Today an old Japanese man advised my class to go through life thinking "everything is going your way, because then it will," and because I am apt to listen to sagacious octogenarians, I decided that things are fine. And I bought a lottery ticket. (Why do I always get ID'd? How many underage kids do you know just dying for their 18th birthday to ( Read more... )

A pack of professional car thieving teenagers might have finally killed my car.

The only person I talked to today was a crazy woman at Goodwill who wanted me to admire the faded leather pants she had found that were at least two sizes too small for her. So, uh, suggestions for what to do with my summer/life highly welcomed.

hay guys I am a political scientist now

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"The circumcised man is so sweet. It is like the sweetness of dozing during a soft drizzling rain (kelo ka nyidho)." - Kenyan woman

From The Stranger: With the Washington State Liquor Control Board seemingly on the brink of pulling its liquor license, Deano's Cafe & Lounge at 2030 East Madison Street needs a makeover. Badly. Even co-owner Darnell Parker concedes that "Deano's" is synonymous with criminal depravity, drug dealing, prostitution, and all the drive-by shootings that ( Read more... )

Dear NBC: People do not want to watch GENOCIDE in Africa on their favorite TV show. We look to TV to escape in fact, so your programs should have nothing to do with real life and/or international human rights issues. Thanks.

I took my very last test today. (I still have final papers though.)

1. He invented the internet. Props to Dubya for pluralizing it though.

2. He cared about climate change in 1992 -

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