Inspired by ejinsc and organized into tiers ( Read more... )

http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20081020_Colleges_feeling_the_burn_of_Wall_St__meltdown.html is an interview with Penn State's president regarding the economic difficulties.  Note one of the later paragraphs ( Read more... )

I think I just turned down the opportunity to testify before Congress ( Read more... )

My final undergrad year has begun.  361 will be good, 364 will be somewhat annoying, and CEDEV will be useful if I can somehow insert myself into the clique that is known as "the rest of the class".  Tough going so far ( Read more... )

• Damn, Michael Phelps is ridiculous.  It's almost hard to believe that no one in the world has ever swam as fast, and that everyone else in the pool are still among the TOP 8 IN THE WORLD.  He's up to 3 golds.  Wow.
• First thesis interview today with Principal Sparano - went well, save for some minor technical difficulties with Mr. I-Won't-Produce- ( Read more... )

• I'm back from the Shore.  Slightly tanner, somewhat more exercised, and that much closer to the onslaught of the fall semester.  This also reduces my turnaround time for e-mails and other communications from "double-digit hours" to "a couple of hours at worst".  Expect this statistic to reach "30 minutes or it's free" in two weeks.
• It's in the 50s ( Read more... )

Some things you may have missed last week, courtesy of Countdown with Keith Olberman's Friday show:

• "Steelers-Packers-POW-gate" (seriously, look it up.  The guy can't remember anything anymore.)
• Economic advisor Phil Gramm calls Americans "whiners" over "mental recession" (ask my wallet after paying $4+/gallon)
• Fiorina says McCain's upset about ( Read more... )

• I'm typing obscenely long messages today on computers.  Not sure if that's a good sign that my fingers have fully recovered from a long tough year of typing, or if I just have diarrhea of the hand.
• Only one more day of working at the township; it's definitely been worthwhile.
• Secret plans for this weekend...
• The next 11+ months are going to be rather ( Read more... )

Some of my regular readers (all 4 of you) may have been wondering to yourselves: "Wait, didn't he say Reason 4619 to vote for Obama in that recent post?"

You'd be quite correct.  And if you were wondering what exactly those first 4618 reasons are...well, here's the first 20 or so.

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Any questions ( Read more... )

Reason number 4,619 to vote for Obama?  No more 5-4 "democracy hangs on by the skin of its teeth" Supreme Court rulings ( Read more... )