Month: June 2003

  • Thoughts on the new WTC Design.

    Have you seen the design chosen to replace the twin towers? It’s an atrocity: a bare skeleton where the building stood and a big hole in the ground where it fell. Apparently Mr. Libeskind has chosen to erect a giant tombstone as his tribute to the “resurgence of life.” As a further insult, he has…

  • Comic Edition

    From Cox and Forkum. Also see this. (From Day by Day)

  • Thoughts on Graduate School and the Social Sciences

    If there is anything I worship in this world, it can be summed by the word "competence." I respect any man who gets the best job that his abilities will allow and does it well – whether his profession is in aerospace or sanitation engineering. Perhaps this is why I get extremely annoyed by people…

  • Interesting stuff from the news

    CNN reports that a new television program called ‘Meow TV’ will consist of a tv show entirely for cats. This may be a clever marketing ploy, but does anyone actually buy this? Until cats start to do their own shopping, I think it will be a pretty stupid idea, but I’m glad to live in…