A Precise Definition of Vagueness

If you’ll recall from March 2005, I’m quite fond of anonymous posts. I see them as a broader response of the world than the particular opinions of one individual. I don’t know, however, if I’ve ever written about vague comments…

It’s about Gender, my Friend

Bah. I had a whole post written, but decided it was too emotional, even for my current trend. Essentially the post asked, “why do genders matter in platonic friendships?” Which they do, often to the point where it borders on…

Tao of Gabe (Round Up): On Media

Gabe the Stupendous Beaver here, to enlighten and snub you. Be glad, I usually save that particular combination for Mother’s Day. The question of the week is: Gabe, if you bash the media so much, why are you printed in…

Carnival of the Grab Bags

The Concept A competition of wit. We take the concept of the Goodie Grab Bag to the next degree and combine multiple people’s quips into one über Goodie Grab Bag. The Grab Bag will be hosted by different websites depending…

Consumers say FU to SUVs

This makes me happy in the pants: Sales of the perennial best-selling SUV, the Ford Explorer, dropped by 58% compared with September 2004. Its larger kin, the Ford Expedition, which gets 14 mpg in city driving, saw sales drop 61%.…

What’s a little labeling between friends?

I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship lately. Before I left New Mexico, I considered myself to have one friend and a little under 100 friendly acquaintances (and about double that of byte-sized acquaintances). Now that I’ve been here in…

Byte-sized conversations

I’ve done and seen this before, but I never noticed how peculiar it is. Have you ever been walking down a hallway or footpath (sidewalk) and you notice someone up ahead who you recognise (it’s spelled correctly here, damn it)?…

Lachlan Review Issue 8

Dear Readers, Writers, and Recyclers, I hope you enjoyed Labor Day. It seems less and less of us actually have a “public holiday”.But maybe that’s because the public sector keeps shrinking! Anyway, here’s issue 8.Features:Run-Down of the Tainted 2005 MUSC…

You Pee En Dee Queue? Oh Ess!

Grumble, grumble, grumble. Uni’s back today and I’m back to queueing for compies. So if I don’t update as much, you can blame that on the fact that there’s less than 50 public computers on this campus of just over…

Homesickness?

When I first got here, people said that I would get homesick. “You’ll start getting homesick at around week 3. In the first few weeks, everything will seem new and awesome and everyone’s going to love you. Then, you’ll start…