I lent a hand yesterday at the Art Attack XXV at University of Maryland College Park. This year the show was part of MTV’s Campus Invasion 2008 tour, which no doubt brought a handful of larger acts to the show: Wyclef Jean, The Bravery, Simple Plan, Cobra Starship, The Spill Canvas, as well as local [...]
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This past weekend I worked Movin’ On 2008 at Penn State University. On Friday morning a small crew loaded two trucks full of audio and lighting gear just south of Baltimore and took off towards State College. We arrived without issue and got to work unloading the gear and loading in for the all day [...]
Amidst the Pennysaver and the usual junk mail, a few musings inspired by the contents of the mail bag this week.
From the Office of the President at my alma mater. “I hope you are enjoying the attractive address labels I sent you a few weeks ago.” Oh you know I’m enjoying them. Sticking them all [...]
Went down to a beach on the Magothy River to do some slacklining on Saturday afternoon. I setup a 30 foot line between two trees with a blanket below the center point but lacked the coordination to stay up for any period of time. I set up another line between two trees about 15 feet [...]
Intercourse and Intelligence
Posted in college, culture, web sites, youth on Aug 1st, 2007
There is an interesting article on Gene Expression about Intercourse and Intelligence (featured on Slashdot today). Many of the comments were from an NIH paper entitled Smart Teens Don’t Have Sex (or Kiss Much Either). You can read the documents yourself but here’s a few things that stood out to me.
“By the age of 19, [...]
When I was in college, we made progressive screwdrivers on two occassions. Made with vodka — frozen by liquid nitrogen (LN2) — and orange juice, the drink gets progressively stronger as the vodka melts. The concept is quite simple, easy to execute, and it’s just plain cool. The safety requirements in handling LN2 do make [...]
All American Rejects played at UMD’s Art Attack 2007 this past Friday evening. I was there all day lending a hand where I could, providing the 2-3 minute spotlight training to some volunteers, cabling the truss incorrectly, and generally enjoying the warm weather otherwise. Overall it was a really good time without too many noticeably [...]
I rode up to Penn State (PSU) this weekend to support Movin’ On. Held on the HUB lawn, the PSU concert series is in its 33rd year and has attacted plenty of solid national acts in the past. I thought it was strange that I’d never heard of any of this year’s bands beforehand, nor [...]
Sex in Modern Times
Posted in advertising, college, culture, film, healthcare, television, the system, youth on Mar 30th, 2007
Catholicism forbids pre-marital sex — despite the fact that many practicing Catholics engage in the practice anyways — much to the chagrin of other sects of Christians. That may be cheap shot at Catholics, but it is apparent that our generation is vastly different than previous ones. We aren’t saving ourselves for marriage. We don’t [...]
Seriously, I’m not… I swear. I wrote this article three years ago. It was published September 12, 2003 in Reporter Magazine. I still think it is relevant, especially for you kids fresh out of high school starting this year.