I don’t think I’ll ever be able to say what makes music good. There are certain bands and artists that I can classify with a reasonable amount of confidence as terrible, I guess, but based on my experience, if you think an album is good, there will likely be a number of people of all ages who strongly disagree. Everyone seems to like ( Read more... )

This post will hopefully give you some things to look out for as the results start to pour in tomorrow evening:

House

Republicans have a 232-201 majority.
Democrats need to pick up 17 seats for a majority.
They are projected to win anywhere between 10 and 40 seats, so we'll see what happens. There are a lot of key House races in New York, Ohio, ( Read more... )

Look, I don't mean to toot my own horn here, but clearly people born on November 2 make up 60-70% of the most gifted, intellectual, powerful, admirable, attractive and successful people in the country.

Clearly I'm just the next person in line to follow these great American heroes. I don't have to prove it to you but I will anyway:


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On the local WB affiliate the Maury show is always on when i get home from class, right after Jerry Springer ( Read more... )

One of the required classes Penn State makes you take is CAS 100A - Effective Public Speaking ( Read more... )

I have to go to class right now, but I was watching George Bush's speech on the television. He is at the United Nations, I guess. Why did the United Nations even let him waste their time? You'd think they would all get together and say "You know, thanks for the offer, but New Zealand and Peru really have some good stuff this year, so we're gonna ( Read more... )

(Update: I have gotten several messages on AIM from people who feel similarly. Feel free to comment one way or another.)

Facebook, all things considered, has treated me well over the past year. It makes it very easy to keep in touch with people and see what they are up to. I don't think it was necessary to expand it to high schools - I can tell ( Read more... )

The Setup:

Brady Quinn is the quarterback for Notre Dame. He is widely considered to be the front-runner in the race for the Heisman, and will probably go #1 in the NFL draft next year.

In the intrest of full disclosure, I should say that I don't really like Notre Dame. Kind of like how I feel about Duke, except I hate Duke 34985 times more.

This is ( Read more... )

It has been raining for almost 24 hours now ( Read more... )

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