I've started to see my father in the last few months as my gauge for the Average American, whatever that is. Born in to a large lower-middle class family in Ohio to grow in to the father of an upper-middle class family in Michigan, he seems to be pretty middle of the road. He works in middle management in the auto industry, watches an unhealthy ( Read more... )

Smell the Cheese ( Read more... )

I never noticed how quiet this life is. But I felt it the day I got back from Mexico. There were no splashing waves from children in a pool outside my window. There were no new young women’s names to scream. There was no pounding in my ears. Or blaring club music. Even the birds and the trees were louder in Mexico ( Read more... )

"History. We won't know. We'll all be dead." -George W. Bush, 2003

I think everyone should read this article.  And pass it along to their friends.  Especially the ones that still have W '04 stickers stamped to their cars.

The worst president in history?

At the time I write this, the outstanding public debt is approximately 8.37 trillion dollars. Give or take. It was $5.67 trillion in September of 2000. George W. Bush’s first term as president began in January of 2001, meaning in the time he was President of the United States of America, the national debt has increased roughly 2.70 trillion ( Read more... )

I have more fun in Novi this weekend than I have had all year.

ATVs. Roof climbs. Bike rides. Paint sniffing.

Good times.

At the beginning of the school year I decided I was going to Mexico. It was $1700 and the agreement I established with my parents was I would pay for the trip if they would pay for my senior graduation party. I figured over the course of several months I'd be able to easily raise the money for the trip, and then with the money I collect at my ( Read more... )

Congratulations on your offer of admission to New York University! You were selected for admission from the largest and most competitive applicant pool in University history and we are excited about the prospect of seeing you on our Washington Square campus this fall.

I'm not going. It's fucking expensive.

Prayer Doesn't Aid Recovery, Study Finds ( Read more... )

Nantucket joined several other historic tourist towns across the country in approving a measure that would ban chain stores from the island's downtown, a move endorsed by more than 480 residents at a town meeting ( Read more... )