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So... my friend recently became obsessed with Star Trek, and whenever she becomes obsessed wit… Continue

Originally this started out as a question I wished to pose to John after reading Feed by M.T. Anderson. It somehow turned into this. Read if you wish. Do you see the irony in a book like Feed? It’s a book based on anti-consumerism but relies on consumerism to exist? Like, (Oh unit, I’m starting to talk like the book. Help!) the cover and other publicity things are trying to use the media to get this book out into consumer’s s’ hands while the book itself is trying to say “Down wit… Continue

Ok, story time. Picture it, Sicily, 1912- wait wrong story... (Bonus points if you get the reference). Tuesday night I was cranky. Really cranky. All through Monday and Tuesday I spent hanging out with my recently-nerdfighter-converted friend who I don't get to see often now that she lives a hourish away. We had a lot of fun: on Monday we saw the new Indy movie, we played on her Wii, we drove around in my awesome convertible then on Tuesday she came to my school with me and hung out there, and… Continue

When I saw that part of the video, this was my first thought. Yeah, ok, so I'm not going to make a living making lolcats pics, but it's still cute! John, I've got to know: did Willy come from a shelter or a breeder?

Some of you might've seen my thread calling for books? Well, Chomp and I got the list finalized, so instead of selfishly keeping all the fun to ourselves, we decided (at the suggestion of a very smart nerdfighter) to extend our challenge to you! Welcome to the Reading Race Challenge '08! The challenge is to read as many books as you can on a list of 116 books before the end of summer. The books are generally classic literature because we're both taking AP Literature next year. The rules are a… Continue