Sunday, April 13th, 2008
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2:54 pm - Bear Playing with Stick
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
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11:09 am - Winning Afghanistan is Cancelled: Please Do Not Return Home
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
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12:31 pm - In Case You Hadn't Heard
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Hulu is now open to the public! It has full-length TV shows and movies as well as some SNL shorts and stuff, both new and classic shows. It's pretty amazing if you ask me, and it's free and legal--no extra software required. I've been using it for months now and it's the best TV streaming site available, bar none. Anyway, you should check it out.
current mood:  cheerful
current music: Eve 6 - Nocturnal
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
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4:41 pm - My Fiefdom! No! No! You must bow and kiss my...ring!
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http://maroon.uchicago.edu/online_edition/article/10071
This person, who supposedly "represents" the district that the University of Chicago occupies, decided to remove one of the most useful bus stops on campus because she was not consulted when the University asked the CTA (which complied) to move the stop from one corner to another of the same intersection. There has been no loss of parking, and this move was also requested by the property holders of the land where the stop used to be (a church). Now the stop borders University property and everyone is happy. No parking situation has been made worse, since the three or so spots lost with the new space are now free across the street. Leslie Hairston just got angered because she wasn't asked for her blessing to move the CTA stop. She even says that she would have no problem with it and that the only reason she's having it removed is out of spite of the University for undermining her authoriTAY! What an *******. There are no residences in that area and street parking is not a problem in Hyde Park. Anyway, with government representatives as evil and vindictive as this, I'm glad that the University finds ways to circumvent them. Ms. Hairston and her petty revenge-seeking are going to make life more annoying for a lot of students here. I guess she's not too worried because, unfortunately, most of the U of C students that she's hurting don't vote in Chicago and none of the permanent residents (besides people associated with the University) care because the location in question is in the middle of campus and not relevant at all to their daily lives.
I feel like I should also add that the route in question (171) exists solely because of the U of C and is financed by the U of C. In other words, this bus route is supposed to serve the U of C. That is its purpose, and I would estimate that upwards of 90% of the traffic on the route is directly related to the U of C.
Good morning, Worm your honor.
The crown will plainly show
The prisoner who now stands before you
Was caught red-handed showing feelings,
Showing feelings of an almost human nature.
This will not do.
Call the schoolmaster!
I always said he'd come to no good
In the end your honor.
If they'd let me have my way I could
Have flayed him into shape.
But my hands were tied,
The bleeding hearts and artists
Let him get away with murder.
Let me hammer him today?
...
The evidence before the court is
Incontrovertible, there's no need for the jury to retire.
In all my years of judging
I have never heard before
Of someone more deserving a
The full penalty of law.
The way you made them suffer,
Your exquisite wife and mother,
Fills me with the urge to defecate!
"Go on Judge, shit on him!"
Since, my friend, you have revealed your deepest fear,
I sentence you to be exposed before
Your peers.
Tear down the wall!
current mood:  angry
current music: Pink Floyd - The Trial
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
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12:54 am - Time for a Cultural Lesson
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I never knew there were so many different ways that people counted their money. I guess it's just one of those things that I've always taken for granted. It's also neat to see how adjacent regions areas have more similar methods than those further away.
current mood: cool
current music: my brain shutting down for the night
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
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1:04 pm - The Most Important Discovery Ever
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Atheist Sees Image of Big Bang in Piece of Toast
(ACPA-london) Excitement is growing in the Northern England town of Huddlesfield following the news that a local man saw an image of the big-bang in a piece of toast. atheist donald chapman, 36, told local newspaper, "the huddlesfield express" that he was sitting down to eat breakfast when an unusual toast pattern caught his eye. "I was just about to spread the butter when I noticed a fairly typical small hole in the bread surrounded by a burnt black ring. however the direction and splatter patterns of the crumbs as well as the changing shades emanating outwards from this black hole were very clearly similar to the chaotic-dynamic non-linear patterns that one would expect following the big bang". "It's the beginning of the world" he added excitedly.
current mood: amused
current music: whirring fans and the hum of capacitors
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
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2:57 pm - Really Cool Perspective of the Earth Relative to the Rest of the Universe
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
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12:51 am - By far the best Superbowl commercial
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
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11:45 pm - Wow
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Four months into her pregnancy, Lorraine Allard was devastated to learn she was in the advanced stages of cancer.
Doctors advised her to have an abortion and start chemotherapy straight away.
Instead, with steadfast courage, she insisted on waiting long enough to give her unborn son a chance to survive, telling her husband Martyn: "If I am going to die, my baby is going to live."
Story at the Daily Mail.
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
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10:51 am - Very Helpful Website
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If you've ever, like me, been applying for jobs and needed to email a person whose first name is unfamiliar to you, thus not knowing his or her gender and whether to address the email to "Mr." or "Ms.", then I have a website for you: http://www.gpeters.com/names/baby-names.php
I tested it on a few familiar names and it seemed accurate, so we'll see. Anyway, I hope it's helpful ;)
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
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11:15 pm - I've been in the video-posting mood recently I guess...
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If you watched the leaked Tom Cruise Scientology video, you'll love this one. Even if you haven't watched it, this video is awesome:
current mood:  silly
current music: The Mission Impossible Theme Song ;)
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
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10:28 pm - "Uncomfortably Energetic"
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current mood: amused
current music: blink-182 - What's My Age Again?
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
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2:30 pm - Disaster Strikes :(
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I was just reaching into the refrigerator to grab my very last Vernor's Ginger Ale (the best Ginger Ale ever made) and the most horrible thing that could possibly have occurred happened. As I was nearing exit, the can struck a lip on the edge of the fridge's shelf, knocking the can from my dainty grasp. I fumbled awkwardly towards the falling can while holding the refrigerator door open with my other hand unaware of the coming doom. Suddenly, the can struck the bottom of the refrigerator with great force, puncturing the thin outer layer of aluminum that was the only thing separating this virginal creation (that tastes slightly of vanilla) from the sullied world around it. From the puncture erupted a ghastly hissing spray which enveloped me and the entire kitchen area as the can rolled around in its death throes. Unfortunately, most of the precious soda was lost. Some ended up on my face or body, leaving me with the sweet, sticky smell of ginger. Some ended up in other areas which have yet to be cleaned. But, alas, only a small portion eventually did end up in my mouth. Sweet victory has eluded me once more.
current mood: Deprived
current music: The Cranberries - I Can't Be With You
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
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2:13 pm - I am not an Apple fan, but
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The Macbook Air is almost amazing enough for me to want to buy one: http://www.apple.com/macbookair/#ad
The problem with it is that it doesn't have a PCMCIA/ExpressCard slot or an ethernet jack. It also only has one USB port and doesn't have a user-replaceable battery.
...or a second mouse button, dammit!
But it is one sexy computer.
current mood: nerdy
current music: A Fine Frenzy - Almost Lover
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
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12:11 pm - I give you...
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10 Awesome Things About Dungeons & Dragons
1 - Rolling a Natural Twenty when the fight is on the line
2 - Leveling up
3 - 0 hit points, unconscious, possibly dead
4 - The 10‘ pole
5 - The druid spell Shillelagh
6 - Being a 1st level Halfling mage with 1 hit point and a dart
7 - Drinking ale in the tavern
8 - The planar asymmetric synergy of polyhedrons and lead figures
9 - Scimitars
10 - Treasure Type Q, the best Treasure Type
You have to read the comments too ;)
current mood: amused
current music: Anna Nalick - Satellite
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
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11:52 pm - What Girls Need to Know About Their Geek Boyfriend
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I just thought I'd share some words of wisdom from Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht :)
Not allowed to wear your freedom down.
current mood: geeky
current music: A Fine Frenzy - Ashes and Wine
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
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12:57 am - I Weep
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So, I was standing in a subway station wearing my Jefferson letter jacket and waiting for a train. A man walks by, glances at my jacket, and casually asks "George Washington?" At first I was a bit surprised, I said, "Excuse me?" He asked if I went to George Washington (University). By then I had caught on and told him that, no, this was my high school letter jacket. Then he said, "Oh, I just saw the 'J' and thought George..." and lightly chuckled as he walked away.
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
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8:09 am - From Digg: Asus, Your Best Defense Against Crossbow Attacks
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
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11:03 pm
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
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7:21 pm - Everywhere Girl Spotted
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Courtesy of my job search...
(yes, I take credit for the find ;) )
current mood: amused
current music: Wheel...of...FORTUNE!!! (no, I'm not watching it)
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