I read an article today about how Purdue University has the second largest population of students who are illegally downloading music. I did a yahoo search for free downloading sites that produced 11,200,000 links. Now, while I'm sure that not all of them were relevant to my particular topic, I wonder why it is [...]

I haven't watched daytime television since middle school-and that was only because I was pretending to be sick to miss school. Since then, work, school and meetings block themselves into my agenda daily and I am lucky to be home before 8:00 at night. But last week, and amazing thing happened-Ball State closed for two [...]

Growing up in a household with a military background, I'm used to being watched over, monitored, and kept track of. My parents did it. They still do, to some extent. Now, my friends do it. "Where are you?" "What are you doing?" "When can you be here?" It's almost as though your friends have become [...]

"Sick and tired of hearing All these people talk about What's the deal with this pop life? And when is gonna fade out?" This past weekend I heard someone complain about how pop culture is crap. They argued that knowing about Britney's hair contributes nothing to society. I must admit that I do too think at times some people [...]

I'm taking a philosophy class this semester. While it certainly requires a special brand of masochism to willfully subject myself to futile religious debate and a preponderance of ill-referenced Nietzche quotations, what I'm really learning is that one of the core concerns of philosophy is semantics. I repeatedly imagine my professor saying - [...]

Oh boy you touched a nerve here. "I am of the attitude that style is something you have and not something you buy." So all your clothes are from thift stores and you are full of style. C'mon man. Last I checked style costs money or the homeless guy down the block would be the latest in chic.

To be frank, I think this post is way overdue. So I'll choose my words very carefully. Macs suck. From the operating system to the price; from the Mac Zealots to all important iCrap I have to buy. Let me begin by having a short conversation about the operating system on the Mac. I [...]

Being snowed in for two days really can make a person restless. But having the Nintendo Wii is a fabulous tool to curb the downtime. I've registered a few friends Wii's to my [roommate's] Wii and can see all their Mii's. Remember Mii's are the avatar you can create for the Wii that represents [...]

Finally "hit" you, huh? Wow! That would've been a profound statement if it were made in about umm, 1996! And if you were seriously watching the Grammies expecting to see some real innovation, then brother, keep on Wal Marting it up. [...]

I just sat through a good portion of the Grammies with some friends of mine and we were all talking about music, what we like, what we don't. And it hit me. Nothing that I saw performed was written by the performers. All the thought and energy of one of the biggest [...]