I went to White Hen on the way back from a midnight IHOP run for the second time in about a month, and for the second time in about a month, White Hen was closed for cleaning. Employees were shooing people away, even as I looked down the door to the sign that says “Open ...

It has occured to me that either the TA or the prof of my News and New Media course may get bored with reading fake AP stories and click on my weblog link when they hit my index page, and thereby end up reading my last post, thereby leading them to strongly consider failing me ...

Beware these words when they come out of a professor’s mouth. They THINK they’re making things easier for you, but nine times out of ten, they’re making your life more difficult. Case in point: My comm studies prof told us he wanted to “save us some money on coursepacks” and decided to not have a ...

Mark always used to talk about how everything would be all right if he were an ice cream vendor. But I note a couple of flaws in his logic: 1. The Music. You have to listen to the most obnoxious sound on the face of the earth: Essentially a giant, really loud music box directly ...

So on my final day, I was reminded today of yet another reason I don’t want to work at Blockbuster anymore: I constantly run into people I have no desire whatsoever to see. Like an ex. And her boyfriend. Who were being cutesy with each other in line. This was not Laura. Laura is THE ...

I just saw the Indigo Girls performing…on Headline News… I thought for a minute it was corporate synergy gone berserk, but they record for Epic, which is a Sony subsidiary. Anyone wanna explain this to me?

I really hate the exhaustion that school brings on. It’s one thing to work your ass off 40 hours a week, but I could never be a lawyer or an investment banker or a grad student or some other profession where you have to work ungodly hours and are expected to do fantastic work on ...

So I went and saw Patty Griffin at the Park West tonight, and she was excellent. The show was fairly low-key (she didn’t even have a drummer), which I normally don’t like, but I let her and Aimee Mann get away with because they’ve got such fucking gorgeous voices you actually want spare arrangements live. ...

So I was flipping through channels, and I came upon a Sheryl Crow concert on VH1, so naturally I watched it. The show immediately following, however, is what got my attention. It’s called the RedEye. It’s a like combination of Queer as Folk, Sex and the City, Beavis and Butt-Head, and some fairly powerful hallucinogens. ...

The following was sitting in my inbox when I got back from class: “To All Concerned: A contractor will be burning the prairie grasses surrounding the lagoon beginning at 1:00 p.m. today, April 17, 2002. This is an annual maintenance procedure administered by Facilities Management. While this procedure will produce some smoke, there is no ...