September 2008
16 posts
“The worst thing that can come of this, is that the free-market and capitalism...”
– Ron Paul, on the current economic crisis
ML: You know, like Ulysses, that book by James Joyce?
JW: Yeah.
ML: What's that style called again?
JW: Boring?
Sad thing is, Studio 22 would give me thousands...
GRAHAM wheels and starts firing into the jungle. Blast blast blast. He drops the gun and pulls out another. Boom boom boom. Explosions. Bullets fly, but he simply pushes them out of the way and strides with steely determination toward the gangster hideout.
Pshaw Report:
In: Getting annoying film emails
5 minutes ago: Getting annoying emails from the Medill Career Services
Out: Getting annoying emails from Hillel
“Why is it there are people with the last name Lovejoy, but no one with the name...”
Harvard Weekend by the Numbers (to be cont.)
9.5 - hours spent on a train round trip
2 - high people I saw talking about calculus
5’ 4” - height of plant I carried across campus so the girls wouldn’t have to
6 - minutes it seemed to take a table of Harvard kids to finish one game of flip cup
0 - lakes
“Champagne for you real friends, real pain for you sham friends.”
– Isaac Wilder
“And in fairness to my doctor, it’s not like I don’t exhibit compulsive behavior....”
– Mike Birbiglia
At Third Party-Palooza, Walk, Don't Run
A third party run by Dr. Paul would be a lot like coming to school and spending your entire budget on throwing a party to try and get everyone at school to like you. It would succeed as a sort of fuck-you to bipartisan system, get a little press coverage (partly from the “omg I can’t believe someone is doing this, they are, like, so0o0o crazy. what about the Republicans or the...
“Mac users please note:
Medill is primarily a Windows PC operation. Faculty and...”
– A Medill email I got.
It makes me so angry. Don’t they know that Mac is becoming the standard for the world of journalism? This statement to me just seems like they’re saying, it’s not our fault that you didn’t get a PC, deal with it and buy one.
(via grabthegusto)
Scene: A nice restaurant. A...
“hey do you guys need a safe ride? bitch, please; my canoe is at the pier.”
– J.A.
“It’s bad enough that Palin has said she hasn’t paid attention to...”
– Daily Kos, on Republican VPILF Sarah Palin’s past connection to the Alaskan Independence Party. On another note, God forbid that a governor tries to focus on state issues while governor of her state. That would be like, omigod, a President who while president focused on American issues and...
“Those bastards…they are not getting $20 from me this year.”
– WvM, on seeing a picture of the three trees Hotchkiss decided to plant on Memo lawn, our and many others’ stickball field of yore.
“ron paul is totally a balla […] i saw him on tv speaking in minnesota and...”
– TF, making my night and buoying my hopes that America can still be saved…eventually 