Memes are not usually my thing, but in this case, I’m going to do it, as the baton was apparently specifically passed to me.

( Music Meme Thing )

I finally got around to scanning my final project for photography. I think they look better in the flesh, so to speak, but I still think the scanned photographs are pretty good.

( Photographs )

Several days before graduation, I set out with a digital camera ( Read more... )

So I was writing a paper on the estate tax, and I mentioned how cuts in government spending invariably target basic services rather than pork barrel spending because pork barrel spending invariably has congresspeople spending their full political might to defend it, and basic services rarelty have that huge a lobby. And it occured to me, seriously ( Read more... )

Every single (i.e. both) libertarian that I have spent a significant amount of time with says "Gattaca" is their favourite movie. Reasons for this?

The State of Washington, in its infinite wisdom, has seen fit to issue me a drivers license.

Yeeha!

Swarthmore Class of 2009.

At the University of Chicago:

“Why isn’t there a word for I want to drink alcohol? Like ‘I’m thirsty’ or ‘I’m hungry.’”

“I’m sober.”

I stayed in Dewey House on the fifth floor of the Shoreland-a converted luxury hotel on the shore of Lake Michigan. My hosts had a triple-which at the Shoreland means a bedroom that comfortably sleeps three, a ( Read more... )

We are awesome!

http://www.drinksmixer.com/recipes/10695/

Edit: Rate it a ten. I want this baby as popular as possible.

Having received the last college decision that I was expecting (from Princeton--wait-listed), the debate is on. University of Chicago vs. Swarthmore. I, as of yet, am undecided.

I would love to hear all of your opinions. Have at it, please.