June 2011
16 posts
Before I turned 25, I...
replaced dinner with frozen yogurt. Take that, adulthood!
I hereby resolve to be a better internet citizen
Just wrote my first Yelp review (Bang Salon in DC is bangin’! People have been stopping me on the street or on the bus just to tell me how good my hair looks!) Maybe someday I’ll start doing my Amazon reviews too!
Old People are Funny →
(Thanks, Lisbeth!)
Discovery in Action
I saw a girl “twerk” on the street as a car playing bumping beats passed by only mere hours after learning what “twerk” means (youtube “lady twerp” if you’re really curious, but i’ll warn you it’s nothing I want on my blog). That’s knowledge with a real world application right there!
Recommendation: Louder Than a Bomb
It is rare that you can watch an uplifting documentary about disadvantaged kids in a major American city. The state of poverty in this country is dire and it’s difficult to view any of the problems plaguing urban America as anything but intractable. Louder Than a Bomb, a documentary directed by Jon Siskel (Gene’s nephew) and Greg Jacobs (a family friend), is an opportunity to feel...
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This made my morning
From: Rob
To: Me
Subject: FW: The Objective Standard Essay Contest—First Prize $2000
I sent this to the entire law school yesterday because this fucking kid has been spamming us all year with Ayn Rand-related bullshit. After getting 3 e-mails in one day to the listserv for the whole school about Randian essay contests, I felt compelled to break my own rule of never sending anything out...
Goodbye, Mars rover. →
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msyj:
And yes, the map is from Ohio State. I still have the “Where Great Minds Go” poster hanging up in my room.
“Other Berlusconi enthusiasts in the tent were there not to protect democracy but...”
– From a New Yorker article on Berlusconi’s trial 