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Jaime Vodvarka, dead at 31, a true master
Saturday, December 27th, 2008Jaime was one of my best friends in the world. I think alot of people are going to end up saying this about her, in fact.
She completed three different college degrees- BS in neuroscience, BA in teaching and Master’s in Industrial Design. I have felt like she didn’t really get to enjoy the results of [...]
Goodtermpaper’s promise to America
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008Recently, I perused an article from the Villanova Law Review that outlined the history of the term paper industry, and the attempts and failures of litigation to control it. Author Darby Dickerson presents a rich and detailed look at the heritage of term paper mills in America, going back to the days when whispered-about establishments [...]
You should know why you want to go to college
Sunday, December 21st, 2008I have friends and relatives who have become very deeply in debt, or worked careers only very briefly that they studied very hard for. Almost everyone knows anymore that a diploma isn’t a meal ticket (whereas it used to be an invitation to the feast, or so we thought.) It is simple economics: ravenous world [...]
I buy bad things
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008my wife just told me ‘you buy bad things.’ this was in response to wanting to buy, for $2.95, a 30 day trial of derek gehl’s Insider Secrets Marketing Program. Wow. the ISMP, that is.
Lawrence: “It’s only $2.95 for a month, and then at the end, if you want to [...]
Assessing the Legacy of the Ruined Patriots
Sunday, February 17th, 2008IF matt walsh has something genuinely damaging (like the super bowl walkthrough) then this is my early assessment of the patriots legacy:
there is much arguing that spying is not an advantage, and that those who think so do not understand football. football, this argument goes, is about execution, and is played with real players. to [...]
Good times
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Today one of my aikido instructors came over to the house to plot strategy and write his webpage. He is a very skilled and enterprising man with black belts in judo and karate, as well as aikido. He runs a restaurant and apartmenthouse, and offers health and recreational services to all of his [...]