The Lost Rap Recording of Brian Wilson

I think this just broke my brain for the rest of the day.

Seriously, I cant decide whether its awfulness is in inherent or in the fact that when you take a step back, theres not much about it that doesnt make sense.

EDIT: I found the lyrics transcribed... they merit posting:

My name is Brian and I'm the man
I write ( Read more... )

So many of you have seen me looking a bit frazzled at times in the past few weeks, often hunched over a computer taking notes on a legal pad.  This has all been for one diagram of my senior thesis, a diagram that will take up a measly one page at best, yet show pretty much everything that I've learned in doing orignical analytical research.  ( Read more... )

So my latest task working for Dr. Miller is to code open-ended responses for an adult survey he recently collected on scientific literacy, in which respondents had to give definitions of various scientific concepts ranging from molecule to stem cell.  Today's topic is bio-fuels, which people are suprisingly on-point about as opposed to molecule ( Read more... )

I'm stealing comment diversions from Pajiba.com again, but they're just sooo good.

Four short questions for whoever's so inclined to answer them (please?):

1) Song you want played at some point during your wedding.
2) Song you want played at your funeral.
3) Song you'd want played as you were coming out of the bullpen at the bottom of the ninth with ( Read more... )

Hey guys, I'm like a legitimate researcher now or something like that!

http://lsay.msu.edu/brief_004.html
(The first of probably many monthly data briefs I will be doing for my job with LSAY)

...don't act like you're not impressed at my ability to make spiffy Excel line graphs and accompany them with witty prose ;)

So I like keeping this thing around in part as a means to gush about things like books, music, movies that have me excited to nobody in particular, in hopes that somebody might latch onto it and find the same joy in it that I do.

That said, I can't get over how great this new album by Nellie McKay is, even after listening to it about three times ( Read more... )

Jeff's Top Five Six Reasons To Feel Happy Lately:

1. Working with MSUMUN 2008 staff as coordinator of the press corp/newsletter.  Granted, I was the only one that wanted the job, but I'm still looking forward to working with high school kids and hopefully getting them pumped about international affairs.
2. Seeing Shoot Em Up at five dollar Tuesdays at NCG ( Read more... )

So I'm pretty sure I've mentioned the greatness that is Pajiba.com on here more than a couple of times, but one of the things I really dig about the site from time to time are its "Afternoon Comment Diversions" on Mondays, in which they provide an open forum for readers to spout off about a particular topic and be all pop-culture nerdy in the ( Read more... )

so back in my page days, there were legends of the old days when pages used to sneak out at night to go swimming in the fountains.  the tradition had all but disappeared in the modern era thanks to curfews and dorms and the like, but you still heard that every now and again a group of kids celebrated their last night in DC by taking a dive ( ( Read more... )

The Leadup:

Began early on Thursday night with a visit from Alain, who joined us in the park for Frisbee and movies (which was also conveniently located right behind Crunchy’s, allowing us to belatedly celebrate his 21st ).

Made what was possibly the smoothest drive to Chicago to date Friday morning while listening to the fantastic new Patton ( Read more... )