I generally don't approve of memes, but this one has lots of potential. Great idea from my friend Brooke.

Time for a dose of
Why Aren't You Listening To.....


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God damn the weather's been gorgeous the past few days. I heartily approve.

Amelie, the colorful, cutesy story of a French girl who likes to daydream and secretly help people, is rated R.

The Dark Knight, a grim movie full of cruel, sadistic torture scenes and homicides, is rated just PG-13.

Makes perfect sense, right?

Three mysteries I'm trying to solve right now ( Read more... )

You know, I hate to get carried away, but I think 50+ years from now people are going to look back at today and be like, "Damn, now that was big. Damn, now that was a speaker. Damn, what a positive turn for America."

I hope I'm right. I'm optimistic.

"Your dearest wish will come true."

This one is awesome regardless. But it leaves me wondering... what truly is my dearest wish? Getting hired by an awesome university? Becoming a well-renowned novel-writer? The well being and prosperity of everyone I love? Finding true love in the romantic sense? World peace? Complete understanding of and ( Read more... )

Man, in the days when most college football players and professional athletes manage to pull off the seemingly impossible balancing act of being simultaneously thugs AND prima donnas, thank God for Tim Tebow and Colt McCoy!


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My Chinese fortune cookie today read: "You will receive a surprise that will both titillate and frighten you, but you will accept it."

I hope this means some frighteningly, titillatingly awesome university will surprisingly hire me!

Not that it's terribly surprising, but, according to some study, unhappy people watch more TV. Not only that, but they think causation is true in both directions: watching TV leads to unhappiness AND unhappiness leads to watching more TV.http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/

Gabe and I might disagree on many issues, but one point where I feel we concur is that, after playing Guitar Hero World Tour, Rock Band 2 was extremely disappointing and un-fun ( Read more... )