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Quiz bowl is amazing.

"One of the purposes of a liberal-arts education is to make the inside of your head a more interesting place to live for the rest of your life." -Scott Brophy, a professor of philosophy at Hobart and William Smith Colleges ( Read more... )

You know a meme's not worth your time when you get bored while filling it out. I cannot list 20 things about myself that I have not rehashed too many times by now. Instead, you get this:RMHS It's Ac photos (password: richmo)
Awwww. You guys look great . . . I have no words. I really wish I could have been there. Do you know yet when the next ( Read more... )

"Elements of fantasy must grow out of something that people can recognize. That is, instead of escape, it becomes a way of enabling readers to experience the world they're reading about more intensely than the world in which they live." -Salman Rushdie ( Read more... )

Fun task: find me in this large photo of the other CS freshmen. It's like Where's Waldo, except with someone you know ( Read more... )

I'm echoing the subject line of a friend's entry because her post reminded me of what I've been wanting to say for the past few days. Now, I was very lucky to have good experiences with public schools. Our underfunded buildings still have some charming asbestos, but old jokes aside, I liked my friends, classmates, and teachers a lot, and I ( Read more... )

Look at your LJ "interests" list. If you have fewer than 50 interests, pick every fifth one. If you have between fifty and seventy-five interests, pick every seventh one. If you have over seventy-five interests, pick every tenth one. If you have fewer than ten, pick all of 'em. List them on your LJ, and tell everyone exactly what it is about ( Read more... )

Since my college's meal plan is overly restrictive, hoards of freshmen are stocking up on bottled drinks with their extra "DineX" money (a la carte, as opposed to meal blocks). I saw one guy trying to hold six bottles of Mountain Dew and I joked, "I'm done with my programming assignment this week, so I don't need that many." I was mildly ( Read more... )

Guess what, everyone? I'm thinking of joining a cultMore specifically, this is a social organization that kept me awake till this ungodly hour. The Underground Tour of campus started promptly at 8:00 p.m. and finished (also punctually) at 1:00 a.m. I'm completely serious. This campus tour was not only great because I've never been on such a ( Read more... )