Hey guys. So here’s the deal: Nick Kristof of the NY Times is holding a contest whose winner will get to accompany him on a trip to Africa to do some reporting. The link to the post announcing the contest is here. All I need to do is submit a 700 word essay or a short video detailing why Nick should choose me. I’ll be shooting a video. I would like to have as many eyes view this thing as possible before I submit it; after all journalists have diverse audiences. Anyway, I’ve included a draft of my script after the jump and if you guys have the time, I’d love for you to take a look
A RAT’s Retrospective
•December 26, 2008 • Leave a CommentWhat follows is some musings on fall 08. It’s mostly for me, just to get my thoughts on paper. But if you wish, hit the jump.
The Penny
•October 9, 2008 • Leave a CommentSo I’m in college. And college is the place where I should be finding myself, right? Hit the jump for an interesting and illuminating story. Continue reading ‘The Penny’
And so it begins…
•August 10, 2008 • Leave a CommentWell, the school year’s about to start and that means my life is about to pick up again. My musings on the summer and the coming year after the jump. Be warned, it’s a fairly negative post.
Soaring Fuel Prices Take a Withering Toll on Truckers – NYTimes.com
•May 28, 2008 • Leave a CommentSoaring Fuel Prices Take a Withering Toll on Truckers – NYTimes.com
Forgive the flashback to AP Econ. This is really weird because there are so many concepts I just learned about in econ: perfect competition, imports/exports, and others. Funny when the stuff you learn in school actually applies to real life.
Barefoot in the Park? Watch Your Step – NYTimes.com
•May 26, 2008 • Leave a CommentBarefoot in the Park? Watch Your Step – NYTimes.com
Oh come on. I’m all for being careful, especially with children. But going barefoot causing infections and stuff? Sure it may happen, but I may also spontaneously have an elephant fall on me from the sky. That doesn’t keep me from going outside.
Seriously though, there’s careful and then there’s obsessive. The world’s a big scary place, but I don’t think that means an anti-barefoot ban on the nation’s parks is in order.
Is it bad that I thought that this was an actual choice for a split second?
•May 12, 2008 • Leave a Comment
From xkcd.com
On the shopping habits of the male H. sapiens
•May 11, 2008 • Leave a CommentFrom The Consumerist:
When husbands, boyfriends, and sons go shopping for womanly gifts, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel for store clerks—these guys usually want to get in and out of the store as quickly as possible, and either they’ll decide in a snap what to buy or they’ll happily take your advice on what makes for the best gift.
Amen. This also applies to teenage boys buying tuxedos and to a lesser extent corsages.
