Too Late, Trotsky: Archive

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Biden: 'That's The American People, Man. We've... →

pineappled: purple-yam: tenyouusness: Vice President Biden spoke at a DNC fundraiser in Texas today. From the pool report: He told another story about a quarry swimming hole where as a boy he used to go diving from nearly 100 feet up a rock wall. “The frightening part was you go down really far, I mean literally really far. So deep it’s totally black. Your chest constricts, you panic and...

Mar 28th

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Pop Test

I was just surprised by a test in my English Language Linguistics class, and I knew none of the answers. So, instead, my goal was to pass by making my professor laugh. A sample question: “Why do scholars think that English pronunciation is divorced from English spelling?” My answer: “Irreconcilable differences. English pronunciation got the house, English spelling got the...

Mar 24th

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Mar 23rd

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Mar 23rd

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Mar 23rd

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Mar 22nd

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Mar 19th

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Mar 19th

“This is a 19th century grammar book. It has the rather ambitious title of...”

– Dr. Carter History of the English Language

Mar 19th

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Mar 18th

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Incongruent Netflix Suggestions, Volume 1

While browsing my Netflix, I saw that I was getting some pretty bizarre suggestions based on things I’ve rated or already watched. These are some of them. “Because you enjoyed Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, you might also like Ali G Indahouse.” “Because you enjoyed Frost/Nixon: Watergate Interviews, you might also like Foul Play.” “Because you enjoyed The...

Mar 18th

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Mar 17th

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Mar 17th

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Financial Aid

About a week ago, my dad finished his part of my financial aid statement and sent it to me for confirmation and to sign it. After I did that, I had to bring it to the Financial Aid Department and drop it off. I got the package in which the statement was mailed and I reviewed it, signed it, and set off to bring it to the Financial Aid Department. Now, the financial aid department is in Admissions....

Mar 15th

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Economics 101 - TV Party

Previously, my professor has mentioned to the class that he does not own a television. Instead, as readers of this blog know from the lesson “Homework,” he reads copious amounts of stuff. Today someone asked what he does instead of watch the boob tube. Well, that set him on a rant. “Did you know that your brain starts functioning properly when you stop watching television for...

Mar 12th

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"My Way" by Christoph Niemann →

Mar 11th

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“I got the reinvested dividend from Comcast and Kimberly Clark, gonna pick up...”

– Dad, referencing Old School while telling me his plans for the day.

Mar 11th

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Mar 11th

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Economics 101 - Bullshitting

In class the other day, we got our midterm exams back. The professor gave us some time in class to correct our answers so we could go over them as a class. One of the questions was a “define this term, then explain how it works” kind of thing. As we went over the answers, as usual, our professor got sidetracked and gave us all a life tip. He explained (I’m paraphrasing here)...

Mar 10th

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“Hip to be Square” by Huey Lewis and...