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I just noticed that the 10 year reunion date for the Cornell class of 1996 has been set. It’s going to be held from June 8th till June 11th, 2006. It’s a little over a year away now but mark your calendars if you’re going to go. I went to the five year reunion and [...]

Happy Tax Day everyone. I know you love this day.. I certainly do. It’s the day where I can curse at how much I COULD have made if there were no taxes. Of course.. if there were no taxes, I wouldn’t have many of the things I take for granted today (no sarcastic remarks about [...]

Come on now.. admit it - you’ve always wanted to sample some of those tasty looking treats that you give to your dog. Ok.. maybe not all of you but I certainly have been curious in my past. Well there’s a new brand of dog treats out that are good for both humans and dogs [...]

Here’s an interesting article over at the NYTimes. A study has come out declaring that drinking too much in liquids during excessive physical activity can actually kill you. The reason? Water dilutes blood and can lower the concentration of sodium in your body. Water then enters cells and can cause them to swell - enlarged [...]

Alright.. I’ll be the first to say that I’m not a fan of cats… but legalizing the killing of feral cats? What the heck?!?!? What are people thinking of? There’s got to be other things that people could be spending their time with right? Well it’s a good thing that the Governer of Wisconsin is [...]

Now this was a study that I’ve been looking for all of my life… “Daredevil men who believe they can attract women with their reckless behavior, should think again.” A survey of 100 men and women at the University of Maine in Orono showed that women are not impressed by daredevil antics by men. Apparently [...]

I was sitting down at volleyball last night talking to a friend of mine and he mentioned that he considered BattleStar Galactica a Soap Opera. That made me think about things for a bit.. a soap opera? is that really true?
In many ways, BSG is indeed a soap opera in space with all [...]

There’s a contest for anything these days.. Students from Purdue University won the 18th annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. Their winning entry? A machine that took 125 steps to remove two batteries from a flashlight, replace them, and then subsequently turn on the flashlight. Go figure!

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A friend of mine showed me this video today and it was hilarious! It’s basically the Star Wars Episode 3 trailer with some added commenting that all you irc/internet/gaming folks will appreciate. Enjoy!

Ok so maybe it wasn’t quite like hell last week but it was definitely a week that royally blew. Everything that could go wrong went wrong for me at work. It was just one of those weeks that I wish would just end…. but it only got worse until the weekend finally came around the [...]