The Twitter service is agnostic to your special characters that we use as annotations to #topics and @people. The community came up with these “features” as a way to facilitate conversation on a service that was meant to broadcast our daily meanderings. One of the main reasons why Twitter took off was its easy to use, well [...]
25Sep09
Envy The Brainsick
There are times that I wish I could be addicted to something. While hanging out with the local chumps I hear the war stories of people that were an addict. There is nothing better than listening to someone recount an experience that led them through the streets of Philadelphia on a path of destruction to [...]
When living in an apartment it has generally been an acceptable practice to take out the garbage on time, pay the electric and gas bills on time, and generally be a good neighbor to all of your fellow homosapiens. Another general practice is to make sure that the children that you have bore both in [...]
23Sep09
The Holiday Spirit
It is almost impossible not to get into the holiday spirit this time of year. As I walked through the campus this week the brisk air and the dusting of snow brought back the memories of Christmas past. For a few moments, in my half-buzzed state, I thought that I was Bill Murray and one [...]
21Sep09
Leave Grandma Out of This
There are few things that are better in life than relaxing at home, drinking and watching the football game while gorging yourself on turkey and mashed potatoes. Then, as sure as the hands on a clock, that tryptophan invites his amino acid buddies in and the next think you know there serotonin is hookin’ on [...]
21Sep09
Old Isn’t A Band-Aid For New
As I have gotten older and older there have been less and less on television that interests me to a point where I would call myself a “follower” of a particular television show. While watching some Saturday morning cartoons I ask myself: Were cartoons this horrible when I was watching them years ago? But after [...]
I usually make it a habit not to talk about classes that I am currently taking. It makes for some awkward situations. But there are times that I simply can’t resist (or, as it is with this case, have nothing else to write about).
The first day that I started a particular class this semester caused [...]