Contrary to popular belief, the New Orleans Saints weren’t always a terrible football team. In fact, the first time a Saints player touched the ball, the opening kickoff of the first game in the inaugural season, he ran and ran and ran - all the way into the endzone. However, in terms of greatness, that was about all that history had in store for ( Read more... )

I got my exam back today. I had projected myself as getting between a 75-80. I got a 78, which isn't as bad considering the class average was a 77. So that'll probably curve up to a B, which makes me feel better about it. The grading on it, though, has made me not a fan of my TF. I still love my professor though.

The Blue Lights: Everywhere on campus, there are blue lights. I'll have to take some pictures of them. Actually, they designed it to where you cannot walk anywhere on campus without being able to see a blue light. The blue lights are above an emergency telephone where you can call the Harvard Police if you feel unsafe or just want someone to walk ( Read more... )

I've decided to start posting random tidbits of information and thoughts whenever I can, in no particular order and with no particular thought process. Pictures will come later if I can master basic technology.

My Course:
I have class Monday through Thursday from 1:00 to 3:30 pm. The building is about a five minute walk from my dorm. I have to print ( Read more... )

The first day:

Saturday is a day that hardly deserves writing about solely for the fact that it was pretty terrible for a greater portion of the day. But for posterity's sake, I will try.

We had a 6:00 am flight out of New Orleans, which I promptly missed. Actually, that sentence made no sense at all. It's an oxymoron. Note to self: Learn new phrases ( Read more... )

In my infinite boredom, and upon seeing the first round of the World Cup being completed, I decided to rank the teams in order of their finish, based first on points in standings and second on goal differential. If the teams remained tied, they stayed tied. So here goes. Our surprise first-round leader is ...

1. Spain
2. Brazil
2. Germany
4. Portugal
5 ( Read more... )

So I'm leaving tomorrow at 3:30 am. I'll try to not mess this thing up ( Read more... )

The game today was a little upsetting, but those are the breaks that you get. The ability of the United States to get back and have a decent showing in four years after being kicked in the teeth will do a lot to earn respect around the world and spread the game at home. Focusing on anything negative won't bring the games back. All we can do is look ( Read more... )

In order to spur on the lads wearing the stars and stripes (no longer, it appears, the scars and strife) in their upcoming match against the African nation Ghana, I've helped to provide some cheers, which we seem to be lacking. As stated by Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly: "All we have is that crappy old U-S-A! U-S-A! chant. A stoned ferret ( Read more... )

In addition to watching a lot of soccer (Congratulations, by the way, to my beloved Tricolores who advanced to the round of 16 today), I've also been reading a lot about the world cup. One of my favorite writers is a British-born writer for ESPN.com who is doing a blog in Germany for the month-long tournament. Along with his hilarious pain-induced ( Read more... )