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ETS on January 8th, 2005

Yesterday I indulged in a little bit of good old-fashioned eavesdropping. It’s not something that I normally indulge in [#], but the subject was just too juicy to pass up at the time. “I don’t see the need for plastic surgery,” she said. “When we’re twenty, we’re twenty. When we’re fifty, we should be [...]

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Eric S. on January 7th, 2005

So recently I got my first Industry Certification. Its a big deal in IT. Its called the Cisco Certified Network Associate(CCNA). The point of a certification is to give a standard measurable mark as to where you are knowlege-wise.  After getting it and thinking of the next certification I began to wonder about the term [...]

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Ali on January 6th, 2005

So in the last few weeks I’ve gotten several phone calls soliciting donations for good causes (liver research and organ donation I believe). I’ve received pleas in the mail to donate to organizations. I’ve also been asked (and have asked) for donations at work (Children’s Miracle Network and Tsunami relief fund). And of course then [...]

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ETS on December 31st, 2004

The knowledge reads as such: in the case of paired features, one side is almost always larger or stronger than the other. For instance, in speaking of hands, one hand is dominant and generally larger by at least one ring size than the other. Feet are the same way. One [...]

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Matt S. on November 22nd, 2004

So I admit it, I’ve gotten a little too cocky about my chili. It is good, there’s no question, but I’m not certain it’s reached the “world championship” status that I tend to portray it as. You’ve got to give me a little bit of a break though, prior to starting my quest [...]

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Eric S. on September 16th, 2004

I just got off the phone with pete. So far it seems that the shift to the east made all the difference. According to pete “Everything is Fine. Even the ducks are still here.” With light winds, little rain Mr. Holiday was quoted as saying “…The good stuff all went to [...]

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hilary j on August 25th, 2004

Switzerland’s Patrick Heuscher (1) embraces his teammate Stefan Kobel after winning the bronze medal match between the Australia and Switzerland. Two can play at that game.

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Matt S. on July 23rd, 2004

“Rain on your wedding day? That’s not ironic; that’s just crappy!” -Somebody on VH1’s “I Love the 90’s” talking about Alanis Morissette Today during my lunch break (ok, the word break would imply that I do much of anything during the part of the day when I’m not eating, so I will just call it [...]

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Amy M. on July 19th, 2004

“ACHTUNG!Pete may actually be a spider-human hybrid Username: From Go-Quiz.com

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ETS on July 17th, 2004

It is my belief that if this cat were human, it would be an only child. Quite clearly this cat feels this couch to be solely its possession, something we here at the ETS Only Child Cat Research Facility deemed the “My Couch Syndrome,” prevalent in many only children that we have observed in our long [...]

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