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A Week There, A Week Here
My alarm didn’t go off this morning. Most mornings, I’d be somewhat irritated by that but mostly thankful for the small award of additional sleep, but this morning was my last final exam of the quarter. By blind luck I looked up at the clock half an hour after it should have woken me up, [...]
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Tags: art history, byzantine empire, final exams, roman empire, utica
Elect
You know what tomorrow is. This is important, get excited. Democracy hasn’t always been this easy, you know.
Consider this my endorsement for Senator Barack Obama.
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Tags: delacroix, democracy, election, vote
Pool-Pah
Oh my god, it’s already the eighth week of the quarter; near the end of it, actually. There are only two more weeks of class and then a meager assortment of final exams.
I have barely more than nothing to show for it.
That may be unfair because in the next two weeks I have a small [...]
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We’re Not So Bad
I have to expect that humanity, deep down, is basically good. Think about this: we’ve attempted genocide so many times but have never succeeded in killing off a people, but yet, we wipe out whole species of other animals at a regular clip. What I’m trying to say is that we’re far more effective with incompetence [...]
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Hypnothetical
You’re going to think that I’m being facetious or using hyperbole or exaggerating for dramatic effect – which is what hyperbole is – but I’m totally serious. This is an honest question with no subtext.
Have you ever been just sitting around, in class, on the bus, in the sun, at work, just sort of zoning [...]
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Tags: art history, city, psychosis, school, stream of conciousness, suburbs, tests, Wendy's
Yesterday I walked out of my apartment building to find that the large group of obnoxious Baptists were preaching via megaphone at the Liberty Pole again. They have every right to do it, but that doesn’t protect them from the fact that they’re assholes. I really do wonder how they can stand up there and [...]
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Tags: baptists, existence, god, morality, musing, religion
Overheard in Rochester
A conversation about bicycles:
Guy 1: “I haven’t settled on whether I want to get 26-inch or 700C wheels yet, though.”
Guy 2: “Well everyone will agree that the bigger your wheels are the smoother your ride will be. You know what those guys riding around on little BMX bikes remind me of?”
Guy 3: “Dorks?”
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So [...]
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Tags: Boston, concert, explosion, lighter, Styx
Freuding the Coffee Shop
Which do you think is worse: a guy sitting alone, facing the wall, or the guy next to him writing about it on his blog? But I digress – the real reason I’m writing is to share with you the Phrase of the Day.
PHRASE OF THE DAY!
Butter Continents. Melt a pat of butter in a [...]
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Tags: air show, butter continents, perspective, phrase of the day, technology
Laundry Day
Doing laundry is the least pleasant thing that I do on a regular basis. I generally don’t do things that I strongly dislike, but laundry is unavoidable. I hate carrying the load all over the building, I hate spending money on the machines, I hate finding machines that work, I hate the sauna that is [...]
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Tags: laundry, pantone
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