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WTF pictures - Don't f@$k with Vespas

posted in College Life | May 20, 2013

Saw this hilarious sign on the sleepy streets of Pismo Beach, CA: This was outside local Italian restaurant Giuseppe's. Quite the protector of Vespa owners' rights, this Giuseppe.

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End of the year stuff

posted in College Life | May 20, 2013

Dec 31. Another year comes to end. Time for every two-bit hack to publish his/her "best of " lists. his formality is weary, but whatever. No reason for me to get left out.Every now and then someone will ask me to give a few book recommendations. I en...

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End of the year stuff

posted in College Life | May 20, 2013

Dec 31. Another year comes to end. Time for every two-bit hack to publish his/her "best of " lists. his formality is weary, but whatever. No reason for me to get left out.Every now and then someone will ask me to give a few book recommendations. I en...

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Poem of the week - "Ring out, wild bells" by Tennyson

posted in College Life | May 20, 2013

In spirit of the Christmas/New Year season, here's a classic by Alfred "call me Lord" Tennyson. A tender piece of work that is still widely read this time of the year. Enjoy.Ring out, wild bellsRing out,wild bells, to the wild sky,The flying cloud, t...

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Now it can be told: the traumatic tale of switching hairdressers

posted in College Life | May 20, 2013

You are forgiven for thinking I fell off the face of the earth (although technically that metaphor makes no sense, but whatever). I did not write for most of last month and most of this month. There is a reason for that: I was wallowing in immense sa...

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Poem of the week - "Snake" by D.H. Lawrence

posted in College Life | May 20, 2013

D.H. Lawrence might be better known for scandalizing the western world by penning a couple novels in the twenties that defied the cultural mores of the day - "Women in Love" and "Sons and Lovers". But the following poem shows he is a damn fine poet t...

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Coffee: the drink of the gods

posted in College Life | May 20, 2013

The days are getting longer. The wind is getting nastier, sometimes enough to blow you off the bicycle or knock you off your feet. Most of the snow has melted but you always dread opening weather.com because, well, maybe the next storm is peeping aro...

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Randomness of music on the car radio

posted in College Life | May 20, 2013

Listening to music on the car radio carries hazards as well as rewards. Hazards first: you get stuck listening to absolutely terrible commercials or (heaven forbid) pitbull. Since radio stations (Top 40 especially) tend to play the same 40 songs over...

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Ascaris: the subtle, understated badass

posted in College Life | May 20, 2013

Nature is full of badasses. They come in all sizes and shapes and flavors. Some are big, obvious and downright terrifying: your leopards, cheetahs and other their ilk. Some are ruthless, relentless and overwhelm by the numbers. Army ants fall into ...

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College basketball is boring and other random stuff

posted in College Life | May 20, 2013

I am coughing a lung out over here in sunny Southern California, but I must soldier to feed the insatiable urge of my dear readers. The show must go on, as they say (btw who the hell comprises this murky "they"? Why don't they ever reveal "them"selve...