“Those people have serious issues.” -Sarah, on seeing the “Rat Lover Anonymous” Facebook group The scene is 7:50 Wednesday morning in the apartment of Sarah, Emily and Nikki. Sarah is in the shower while Emily sits on the couch surfing the internet. Nikki is packing up her bag for the day. Emily: Nikki, there is [...]
“I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she’s filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I’m collating so I don’t see why I should have [...]
“Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience – unless they are still up.” -Ellen Goodman As many of you may know, Cornell’s Dr. James Maas is well known for his research on sleep and even coined the term “power nap.” I took his class, Psych 101, last year and learned pretty [...]
“Do you believe in rock ‘n roll / Can music save your mortal soul, / And can you teach me how to dance real slow?” -Don McLean This weekend we had our first visitors to DC, and it was pretty awesome! Four of Sarah’s friends from UNC – Caleb, Dylan, Ivanna and David – had [...]
“Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.” -JFK I’m pretty excited for my friend Matt who was recently featured in BusinessWeek. Part of his work as a marketing intern this summer included helping homeless people try to become more profitable in their panhandling expeditions. Matt and I became good friends last spring [...]
“If you worry about falling off the bike, you’d never get on.” -Lance Armstrong Yesterday was the AIDS Ride for Life around Lake Cayuga. I did this century (100 mile bike ride) with my Dad last year. As of May 2005, I had never biked more than about 20 miles at one time. At the [...]
“Dig where the gold is – unless you just need some exercise.” -John M. Capozzi Academically, this semester is a bit different than other ones I have completed at Cornell. I am only enrolled in twelve credits, the fewest I have taken any semester so far. I selected this course of study because I intern [...]
“I’m singing in the rain/Just singing in the rain” -Gene Kelley As with most of the East Coast during the last few days, Ernesto brought a good deal of rain and wind to the District. Friday we decided to stay close to home in order to avoid torrential downpours and flooded Metro lines. Sarah, B.C., [...]
“Life is a great adventure and I want to say to you, accept it in such spirit.” -TR So this is a bit late in coming, but I wanted to highlight what went on last weekend. On Friday, Sarah and I woke up early to head out on a 10 mile run. My feet were [...]