Dec 31 2006
new year’s eve…
watching the annual new york times square celebration - the ticker has news about the hanging of saddam hussein flashing by, a goofy made up boy-band called “the jersey boys” sings - frankie vali “oh what a night”… could it get any more strange than that?
Dec 14 2006
apparently spelling isn’t a big priority at our institutions of higher learning - i.e. university of calgary. thousands of scholars have walked past this sign at the entrance to the student’s union building for about 4 years now - no one has fixed this sign.
Dec 12 2006
how’s this for an investment -
this semester’s textbooks - $420.00
the bookstores of universities offer a buy-back program with “up to 50% back” from the original price.
actual money returned from buy back program - $38.00
apparently the poor book companies change their editions annually so most books are only good for one semester each year, not much […]
Dec 12 2006
without a doubt the funniest movie i’ve seen in recent memory is Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. I don’t remember any movie that was literally a laugh a minute. The movie opens and it’s joke after joke, right to the finish.
it makes fun of every possible taboo - […]
Dec 06 2006
there’s an old marketing adage that “you meet the nicest people on a honda…” which so far i’ve found to be quite true of motorcyclists as a whole.
i can also safely say i’ve met some of the nicest people recently while attending university. funny how much everyone has in common - struggles with motivation, choosing […]