The Coming Zombie Apocalypse

The next great threat?

The War Widow

She's a widow at age 20...

The Best Graduation Speech Ever

It's graduation time again, and I thought I would mark the occassion by posting David Foster Wallace's at Kenyon address from 2005. It's a poignant speech, all the more for me as I attempt to figure out what I am doing with my life.

"...The capital-T Truth is about life BEFORE death. It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing to do with knowledge, and everything to do with simple awareness; awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, all the time, that we have to keep reminding ourselves over and over...It is unimaginably hard to do this, to stay conscious and alive in the adult world day in and day out. Which means yet another grand cliché turns out to be true: your education really IS the job of a lifetime. And it commences: now."

Also, check out my good friend Scott Guenther's remarks from our graduation year ago last February.

Spread the Word...350.org

Mother Jones has this great article about the new grassroots climate change organization called 350.org. The org was founded by Environmentalist Bill McKibben and a small group of dedicated Middlebury Alums. Check them out. Join the movement.

Bert and Ernie for Obama

Say what?

So a friend forwarded me this Youtube video...I'll let you judge it for yourself.

DC Voted Most Improved Cycling City

When I was a middle school basketball player, we used to joke that the most improved award was really the, "you still suck, but you tried hard" award. Still, the fact that DC got the most improved award for cycling friendly cities is commendable. Now if only we could get bike lanes that don't abruptly stop and something besides road signs to lock our bikes to, we'd be on our way. Here's hoping...

Anyway, DCist has this post about which high-powered politicians in DC ride to work.