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Is your opinion wrong?
The other night, my suitemate made the claim that the movie “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” directed by Stephen Norrington, is better than Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds.”
In defense of fun
Recently, I have been finding friends of mine complaining to me that they are not enjoying things that they do. This boggles my mind.
Why would you ever do anything that is not fun? That is what I ask them. The answers are invariably some form of either “I don’t know” or “because I have to.” Neither of those is a sufficient reason to do something unenjoyable.
Bear’s Den redux
You may remember that I was boycotting Bear Lair. At first, it was easy. I switched from getting a biscuit in the morning to getting a scone or croissant at the DUC Café.
Boycott Bear’s Den
I haven’t bought anything from Lower Bear’s Den, also known as Bear’s Bakery (a truly abysmal name) & Grill (even worse), for more than a week. I don’t plan on doing so for the rest of the semester.
If you’d asked me this time last year what the best part of Wash. U. was, I might [...]
What I did during my summer vacation
First, I’d like to welcome all returning students back to our illustrious campus and extend a hand in much the same gesture to the newest members of our community. I say I would like to, but I really have no authority in the matter, so I suppose I won’t.
What I can (and therefore will) do, [...]
‘Digsby’
I was watching the Super Bowl with friends, and the conversation meandered its way to lifehacker.com and a recent link from said Web site. This link contained a program for a free download called Digsby. At first, this program seemed heaven-sent.
Digsby combines all of your instant messaging programs, e-mails and social Web sites into one [...]
The curious case of ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’
I met a friend of mine at the airport while we were both going home for winter break. It was not planned; we just happened to be on the same plane. Naturally, we started talking, and I told him that I had only one goal for the break: to see [...]
Home is where the heart is
I like many others went home this past weekend for Thanksgiving break. I saw people I hadn’t seen in three months and generally spent a lot of time doing what I did during high school. I spent time with my family and friends and didn’t sleep nearly as much as I should have.
Before I flew [...]
‘Tis the season
A few weeks ago, my roommate turned the radio on before he went to sleep. Some-times he puts on his iPod, so this was not very surprising. I woke up to Christmas music playing. I thought, “I didn’t know this playlist had Christmas music on it.” Then I heard a commercial and realized that we had [...]
Wash. U. gone W.I.L.D.
So we all know what happened last weekend, right? W.I.L.D., that’s what. Talib Kweli, some other people. Great times, right? Well, I wouldn’t know. Let me tell you why.
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