August 2010
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July 2009
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“Grape… Soda… Banked?”
– Senor Cardgage - A Series of Non Sequiturs #3
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“I’m very sorry, ma’am, but could you help an old denominator, like...”
– Senor Cardage - A Series of Non Sequiturs #2
June 2009
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hi·a·tus |hī-ˈā-təs|; noun
: a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.
“(Random) College Musings is, for one reason or another, on a short hiatus.”
May 2009
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“Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand...”
– George Washington, “Farewell Address”
1796
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This I Believe →
I’m not sure how I never knew this existed, but I am hooked.
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“Dump tell no mandy, it’s just a land mower turned bankways! If you help...”
– Senor Cardgage - A Series of Non Sequiturs #1
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“Happy Birthday, SETI@home”
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Miscommunication at Bushwood
Sandy MacReedy: I want you to kill every gopher on the course.
Carl Spackler: Correct me if I'm wrong, Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers they're gonna lock me up and throw away the key.
Sandy MacReedy: Gophers! You great git! Not golfers! The little brown furry rodents!
Carl Spackler: We can do that. We don't even have to have a reason.
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Was Lincoln already dying? →
A potentially ground-breaking DNA test could she new light on the nation’s greatest president and his infamous assassination.
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“Can A New Search Engine Outdo...
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Amherst for the win. →
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WatchThe Atlantic - “What Makes Us Happy?”
The above video, courtesy of The Atlantic, examines the W.T. Grant Study—an unprecedentedly exhaustive longitudinal study concerning the psychological nature of happiness. For over 70 years, this research project has comprehensively dissected and recorded the lives of 268 Harvard graduates, all men. The results of this ongoing experiment are...
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Surrender at Appomattox—1865
Lee: After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many hard fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them ; but feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that would compensate for the loss that must have attended a continuance of the contest, I determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen. By the terms of the agreement, officers and men can return to their homes and remain until exchanged. You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of Duty faithfully performed, and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you His blessing and protection. With an unceasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your Country and a grateful rememberance of your kind and generous consideration for myself. I bid you all an affectionate Farewell.
Grant: lol pwnd
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Top Ten Baby Names In 2008
The Social Security Administration has reported that after a twelve year reign as the nation’s most popular name for newborn girls, “Emily” has been ousted from the top spot by a very similar name—”Emma.” While the girls’ names have begun to show some flair in recent years, the top boys’ monikers continue to be primarily biblical in nature.
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“How Does The Flu Kill?”
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Carl Weathers solves world hunger. →
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WatchSit Down, Shut Up - Episode #1: “Pilot”
Sit Down is one of my new favorite shows. It has a comical style very reminiscent of Arrested Development (not surprisingly), but will, unfortunately, likely end up facing a similar fate has also been cancelled in a similar fashion.
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“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man...”
– Theodore Roosevelt, “Citizenship in a Republic”
Paris, 1910
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“Lessons From A Defrosted Baby...