I can’t believe this was seven-and-a-half years ago
I distinctly remember annoyance toward Penn’s request – an annoyance I think evident in the stiffness of my writing, and my bland, generic answers. Still, I thought it might be fun to compare my expectations with how four-and-a-half years as a student at Penn actually turned out…
Ain’t nothing new under the retractable roof
I just checked Twitter for the first time in a month (once upon a time, I tried to keep up – today, I declare Twitter bankruptcy, and will just try to do better from here on out) and this was sitting at the top of my timeline…
On Drugs and Spring Fling
The article is about student drug use at Fling, and contains a few quotes from students trying to decide whether to use Molly (“the street name for pure MDMA, also known as ecstasy”) to enhance their experience this Friday night. My favorite came from…
A Pirate’s favorite blog
Now, before I get to the riddles, another confession: pirate riddles might just be one of my favorite activities, but I was unable to solve all of them (the ones that stumped me [pun intended] denoted in bold…
Experience (Assad’s) Music Project
The Experience (Assad’s) Music Project is similar to the Experience Music Project (EMP) in Seattle – except that instead of smashing guitars, Assad just smashes everything…
Well, this is awkward – way more awkward than the last time* I titled a post ‘Well, this is awkward’
Via Seattle Times, but really via any news source: Four dead in avalanches at Stevens and Snoqualmie passes Three experienced skiers and a snowboarder were killed in separate avalanches around noon Sunday — one in an out-of-bounds area at the Stevens Pass ski resort and the other in or near an out-of-bounds area at Alpental … Read more
Does NPR sanitize its reporting?
This is one of those rare instances when the correct answer to the question in a headline is ‘Probably’. NPR has come under a lot of criticism for biased reporting. I’m not here to weigh in on that, but to present something I noticed in its coverage of the life story of John Fugelsang’s parents. NPR’s … Read more
LinkedOut
Two weeks ago, I signed up for LinkedIn only to discover that 1026 of my closest friends had beaten me to it. I’m an adult. I will be a part of this system. I’ve never been so fashionably late. Worse: I noticed that my grandpa already had an account. To give you an idea of what … Read more
The NBA season just started and already things are starting to get awkward
Check out Twitter’s trending topics in Seattle: To paraphrase someone who was certainly not among the Wise Men: My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is, ‘Fuck David Stern,’ then don’t say anything at all. So I’m not going to say anything at all. Is my mother the greatest or … Read more
Shame on you, New York Times
I make a habit of falling behind on my reading. And by my personal standard, October 24 is not really all that bad. So it’s appropriate that I’m getting to this little gem from the New York Times Magazine – about the importance of timeliness - only two months late. Specifically, Dan Kois writes: It’s truly time to … Read more
