If you place a high priority on "getting enough sleep," and you are passionate about having lots of discretionary time to learn about all the things that interest you (philosophy and morality, religions, music, literature, etc.), you probably shouldn't go into a field that takes up all of your free time, half of your sleep time, and demands that ( Read more... )

If I owned the Atlantic City Convention Hall, and did not already have the greatest girlfriend ever, I would totally go to bars and tell the women that I had the world's biggest organ. Seriously, who wouldn't hit that, once I explained my proprietary situation?

Do you remember when Pat Tillman turned down millions of dollars and a national spotlight as an NFL star to join the Army and fight in Afghanistan?

And when he later died a hero, fighting out of an ambush and being killed by enemy fire?

I'd like you to read this article, but at to keep in mind a few of the things we now know about Pat Tillman and the ( Read more... )

I am hyperventilating here. I think the 3 minutes of this clip after the lead in are the funniest 3 minutes of TV I've ever watched ( Read more... )

A new study links astrological signs with car accidents. According to a researcher for an insurance company whose job is to find which demographics affect levels of risk, there is a higher correlation between car accidents and astrological sign than between car accidents and age or frequent changes of address ( Read more... )

Awhile back, I was talking to someone about a friend of mine. He has some kind of impairment that drastically affects his walk. I described his personality by saying, "What is striking is how normal he is ( Read more... )

I have a lot of things I want to write, but I am way behind on homework. I've been reading stuff about Prussian Blue. I love the Facebook site protesting them; "If it hurts their album sales, then we've served our purpose" says the founder of the group. News flash: The only possibility here is you are going to help their album sales or, more likely ( Read more... )

Most of my friends know the truth, and my parents might suspect it, but it's hard to be totally open about something that people feel so strongly about. I've decided it would be too hard on my grandparents; they are too old to change the way they think, and telling them the truth would only make them worry about me and my relationship with God. ( Read more... )

Just so you know ( Read more... )

"If you didn't vote, you can't complain." Another example of an argument that has no logical merit, yet is repeated thoughtlessly because it feels good to say. I was thinking about this yesterday as I walked home from campus, and I chastized myself for putting these words into the mouth of a person I know--I'd hever heard her say it, so why should ( Read more... )