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Category Archives: the dark side
No one will notice if the government shuts down
On Oct 1, Google put out a Doodle commemorating the 123rd anniversary of Yosemite National Park (at least in the US), a somewhat ironic gesture considering as of that morning, all national parks were closed and would remain so for a … Continue reading
Day 41: It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad mex
Today I was running everywhere, it seemed. 7-mile tempo run in the morning (which, surprisingly, I crushed)–though my running buddy Rob bailed on me, oh well–appointment after that, then work work work until 5 when it was off to sign … Continue reading
From the annals of recent brilliance
I had a conversation with the Danimal the other day that reminded me of a few rather outrageous claims I’d run into of late. It got me thinking about why these claims persist despite their obvious factual shortcomings. After all, … Continue reading
Election Fallout
I hate politics. Let’s just get this over with. The current levels of national polarization are revealing character flaws that are troubling. For one: the party of pulling-oneself-up-by-their-bootstraps takes credit for victories, but blames others for defeat. For two: “winning”–or … Continue reading
The Internets are a Strange Place
I love reading Ars Technica. Their writing is exceptional and among the more unbiased. Granted, their specialty is technology and science-related material; they only report on politics and current events as it overlaps with the former categories. Their staff does … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Internet, Real Life, the dark side
Tagged also a lot of butthurt on the carreon end, bearlove good cancer bad, carreon, carreon's wife sounds like a real character, charles carreon, incredibly stupid and frivolous lawsuits, inman, matthew inman, theoatmeal, welcome to the internets
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A Rant on Reasonable Expectations
With the semester wrapping up, I feel my status as a teaching assistant for a computational modeling course compels me to address something that we’ve encountered off and on the past several months. I’ll let Condescending Wonka introduce it. He … Continue reading
What the Luke Skywalker is the deal here?
Alright folks, I have to put this out there. In recent years, I’ve gotten back into reading the Star Wars Extended Universe books. The ones I read back in middle school were a lot of fun and very entertaining, but … Continue reading
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Hot-button topics
It seems every topic these days that has implications beyond my meager, individual existence has become warped by the political machine, and any stand one takes in the debate gets them hero status with some, Public Enemy Number One with … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Blogging, Internet, lolcat, Politics, Real Life, the dark side
Tagged arguing really isnt fun, emotion, hot button topics, la dee da, liberals and conservatives, logic, political debates isnt cool you know what is cool lolcats, rage quit, reason, talk radio, technology and science are way more fun to blog about, us vs them doesnt exist
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