“Do the thing and you will be given the power.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson I know many of us have an issue with this word in our lives. Maybe it’s not feeling inspired to buckle down and study for that prelim. It could be someone who’s not quite ready to change the Facebook profile from “Single” [...]
“Education is what remains when one has forgotten everything he learned in school.” -Albert Einstein As you’ve probably heard by now (or experienced) this neck of the woods was slammed with snow last week. Classes were cancelled, and the University closed down. But it was totally worth getting up for my 9 o’clock class on [...]
“Ya’ won’t believe in me, but you would fancy / leprechauns or groundhogs / No thank you, Easter Bunny! / There’s so much fuss about Santa Claus, but see / Cupid will not be defeated!” -Outkast Yep, February 14th has once again rolled around. I was reading in the paper yesterday stories about romantic gestures [...]
“I’m a little bit country / I’m a little bit rock / And I’m soul to soul . . . ” -O.D.B. When the alarm went off this morning, I was feeling the Monday morning blues. But I busted out of bed, tied a pink and green polka dot ribbon in my hair and decided [...]
“Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!” -J.K. Rowling Two highlights of my week included adventures to awesome musical events. Wednesday I checked out The Slip at a club in Ithaca called Castaways. As typical with my musical knowledge, I’d never heard of the band, but soon realized I totally recognized their work. [...]
“Well, I believe in the soul . . . the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I [...]
“What’s in a name?” – William Shakespeare As Sarah and I glanced over the Cornell Daily Sun in class a few mornings ago, we came across an article that mentioned Ho Plaza. For those of you who have never been Far Above Cayuga’s Waters before, Ho Plaza is one of the most active places on [...]
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop withough a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. [...]