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      • Why I watch SNL (and I suspect why everyone else does too)
        09/29/08
        I could have lost my research job today. The professor I work for was ragging on Sarah Palin today, along with another graduate student. Now, let's get this straight - I'm not a huge Palin fan. I think she's inexperienced and choosing her represents a hail-Mary pass for McCain, but as

      • ER's end? Armageddon!!
        09/25/08
        I should be blogging about my comps. I passed with flying colors! I'm excited! Now all that stands between me and academic immortality is a dissertation. Whoo hoo!

        Instead, I just figured out what is going to happen on the final episode of ER, and I just had to share. A giant meteor

      • Browsing the browsers
        09/24/08
        Emily, I hate to tell you this, but your blog is messed up. Ever since you added that Nick and Nora's playlist deal, your blog doesn't load correctly. The links are way at the end, your posts are centered and the pictures are all skewampus. What you hadn't noticed? You mean it looks f

      • The new generation gap
        09/21/08
        So I need a little help from the family members that read my blog. It seems you have gotten me in a bit of trouble with my mother. I appreciate that you are reading my and my wife's blogs. I am so excited to hear about how you love our pictures, but please don't tell my mom about them! She

      • Comp Question (NOW with Answers!!!)
        09/20/08
        I had one request to see what comprehensive exams were like for me, so I'm going to post one question and my answer here. I still don't know if it was a good one. My oral defense where I really find out how I did is Thursday. Of them all, I think I'm the most confident about this one,

      • News Flash! Young people don't get the Internet either
        09/17/08
        I should have known better. I should not have trusted what everyone assumes is common knowledge, but I did, and now I'm paying the price. You see, I asked my online journalism class of juniors and seniors to set up blogs on the web space the university gives them, and I told them to use free so

      • It's over!
        09/12/08
        I try to be realistic. I try to put things in perspective. Nothing is ever as bad or as hard as it seems. That being said, however, I just want to say that I'm glad I'm finished with my comprehensive exams. I'm pretty mentally exhausted. I feel like I couldn't outwit Miss Teen So

      • Ricers, writin' and feedback
        09/11/08
        Some of the fondest memories of growing up were Christmas dinners with my family. For some reason, I always got stuck making the mashed potatoes, but in my family, that was an honor. It meant you got to use the ancient Swiss torture device. For the Swiss, creamy mashed potatoes are not enough. They

      • Who needs cable or Dish?
        09/08/08
        I vividly remember the first time I watched Cable TV. It was at my friend Scott Sivertson's house in high school, and I was glued to MTV and Headbanger's Ball. We made it a ritual to catch the show every weekend, and during commercials, I'd flip through all the channels hungrily just

      • In all seriousness ...
        09/06/08
        My blog's gotten too serious lately. That's what studying for comps will do to you. I feel like my head is about to explode and spray all near me with Social Cognitive Theory, agenda setting, interactivity, co-orientation and social presence factoids.

        So to lighten things up, I&

      • Lee Stranahan > Daily Kos
        09/02/08
        I was originally just going to add this as an update to my first post, written way too late at night to make any sense. But I've got to give Lee Stranahan, a frequent poster on The Huffington Post, the credit he deserves. He's been following this story far more closely and objectively than

      • Did the blogs get Palin right?
        09/01/08
        Not much besides my comprehensive exams has been on my mind this week, but I have watched the announcement surrounding McCain's VP choice pretty closely. I guess I still held out a smidgeon of hope he'd choose Mitt Romney. When McCain finally made his surprise choice, I went first to the m

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