Category Archives: Observations

From the land of Winter Break: Pt. II

By Justin | January 10, 2009

We used to get The Patriot Ledger delivered to the house, but my dad canceled our subscription, probably about a year ago. That newspaper has really gone downhill in the past few years. Instead of news, it’s mostly big images, chunky text, useless graphic design, and features lacking newsworthiness. About the only section that’s still [...]

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Snowstorm makes up for Girl Talk disappointment

By Justin | December 8, 2008

I was pretty underwhelmed by our much-hyped Girl Talk show on Saturday night. There were definitely some upsides to the performance, which I’ll get to in a moment. But the show itself wasn’t that great. First, it started about 40 minutes late, and there was no opening act, not even a student DJ to keep [...]

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Sensory recollections from a gusty jog

By Justin | November 15, 2008

I’m off. Down Beach Street, a bit of friction missing between my shoes and the wet, leaf-covered pavement. As I round the bend, the wind sweeps at my back and I hear the rainwater trickle and fall into the storm drain across the street. Warwick Street. The wind picks up as I cross High Street, [...]

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Things I have seen this summer

By Justin | June 25, 2008

The first third of my summer is nearly past. I have seen many things. I have seen hail horizontally riding the wind, and I have seen lightning arc across the entire sky in a beautiful but frightening chain, electrifying the entire atmosphere. I have seen the charred remains of a section of forest, blackened to [...]

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A sign that Spring is on its way

By Justin | March 22, 2008

This afternoon, I came home from Red & Black to find two little flowers opening up next to our front steps. One is solid purple, while the other is white with purple stripes. It’s nice to see a little life in what is otherwise a pretty bleak front yard. Share this entry:

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That damned crackle of plastic bottles

By Justin | March 12, 2008

Often when I’m at home or school, I’m sitting at my desk with a bottle of water next to me. I guess this happens more at home than at school—where I usually pour myself some water into a glass and keep that at my desk—but the story continues nevertheless. Sometimes, when I grip the bottle [...]

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The Quadrantid meteor shower

By Justin | January 4, 2008

I was just outside trying to see if the meteor shower was visible; apparently, around 1:40 AM was supposed to be the best time to catch them in the eastern United States. Well, I was out there for probably about five minutes, and only saw one shoot through the sky, a little bit next to [...]

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News flash: God not a big deal in America

By Justin | December 10, 2007

Apparently belief in God is a “vestigial” part of American life, subject to irrelevance in the near future. The kind of thing you’ll hear only at an ultra-liberal liberal arts university. From a 2003 Harris Interactive poll: The 90% of adults who believe in God include 93% of women, 96% of African-Americans and 93% of [...]

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Beer and hubcaps

By Justin | December 7, 2007

I’m always both annoyed and astonished at the junk that people throw into our yard. But I witnessed the best combination of refuse today. Coming home from class, I noticed that our shrubs were the proud possessors of an empty bottle of Sierra Nevada Porter beer, and a plastic hubcap. WTF? Why can’t people take [...]

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I can’t take it anymore!

By Justin | November 28, 2007

Why can’t people keep their hands out of their pants in public? Ugh! I love how many people in this class jump to caricature the conservative position. “If conservatives think of both the fetus and the mother as human beings—as creations of God—how can they be so pro-war?” Ugh! And, why does it always start [...]

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