Archive for August, 2007

I’m quitting facebook, Part III

This post details some of the steps I have to take both before and after the actual deletion of my account. They are in the order I thought of them while writing this post.

Not all my friends that I would like to read this blog. I’d doubt if three of ‘em do. So I’m going […]

I’m quitting facebook, Part II

As promised, this post has some comments about the discussion started by this post on Wired. If you haven’t yet read it, go read it now. The comments I have to make about it are three-fold: first, what I think it’s not suggesting; second, two of the complaints I have about the post; and third, […]

I’m quitting facebook, Part I

Like any good Ivy-leaguer, I have a facebook account. I am about to delete it, because I no longer approve of facebook. This post explains why I’m deleting my account, and the next one will have my comments on the recent post in Wired, and the last one will explain what I plan to do […]

BBC Curse Words [contains adult language]

I came across this list of words the BBC doesn’t want people saying. There are more than seven.
I was rather surprised to see how high on the list “nigger” is for the BBC, since, well, American TV seems to have no problem with it. During one of the breaks during college I happened to catch […]


Loyalty Oath

Though wagging his tail,
Dan barked, "Throw the traitor in jail!"
So to soothe the bulldog,
I insist I won't blog, but


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