My brother is the statistics major, not me
Don’t you hate it when you develop a bad habit that makes no sense whatsoever? I have recently begun to purchase several specially-marked Pepsi products–1 in 3 bottles has a code for a free iTunes song. The only problem is that the Pepsi Corporation is (with all due respect) full of crap with those odds: [...]
A tape in hand…
Doug Wead, a former aide to President George H.W. Bush, taped a few private conversations he had with Governor George W. Bush as early as 1998. He is now writing a book about the President, and he has released his tapes to the New York Times. The article the Times wrote up was pretty interesting–this [...]
Coffee Etiquette
This morning, I went to the Mill to read about Buddhism and to get a good cup of coffee (except that I learned in my readings that the coffee didn’t exist–it was simply a product of my attachment to the physical world. Hmmm.) Friday mornings at the Mill (in the main room, at least) are [...]
Embarrassment is…
Embarrassment is discovering that you wore a brown belt all day at work to complement your black slacks and black shoes. I hope my black vest covered it up enough.
Misunderstatement
From a Daily Nebraskan story that ran today: Ben Keele, junior political science major, has filed his own taxes for about six years. But not all students are like Keele. Actually, there isn’t anybody in the world like Ben. He’s the only person I know who: Puts all his trophies in ziplock bags Is the [...]
