November 2006

On Clemson vs. South Carolina.

November 27, 2006

The game itself was disgusting, but here’s why the Tiger-Gamecock rivalry might have become the best in college football: Man kills friend over $20 football bet. That article is from si.com, but here are some juicier details from the Charlotte Observer’s subscribers-only website: James Walter Quick watched the South Carolina-Clemson game Saturday at his friend’s house in Lexington, S.C., [...]

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On turning 30 (for real this time).

November 23, 2006

No. Dear God, No. NOOOOOOOOOO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Okay, well, yes. I really don’t see what the big deal is about turning thirty years old. My hair didn’t turn gray or fall out overnight, my bones don’t creak, nothing is any different than yesterday. It’s no big deal. Besides, on this birthday the entire nation is celebrating with me. I flipped on the [...]

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On Casino Royale.

November 22, 2006

WARNING: Spoilers ahead. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, and do not wish to have certain elements of the plot revealed to you, don’t read this post. I mean it. ADDITIONAL WARNING: If you haven’t seen the movie yet and have no intention of doing so, I hate you. When I was ten, I [...]

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R.I.P. Uncle Milt.

November 16, 2006

Milton Friedman died today at 94 years old. He was probably the most influential and certainly the most famous economist of the latter half of the 20th century. Since I cannot concisely do justice to his contributions to the field of economics, I’ll take the easy way out by listing one achievement and then posting [...]

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FELONY NOTICE.

November 5, 2006

Tonight I voted via absentee ballot. I was tempted to write myself in for every office, but what if I won them all? Way too much work—better not take the chance. Anyhow, after bubbling in the poor suckers who will run the government in my stead, I scanned the instructions one last time to see if [...]

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