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| Thursday, 18 September 2008 | ||||
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Pending lawsuit I was almost taken out by bicycles three times within two hours on Thursday. One guy ran a red light and almost smashed into me at 25 mph as I was crossing the street. Another one got so close to me I could feel the air move as he rode past. You might be a step above me on the transportation chain when I’m on foot, but I have a car and will use it if I have to.
— Holly
Dear God, that’s sad
Part of me wants to cry, but instead I think I’ll bake her lasagna, give her a Motown CD and loan her “The Lion King.” Poor thing.
— Lianna
No more milk moustache
In China, 12 more people were arrested in connection with a scandal over contaminated milk powder. The most recent figures show that four children have died after drinking the tainted milk and affected more than 6,000. Sadder yet, the families that use the formula are mostly in the poverty range. Not only is this tragic, but confusing: what sort of person sinks low enough to poison babies of the lower class?
— Sydney
I love the bus I’m taking Russian five days a week at WSU this semester, and I don’t know what I would do without the commuter bus. Driving my own car would require paying through the nose for a parking permit, not to mention gas. My bank account is eternally grateful to whoever put together the program.
— Jake
Money down I know the stock market took a huge crash this week. It’s scary, but I don’t understand the technical reasons. Why isn’t there a class that teaches about the practical application of money?
— Alexis
Bushvilles The economy did some interesting things this week, but really it’s been acting funny for the last eight years. I just read an article that said due to foreclosure rates, large homeless tent cities are starting to spring up around major cities. Maybe we could counteract it with some sort of tax-funded retirement policy ensuring social security — oh, wait — we did that. And it’s collapsing. Good luck, next guy.
— Kevin
Boston bound Tomorrow I fly to Boston for the National College Conference for Political Engagement, which is being held at Harvard. I anticipate my love for Boston growing more than ever. I may just stay and never come back. A Lakers fan in Celticsville. Pray for me.
— Christina
How did it come to this? It’s official — I’ve lost all faith in humanity. Monday morning somebody called my grandmother pretending to be me. It was someone who knew our family very well. It was a sleazebag who cares about nothing but himself and has no regard for the feelings of others. It takes a big man to con an elderly woman out of $3,000 pretending to be her only grandson whom she loves very much. I don’t hate the world; it can be a glorious place. I hate cowardly bastards like this person who prey on the elderly without so much as a thought of the consequences. I hope and pray you wind up behind cold steel bars for a very long time.
— Levi
Test anxiety
The end of last week and all of this week consists of two things for all my classes: tests and papers. I know this means we’re half way to midterms and that scares me. Most of my classes are literature classes, so all these six-page papers are analyses. Oh joy.
— Lulu
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