Watch the world fly by us

Wow, I had no idea the Full House theme song was so long! You’ll need the divx plugin to play the video, so if you don’t have it, download it and play some incredibly clear and large videos! It’s good!

Hedgehogs were a big enough problem for McDonald’s that they had to change the lids on the McFlurry cups. I think that’s pretty funny.

The Scream by Edvard Munch has been recovered over two years after it was stolen! This is incredible! But I guess this also means now that nobody is going to win the M&M’s contest. Oh well.

Theodore Kaczynski, the man responsible for making mail bombs and sending them to universities and airline officials was given a codename ‘Unabomber by the FBI. You may find the name ‘Unabomber’ more familiar to your ears because that was what the MSM used to describe Kaczynski before they knew of his name. Anyway, I’m writing this because I had no idea that ‘Unabomber’ stood for UNiversity + Airline BOMber!

I might as well have written this New York Times article about the state of the SAT exam and the usefulness of it in college admissions. Of course, the whole idea of abolishing standardized testing exams is a tricky one, but regardless, the article still makes some strong arguments as to why some schools are doing away with it.

Since Bowdoin and Bates dropped their testing requirements decades ago, more than a fourth of U.S. News & World Report’s Top 100 liberal arts colleges have made admissions exams optional, and new ones are joining the list at a quickening pace.

Admissions officers said eliminating the testing requirement had increased both the size and diversity of their applicant pools, and bolstered their reputation as places personal enough to consider each applicant individually.

At the same time, the revamped, longer SAT, the drop in average scores announced Tuesday and recent problems with scoring have created growing disenchantment. College officials also say that tests — whether the SAT, or in the Midwest, the ACT — are not the best predictors of performance.

Test scores, college officials say, present a skewed picture both of poor students who have had little formal preparation, and wealthy ones who spend thousands of dollars — not to mention evenings, weekends and summers — on tutoring.

I really should have just gone to Hobart and William Smith — I practically had a direct ticket into the school ever since my junior year in high school. I was happy with liberal arts studies at Rutgers…
Don’t get me wrong, no city is NYC, but definitely any school is better than New School (this is more or less a proven fact). The city is where it’s at. :)

I will deem this item ‘cool’.

If somebody wants to buy me a random present (let’s call it a “back-to-school gift”), feel free to go ahead and buy The Office Season 1 DVD and The Office Season 2 DVD. If you buy it right now, Amazon.com has a deal where you can buy both DVDs for a combined price of $50.36!! C’mon, you know you want to be the lucky person to present me with a fantastic back-to-school gift! This can even substitute for an early birthday gift too! I really won’t mind!

How to tell if the art world is getting too ridiculous: Baby Suri’s first solid poop is now cast in bronze and worth an estimated $25,000 or more. If you’re out of the loop, Suri is Tom Cruise and Kat(i)e Holmes’ daughter together.

Look what I saw while I was walking home tonight! It’s the new Toyota Camry Hybrid taxi, one of only 11 hybrid vehicle additions to the NYC taxi fleet! It’s refreshing to finally see new taxi models on the road. It keeps my eyes entertained. I’ll get a better photo later as I believe this same vehicle is parked in the same spot each night (there is a taxi rest area near my house).
Check out the Toyota Camry page or check out the Camry Discovery Center page.

I was at Ashley’s new apartment last night just hanging out and the TV was tuned in to Laguna Beach and Mat Kearney’s song, Nothing Left To Lose was playing on the show! How neat. Because of that, today’s post title is from that song.
By the way, her place is SOOOO nice. I’m gonna frequent it more so I can pretend I live in a posh and extravagant space like hers. And let’s all hope that my advice on interior decorating is sound and not just some random babble. :P