random wikipedia-ing led me from the new uss new york(made with, amongst other materials, 20 tons of reprocessed steel from the world trade center wreckage - wtf) to the artificial reef disaster off of the florida coast to the mattaponi and pamunkey reservations in eastern va to the william and mary entry.  i was irked to notice kappa sig listed ( Read more... )

this is unbelievable - i'm really surprised i had not heard mention of this until noticing it on wikipedia's welcome page this morning seeing as its beginnings date back to 1998.

on a much much lighter and more superficial note, fix your car mirrors.  i've been drivin with my mirrors in this setup for about a month now and it's really nice - just ( Read more... )

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chrispy sent me a link to this brooklyn message board post earlier today, involving a guy who got security footage of a guy stealing his wheels off his bike locked out front of his building in brooklyn.  he then decided to write a song about it.

Originally posted on andru.vox.com

as the beast emerges from its den, our hero laying in wait...
taken from slate.com's slide show of children at play


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i've been quiet on the footballin front, mostly due to natural causes.  with roma losing out in the quarterfinals of the champion's league and my access to the spanish league dismal this year(from a televisory position), there hasn't been much going on.  I'm going to do my best to catch real's last two games in what is proving to be an incredible ( Read more... )

work has been light today out at the lit support center, and a faint breeze of nappingness has been wafting through the drowsy twisting corridors.  in response, i put on some old tito puente albums and let my fingers do the walking(across the intrestingnet).  amongst all my discoveries, noteworthy some and others less so, i wanted to share this ( Read more... )

i've finished my first year of my two year certificate program at vcu.  i remember complaining about the major diversion of funds away from the arts programs when it first came about back in high school, but it has grown a lot(the new building is opening up in time for next fall, doubling the department's physical presence) and gained a lot of ( Read more... )

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