Sorry folks, I've got nothing for ya today. I'm up to my neck in grad school research, and am working my ass off in an effort to get my writing to not suck so I can apply to schools and not get laughed at by the admissions committees.
6 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Hey buddy,
It's ok that you didn't post today. After these last couple of weeks i can tell that your writing could use some help.
Also, let me know if you want to play some tennis soon!
Hey Gruber. After our bonfire debate on tax cuts, I decided to take a second look into taxation and tax cuts for the wealthy. I found a few good articles.
The first is written by a Ph.D. Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia who tries to explain how tax cuts work: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1241927/posts
The second is written by the National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit research institute this January. The article is about the Bush "tax cuts" and what Bush really did to taxes: http://www.ncpa.org/prs/rel/2008/20080121.html
The third talks a little about the bad economy and what role Obama may play if elected. It seems like a very republican article, but then I saw that it was written by a former political adviser to Bill Clinton when he was president. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/08/bad_economy_may_hurt_obama.html
Anyway, I don't mean this as an offensive gesture. I just wanted to add some more perspective to the zizzle zotians who seem to lean democratic or liberal.
OK....so the first two will work if you copy and paste. If you want to read the third article, paste the addresses below and delete the "enters" I have added (not the _ marks though).
Congratulations Christopher "I log on while I get my Late Night log on" Casselman!
July Zizzle-Zot Reader of the Month
Congratulations Joe "Joey" Ritchie!
June Zizzle-Zot Reader of the Month
Congratulations Patrick "P Corcs" Corcoran!
Zizzle-Zotians' Favorite Actress
You all couldn't make up your minds, so at the request of Joey I give you Jessica Alba!
Zizzle-Zotians' Favorite Actor
Johnny Depp, you've got the chops.
Zizzle-Zotians Think You're Bad at Acting
Paul Walker, you stink! (Vin Diesel, you're no prize, either).
Zizzle-Zotians' Favorite Board Game
Zizzle-Zotians' Favorite Superhero Team: It's a Tie!
Zizzle-Zotians' Favorite '90s Sitcom
Congratulations, Friends!
Zizzle-Zotians' Favorite '90s Nickelodeon Show
Zizzle-Zotians' Favorite Cereal
Good Quotes
“I submit to you that if a man hasn’t discovered something he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
"When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it - don't back down and don't give up - then you're going to mystify a lot of folks." - Bob Dylan
"I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction." - Ayn Rand
"It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper." - Jerry Seinfeld
"If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way." - Buddha
"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained." - Mark Twain
"Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot." - D.H. Lawrence
"Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes)" - Walt Whitman
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
"All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things" - Bobby Knight
"What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books." - Thomas Carlyle
"The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass." - Martin Mull
"Only the shallow know themselves." - Oscar Wilde
"Eat a live toad first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day" - Unknown
Good Reads
--War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
--The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
--Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison
--The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
--Animal Farm - George Orwell
--The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
--A Farewell to Arms- Ernest Hemingway
--Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
--Tender is the Night- F. Scott Fitzgerald
--The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
--Pilgrim at Tinker Creek - Annie Dillard
--Good Poems - edited by Garrison Keillor
--Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
Flicks You Should See (And Maybe Haven't)
--Invisble Children: A powerful documentary about the children of Uganda who face the constant threat of being abducted and turned into child soldiers by the Lord's Resistance Army.
De Fem Benspaend (Five Obstructions): Legendary filmmaker Lars von Trier challenges legendary filmmaker Jorgen Leth to remake his seminal short film "The Perfect Man" five times, each time placing an obstacle to test Leth's limits. Fascinating film for anyone interested in the filmmaking process.
Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About my Mother): A single mother in Madrid watches her son die on his 17th birthday, causing her to seek out the boys father (who doesn't know he has a child.) Not what you might expect.
--Mitt Liv Som Hund (My Life as a Dog): Story about a young boy coming to terms with the fact that his mom is dying. If you don't find this movie touching, you probably have no soul.
--Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Trois Couleurs:" Kieslowski uses blue, white and red to meditate on the themes of grief (and ensuing catharsis), resurrection, and life and death (respectively). The cinematography is sick and the stories are universal.
--City of God: A look at youths facing poverty, violence, and death in Rio de Janeiro. Incredible story, great narration and groundbreaking style.
6 comments:
Hey buddy,
It's ok that you didn't post today. After these last couple of weeks i can tell that your writing could use some help.
Also, let me know if you want to play some tennis soon!
C Ya
No post from Zizzle Zot makes me want to punch a hamster... I'm not mad enough to punch a kitty... but this hamster will do nicely.
Hey Gruber. After our bonfire debate on tax cuts, I decided to take a second look into taxation and tax cuts for the wealthy. I found a few good articles.
The first is written by a Ph.D. Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia who tries to explain how tax cuts work:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1241927/posts
The second is written by the National Center for Policy Analysis, a nonprofit research institute this January. The article is about the Bush "tax cuts" and what Bush really did to taxes:
http://www.ncpa.org/prs/rel/2008/20080121.html
The third talks a little about the bad economy and what role Obama may play if elected. It seems like a very republican article, but then I saw that it was written by a former political adviser to Bill Clinton when he was president.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/08/bad_economy_may_hurt_obama.html
Anyway, I don't mean this as an offensive gesture. I just wanted to add some more perspective to the zizzle zotians who seem to lean democratic or liberal.
The Links didn't come through correctly. Here they are:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1241927/posts
http://www.ncpa.org/prs/rel/2008/20080121.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/08/bad_economy_may_hurt_obama.html
what the heck?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1241927/posts
http://www.ncpa.org/prs/rel/2008/20080121.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/08/bad_economy_may_hurt_obama.html
OK....so the first two will work if you copy and paste. If you want to read the third article, paste the addresses below and delete the "enters" I have added (not the _ marks though).
Kevan
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/
articles/2008/08/bad_economy_
may_hurt_obama.html
Post a Comment