(Excerpt from "Some Dark Thoughts on Happiness," NY News & Features)

“It seems to me that if you were to take a rather stringent line here,” concludes Phillips, “then anyone who could maintain a state of happiness, given the state of the world, is living in a delusion.”

Funny he should mention this: One of the most interesting bits of American ( Read more... )

Gooooooo Democrats!!!!!!!!!!! :~)

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How I Would Have Spent A Halloween Night A Decade Ago: happily trick-or-treating, dressed as a princess/movie star/ballerina. 
This Halloween Night: class, including a particularly challenging exam... ugh.
Halloween Night in Another Decade: depending on which of my career ideas I go for, possibly slaving away at the office.

Conclusion: is it just me, ( Read more... )

Okay, I refuse to believe that I looked forward all summer to the majorly inconclusive disappointment that was last night's Grey's Anatomy season opener. I'm just going to pretend that it all turned out the way I wanted it to:

MCDREAMY + MCVET: "Meredith?"

MEREDITH: "I'm dumping both of you losers! Derek, you're a complete ass for telling Addison ( Read more... )

Ah, add/drop period... where would I be without you? I just escaped from my first class session with this prof who turned out to be seriously nutzo (he started the class off my muttering "sex", asking if we'd heard him, and then claiming that his poli sci teachings would somehow do wonders for our love lives... and it only got worse from there on, ( Read more... )

Title: "University of Michigan Expands Michigan Stadium To Seat Everyone In Michigan"


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Cool site you've probably never heard of but should visit: zunafish.com, where you can trade all your unwanted CDs/DVDs/paperback books (like I'd ever give up a book, but whatever), etc. to other people and get  stuff you actually want in return!

Case in point: I've been longing to rid myself of my John Mayer "Room for Squares" CD for a ridiculously ( Read more... )

Hmm, did you guys (or "you girls"- gender gets me again!) know that technically, "fiance" refers to an engaged guy, while "fiancee" refers to an engaged woman? Ah, the things you learn when you haul out the actual print dictionary to find out whether SpellCheck is screwing with you or not!

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