I’ve got a friend who’s a giant fan of mustaches. Why? Because he’s a guy.
He’s also a fan of being a good person (this is where the similarities between the two of us end).
This year he’s joining a cause to combine these two passions. If you’re interested in growing a mustache or trying to kick prostate cancer’s ass then please visit the below link.
Let’s play a little word association, shall we?
When I say the word, “Titanic”, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?
If you used the words, “Celine Dion”, “nausea”, “miserable love story”, or any combination of the aforementioned terms, or their synonyms, then you’ll probably agree with what’s going to follow. Read more
Dear America,
Is it just me, or are more and more of our top students basing their major upon making money?
And when I say, “is it just me”, I mean that literally. Even before I went to college I knew I wanted to be a business major. Why? Because I liked psychology.
I know, I know, there’s a major for that. I decided against it very early on because, without dedicating the better part of a decade to additional education, a psychology major has no guarantee of making any money. Some might say that’s a smart decision. Others might consider it greedy. They’re both right. Read more
A few days ago it was announced that Chicago will not be hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics. In fact, of all the cities that that made the final cut, we (I’m from 1.5 hours outside Chicago, I round up to say we) finished dead last. In other words, Chicago couldn’t even land the bronze….ouch.
If there was one word that could summarize their IOC’s decision, at least from an American standpoint, it would have to be surprise. By many’s estimations, Chicago was the front runner to host the summer games. Not winning it was unexpected, but to be the first eliminated…well I’m going to need Tony Harris’ help in expressing this… Read more
Some videos are so powerful that they change your life forever. Other videos are made by me.
There are very few unanimous facts in this world:
1) Chicago Style Pizza > NY Pizza
2) Kanye West has no conscience
3) Every good website needs its own self promoting video
# 3 is the result of this post
Thanks to Mike Kozar for his assistance in writing such a heavy script.
On the official scale of awesome, which is internationally agreed upon to range from 1-29,277 (total points scored by Michael Jordan as a Bull), Google comes in at roughly one googol.
It’s been a while since I’ve kissed some Google butt. This post is long over due. Read more
I figured if Jay-Z had the authority to kill off autotune, then someone of my stature surely could do the same for the most over-abused trend since the Livestrong bracelet. Judging by your superior ability to read titles, you likely already know that I’m referring to the Ray-Ban (or replicated rip-off) wayferer sunglasses. You know what I’m talking about. I know you do. You’ve seen it a thousand times (assuming you’ve only seen 1,400 people in the last two years). Read more
Wikipedia is awesome. Arguing against this is like trying to convince someone to take a tropical vacation to Antarctica (note to future readers: this was written in 2009 when Antarctica was still somewhat frozen).
Wikipedia is responsible for 13 MILLION articles. What’s even more amazing – this is a collaborative project worked on by volunteer workers (aka nerds with too much time). Its top competition (if you can consider a non-profit lead by volunteers to be “competing”) Britannica, is considered to be no more accurate than Wikipedia (source: Wikipedia).
School projects involving lower levels of research will never be the same (time consuming). You’ve got a presentation due on King Henry the VIII? What used to involve a trip to the library, scouring the archives for the correct edition, and manually writing notes has been reduced to typing “King Henry VIII” into a Google search bar, clicking the first link, then “File: Print”. Making a bowl of cereal involves more effort.
However, allowing anyone to make changes creates a double edged sword. On one end, you can’t accumulate 13 million articles by making an exclusive encyclopedia nerd club responsible for all of the content. On the other end, here’s what I stumbled upon today (not to be confused with StumbleUpon):
You learn something new every day.
There are very few TV shows that I go out of my way to watch. I try to stay up-to-date with current events in the news, and I of course make time for the occasional comedy (not necessarily in that order). The Daily Show is a perfect hybrid of the two. I’m all about multi-tasking.
As for the quality of content, in my humble opinion, Jon Stewart provides better news than what you get on around the clock news networks, i.e. CNN, MSNBC, and of course Fox News (the #1 news network – once again proving that bigotry is still fashionable). Dear CNN, I didn’t turn your station on to see what people are Twittering. I can go to Twitter for that. Read more