Summer Kickoff Festival

CSU’s Housing & Dining Services department put on a “Summer kickoff festival” today. They shut down the dining halls and made everyone eat outside. It was about a 5 on the “Hey, at least I’m not eating in the dorms” scale. Coincidentally, it was absolutely beautiful outside today. Some grey clouds threatened to pour buckets … Read more

On an Island

A friend of mine recently asked for some suggestions of good music to add to his library. I gave him some of my current favorites, which are far from classics. But I got to thinking about my own music… My iTunes library has over 8,500 songs containing music from about 1934 to March 2007. If … Read more

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AHAHA WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?!!

April 23 (Bloomberg) — Whether it’s $50 to fill up your Prius or $130 for the Ford Expedition, $4-a-gallon gasoline is coming to a pump near you. That’s right. $4 a gallon. My Trek 4500’s fuel efficiency is about 20 miles to the Chipotle burrito. Best part about it is, if cost of living goes … Read more

I had One of Those Moments in the shower this morning

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If … Read more