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CO-ETERNAL STUDENTS<\/b>: You\u2019ll notice that the title of this blog admits to the possibility of multiple eternal students out there in blogdom. Back when I started this endeavor in November, 2002, I didn\u2019t see any sign of other eternal student bloggers on the search engines. But that\u2019s no longer true. At least two other web logs now claim to represent the thoughts of an eternal student \u2013 the blogs of Andy<\/span> and Marianne<\/span>. Actually, Andy and Marianne both claim to be \u201cThe Eternal Student\u201d. Most interesting.<\/p>\n

Well, as far as I\u2019m concerned, there\u2019s room for more than one Eternal Student in this town. Therefore, I welcome them both. Andy Perkins started his blog in March, 2004, while Marianne got going this past May. Andy is a graduate engineering student in his late 20\u2019s or early 30\u2019s who hails from Atlanta. He\u2019s married to Lynn and is the proud dad of Gideon. If all goes well, Gideon will have a new brother or sister pretty soon. As you might guess, Andy\u2019s blog is very family oriented. Lots of pics of Lynn and Gid, along with relatives and neighbors and friends. If you enjoy normal family life focused around a healthy young couple, this is your blog. But OK, Andy has other things to say too. He talks about Neil Young and his internship at IBM in New York State, and he takes an intelligent if traditional religious viewpoint (Jesus is definitely his savior and redeemer). Still, he\u2019s heavily into family and friends, and maybe that\u2019s a good thing. He\u2019s clearly a friendly chap; he gave out his summer address (where he\u2019s staying during the internship) and invites his readers to drop in for a visit. I hope he doesn\u2019t come to regret that. Just because I\u2019m paranoid doesn\u2019t mean<\/span> there isn\u2019t a negative element lurking out there in cyberspace.<\/p>\n

As to Marianne, she describes herself as a conservative 21 year old literature student, currently enrolled in a doctoral program at Notre Dame. Her site only has a few posts thus far, and they all fall in line rather smartly with the neo-conservative agenda<\/span> \u2026 e.g., doubts about the ability of the International Atomic Energy Agency to keep Iran from going nuclear and a burning desire to debunk the fairness and accuracy of the New York Times, especially its coverage of the American campaign in Iraq. Well, nothing too surprising<\/span> so far, but I\u2019d keep an eye on this eternal student; if she can replace the usual conservative vitriol with the sensibility of a Melville or a Faulkner or a Hemingway or a Fitzgerald, it might get interesting.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not into extensive hyperlinking, as on most blogs, but I\u2019ll make an exception today and give you a direct link to these fellow eternal students.<\/p>\n

ETERNAL STUDENT ANDY<\/a><\/p>\n

ETERNAL STUDENT MARIANNE<\/a><\/p>\n

Tell \u2018em Eternal Student Jim sent ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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