So...from reading and seeing the Da Vinci Code....clearly I.M. Pei is the new head of the Priory Scion.
Also learned from television....vampires and succubi can't enter your threashold unless you invite them in....so be careful who you let into your house....you never know if they are a force of evil, a mormon...but what is really the difference?
Saturday, May 27, 2006
lacrosse semifinals
so, I am watching the syracue vs uva game....and I am disturbed by the commentary on the duke lacrosse situation.
1) The denial by lacrosse pundits that there is a problem with lacrosse...and this is purely a duke lacrosse problem. I will not deny that Duke had its problems, but....I have rarely met a men's college lacrosse player that didn't feel a certain sense of entitlement and this sort of feeling that they are above the law.
2) One point I think they did point out correctly, that a lot of the problems we are seeing across college athletics are caused by alcohol. Having spent a large portion of my adult life on college campuses, it is not just the athletes, it is a pandemic problem. I think partially caused by the rather puritanical view of most Americans to not let their children learn to drink responsibly before college. Europeans have us on this one. What these commentators have missed is that this problem is not just limited to athletes, it is across campuses. It is just that when athletes are involved, the university is involved and thus, heightened media attention.
3) The major thing these commentators are missing is group behavior. All of these people are asking for individuals to stand up in the face of wrong doing. Well....home many people do that....what have we learned from many years of social psychological research, people tend to conform to the group. Even a token group identity produces a great deal of pressure to conform due to the effects of social desirablity. Do we not learn lessons from the past....oh wait...we don't....and that is why we are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.
4) Do you want to know my view on the Duke Lacrosse situation.....at first, I wouldn't have been surprised. When I was at Duke, I was glad I was friends with them, they had my back. But I was always aware it was a situation where I knew something could go horribly wrong. Perhaps we can blame it on the CSI effect...and yes it is real, but the lack of a conclusive dna sample makes me a bit skeptical.
1) The denial by lacrosse pundits that there is a problem with lacrosse...and this is purely a duke lacrosse problem. I will not deny that Duke had its problems, but....I have rarely met a men's college lacrosse player that didn't feel a certain sense of entitlement and this sort of feeling that they are above the law.
2) One point I think they did point out correctly, that a lot of the problems we are seeing across college athletics are caused by alcohol. Having spent a large portion of my adult life on college campuses, it is not just the athletes, it is a pandemic problem. I think partially caused by the rather puritanical view of most Americans to not let their children learn to drink responsibly before college. Europeans have us on this one. What these commentators have missed is that this problem is not just limited to athletes, it is across campuses. It is just that when athletes are involved, the university is involved and thus, heightened media attention.
3) The major thing these commentators are missing is group behavior. All of these people are asking for individuals to stand up in the face of wrong doing. Well....home many people do that....what have we learned from many years of social psychological research, people tend to conform to the group. Even a token group identity produces a great deal of pressure to conform due to the effects of social desirablity. Do we not learn lessons from the past....oh wait...we don't....and that is why we are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.
4) Do you want to know my view on the Duke Lacrosse situation.....at first, I wouldn't have been surprised. When I was at Duke, I was glad I was friends with them, they had my back. But I was always aware it was a situation where I knew something could go horribly wrong. Perhaps we can blame it on the CSI effect...and yes it is real, but the lack of a conclusive dna sample makes me a bit skeptical.
Monday, May 15, 2006
New Baby Friend
So my friends Dani and Pat just had their second baby...Jacob.....I think he is pretty good looking for being born on Friday!
Sunday, May 14, 2006
New Apartment Mate
So...in the end of June Sir Grizzly Bear and I will be moving into a new place together. We just picked it out today...so I am moving back to mountain view. It is a nice place, much bigger than my current place, with a much larger kitchen......so I am happy. It also has a huge balcony for my plants, and for enjoying the sun...but not too much, as I burn way too easily....as I was reminded yesterday at Mateo's birthday party.....I am pretty much a lobster today.....it hurts to touch my arms.....
Thursday, May 11, 2006
New Monkey Genus!!!!!!
This kind of made my day....it hadn't been going that well...until.....
this... new monkeys in africa!
And here are the cute little guys in action!
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Gettin' the job done
So truth and i went to get some things at wallgreens...and I needed some tp....
As we were heading home...i read the back of the package....
"Soft... but not too soft. With an extra layer to get the job done."
That cracks my shit up quite literally.
As we were heading home...i read the back of the package....
"Soft... but not too soft. With an extra layer to get the job done."
That cracks my shit up quite literally.
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Meet my new Llama Steve
He is down there at the bottom of the page....he is cool...check him out....
Apparently the name steve is catching on....while reading deadspin today they named a horse steve
In other news we were supposed to go to a birthday party tonight, but the birthday girl is ill....poor thing...although we may still go...waiting to hear from the newcastle and german brigades....
Oh...I forgot to mention....there is another new steve....steve moose stevenson...he is from canada and has a lovely maple leaf sweater. He likes to watch me work and watch the tv...so we get along well....
Apparently the name steve is catching on....while reading deadspin today they named a horse steve
In other news we were supposed to go to a birthday party tonight, but the birthday girl is ill....poor thing...although we may still go...waiting to hear from the newcastle and german brigades....
Oh...I forgot to mention....there is another new steve....steve moose stevenson...he is from canada and has a lovely maple leaf sweater. He likes to watch me work and watch the tv...so we get along well....
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