Back in mid-June, Magic Dave received a letter from Batman. On the envelope was a hand-drawn Batsignal, and inside was a napkin personally signed by Batman. This napkin later sold on eBay for $0.75 to quikchangeSince then, several residents in the College have received an envelope. The envelope is plain white with the resident's name printed on the front ( Read more... )

ALC was depressing tonight. So depressing that I'm listening to Linkin Park just to brighten my spirits a bit. I wonder when the systematic destruction of everything good and decent still remaining at St. Paul's will finally end ( Read more... )

Outwit. Outplay. Free Food.

At 11am on Saturday, July 16, twelve tribe members assembled in the Dungeon Lounge at St. Paul's United College. After eating a vegetarian lunch of pasta salad, apples, and cookies, Jeff Probst (played by Margaret) gave the contestants their instructions for getting started and announced the teams:

Harkonnen (black ( Read more... )

1. A few weeks ago, I went to Renison to have lunch with my sister. As I went through the cafeteria, I was introduced to one or two of the servers, who replied by saying, "Oh, you're Lisa's brother? I've heard so much about you! How's your {such-and-such} going?" Somewhat weird, but at the same time it was cool that the staff at Renison were so ( Read more... )

In this post: a books quiz and all about my friend Justin.

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A week or two ago in one of my CS classes, there was a psych student present to distribute slips of paper to fill out if you were interested in participating in a psych experiment. I filled one out on a whim, not intending to participate in one at all ( Read more... )

One of the other co-ops who predated me at one of my co-op terms has this amusing photo, which also appeared in Consumer Reports (I've been trying to find a copy of it for awhile ( Read more... )

I'm not liking the 40% chance of rain that is expected tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully it will rain at lunchtime (or in the evening) so that it's dry when we get there. Even better, maybe it won't rain at all ( Read more... )

Since my parents have gone to a high school reunion for the weekend, maroon_lagoon and I took the Fed Bus home yesterday. It was my first time (successfully) taking the Fed Bus. I discovered where the bus picks up and drops off - definitely not the spot that I was informed of back in November 2003 when I tried to get to Waterloo ( Read more... )

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