual, the tuk tuk driver tried to scam us a little and get us to get our visa’s from travel agents along the way so he would get a commision. We wouldn’t have it and he reluctantly dropped us off at the bus station where we were to await a bus that would take us through Thai Customs, over the bridge, and then drop us of at Laos customs. » Read the rest of the entry..

October 15, Day 11 (written October 15, 2004)

We again tried to get to the sculpture park with the crapy map the Mut Mee people had made. Peddling on rented bikes down the mekong, then up side streets and across the highway, we knew we were getting close. One of the side streets, this little cute black poodle came out and stood in the middle of the road. I knew there would be trouble. Once I got close, it started after me trying to bite me as I attempted to ride by. At this moment I contemplated the wisdom of renting a girls bike (named the LA LADY and pink with a basket) with the seat too low. I couldn’t peddle away from the dog with the bike so I started to half heartedly kick it, trying not to get a toe bitten (I was wearing sandles). Of course I was also thinking of Heather trying to distract the dog so she could ride on to safety leaving me to deal with the beast. Finally, the dog let up and we rode on. The dogs master began calling it off of me and it let up. » Read the rest of the entry..

Hello,

My name is Mr. Torrance but I prefer to go by “The Seventh Sun” as it makes me feel like a real man. I have a problem with my neighbours. They seem to be a loving family with a small child but they are actually the devil in disguise. Two weeks ago they sicked the family dog on me from across the fence. Fortunately my Sun Power (and the fence) kept the dog away. » Read the rest of the entry..

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What would happen if Guns and Roses teamed up with the Beatles? I think it would sound like this….

Jimmie James from www.djjj.tk made this litte number. His website stinks, but he’s certainly got an ear. Who knew that GnR and the beatles could work so well together? Its ironic that I would hear the beatles jam with GnR before ‘Chinese Democracy.’

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New upgrades to the site include:

Removal of lots of junk files left around.
Update of several key plugins as well as the core. Yay
New features (cosmos and tags, sitemap)
And most importantly, a new cache system to improve the speed at which pages are served. Should be a massive improvement.
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