Today was a day of mixed success. At its height, I received a call from a company I'd very much like to work for, and having completed their review of the very heavily contested application process, they would like to interview me. Seventy-five thousand dollars a year and a 10-20% signing bonus. I might even enjoy the work ( Read more... )

First man to reach North Pole indisputably dead -- Yahoo! News

That sucker is gone! There ain't no way he comin' back!

Forecasters warn Ike may bring "certain death" -- CNN.com

They did a study, you know. 60% of the time, it works, every time.

This falls in the category of "too surreal not to be true":

Stephen Colbert's DNA to be shot into space

"The host of 'The Colbert Report' will essentially be preserved so that aliens can clone him."

"In the unlikely event that Earth and humanity are destroyed, mankind can be resurrected with Stephen Colbert's DNA"

I've not been updating much these past two years. "This, too, shall pass" has always been one of my favorite mottoes, but here I don't know if it applies to the drought of entries or to the journal itself. We'll see -- I'm certainly stepping into a new phase of my life, and would be astounded if the cessation of my journaling was the most severe ( Read more... )

This election cycle has made me something of a political newshound, for better and worse. But just tonight, looking over footage from the first night of the Democratic National Convention, I was jolted from the detached cynicism such habits call for by video of Sen. Ted Kennedy's speech. Not Kennedy himself -- though he was the reason I was ( Read more... )

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CNN headline on main page: "New poll shows big challenge for McCain"

Headline on linked-through article: "New CNN Poll: McCain, Obama in statistical dead heat"

First sentence: "...a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll shows Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama locked in a statistical dead heat in the race for the White House ( Read more... )

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In one sense, because my schoolwork is quickly tapering to a close. And I mean 'schoolwork' in much more permanent sense than usual. Tomorrow I have a homework due (now half-finished). Wednesday I have a report due. And then, making the large assumption that I am still eligible to graduate, I take the next two months to write a thesis. FinIn ( Read more... )

Alright! My four favorite items from this years list. I will hide pics and videos behind links, but trust me: if I put them up here, they're worth it.

Scav Olympics

7. One intrepid Scavvie who can tell time well. A lot of it. Without help.This was the single most relaxing moment of the Hunt. Teams were told to bring a man-sized cardboard ( Read more... )

Scav comes but once a year, and now that it's over the memories have become bittersweet: this has most likely been my last Scav ever (at lease as an active participant). Three great years on the Max Palevsky Team, culminating in a fantastic time as team captain in the 2006 Hunt, followed by two more great years as Judge

The list can be found here ( Read more... )