I Wait, But He Never Calls

How do I convince Barack Obama to send out this text message thing while I’m in public?
One thing about living in DC is that you know that there are politically plugged-in people all over the place.  Almost everyone follows politics in this town, even if they’re not directly involved in politics.  The city trends heavily [...]

Salient Political Fact of the Day

CNN.com is conducting a vote on which “candidate” has the best energy plan (If you’re confused about why Paris Hilton’s name is on the list, see here).
On the one hand, this is more than a little disconcerting. More than anything, it shows the extent to which the politicization of energy politics in this country [...]

A Note of Apology

To my neighbors who were barbecuing in my parking spot,
Sorry if I was a little terse yesterday when I pulled into the alley.  I didn’t mean to interrupt your barbecue session, I was just a little surprised to find my spot blocked by a charcoal grill and a group of people.
Generally speaking, I want to [...]

GRE Vocab: The FreeRice method

One week from today, I will tackle that leviathan of standardized, computer-adaptive, I-am-completely-unprepared-for-this-and-I-haven’t-done-long-division-by-hand-since-middle-school tests, the GRE.  Thanks to my extreme procrastinatory superpowers, I have held off on doing any significant preparation for the test until two weeks before the fact.  Is this a surprising turn of events?  In an obscure word that lends itself to [...]

A (Foolhardy?) Proclamation

by colros
I’m a flabby mess.
It’s time I do something about this.  I’m going to lose 10 pounds, goshdarnit, and I’m to do it the old-fashioned way; by blogging about it!  Well, not solely by blogging about it.  Frankly, I don’t type fast enough to get much of a workout.  No, I will in fact [...]