1:30 AM just got back from springy and the wedding - so tired my chest is heaving # call me rob, cause I am a freaking zombie. # 1:02 before german class starts - hope homework is done by then! # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Sometimes, when I am frustrated with cramming a couple of years worth of German into my face in a few short days (I’m a drama queen, I know) it helps to remember that the great American writer, Mark Twain had some helpful thoughts on the German language. Here is ...

I could not bear to finish this video.

back...... plane delays are fun and profitable.... # Powered by Twitter Tools.

I’m back from Chicago.  I hope to have a substantial post up later, reflections, stories, and pics with the crazies – but right now I am zonked and still have to get across the state for a Wedding tomorrow.  I picked up the following trades for cheap: ...

g. carlin - wonderful, but vulgar standup - watching HBO marathon while studying.... miss my meredith.... # the # "vista battery saver" - good app if you are running vista. # waiting and waiting at panera for my flight.... 3 hours to go.... think I'll blog or tw? # @bradandrews 9 years? ...

I came across some money for my birthday.  I plan on translating that cash into comic trades.  I don’t have many comics, as my friends are awash in them.  As a result, I am never sure what to buy.  Do I try to find new ...

Watching the draft (in any sport) is an excellent way to drain excess life from a person.  The only person in the history of persons to be able to make reading about a draft fun is Bill Simmons.  Here is one such tidbit (speaking about the Richard Jefferson for Bobby ...

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The 7 Most Hilariously Mismatched Superhero Battles  Here’s a taste of one such gems: Captain Boomerang vs. the Flash: While most Superman stories boil down to "He punches something REALLY hard" (or in the grittier, psychological stories, "He's really DETERMINED to punch something really hard"), the Flash's stories are based on a ...

I am sure all of you know of General Nick Fury and his Universe 616’s counter part, Colonel Nick Fury.  But do you know the secret behind his eyepatch? From Ultimate Spiderman 118: Bobby Drake, Peter Parker, and Johnny Storm are at the beach and talking about their run-ins with Fury: ...

dawkins # arg - another test - I only have two this week... # @bradandrews wow, bet coop can beat me in a few months # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Did that creep any of you out?

It should be a basic principle of intelligent analysis that a serious attempt is made to understand the most intellectually sophisticated concepts of religious belief.  Some philosophers, like Anthony Kenny… do this and still disagree with many religious ideas.  But they treat religious beliefs in their best intellectual forms with ...

   Billionaire Without A Cause: Bruce Wayne from Gotham Tonight. “He’s living life like its a monopoly board and he’s playing all by himself.” While you are at it, Support the Bat w/free Dark Knight XBLM goods! Pandora – Its old, but it rawks. (-3.4 points for using ...

The accident of preservation has skewed the general picture. -Christine Thomas in Stories without Texts and Without Authors: The Problem of Fluidity in Ancient Novelistic Texts and Early Christian Literature Above, Thomas is talking about our accidental recovery of what we call ancient novels. All five of them are "ideal romances." This ...

Seriously, folks, does it get any better?

While I completely get the fluidity of language and what is important in a word is its intended meaning, I can’t help but agree with Maeve here when she says: But while “pimping” a ride or a wardrobe may have become an acceptable usage, “to pimp” ...

You were a very funny man. George Carlin mourned as a counterculture hero

is wondering why he must do what he hates to do - and then is kicking himself for being mopey! # enjoying academic pursuits # I am starting to think that I like coffee a little too much... # Powered by Twitter Tools.