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Mixed bag

Posted by Jordan on November 2nd, 2003

It’s pretty sad when I can recognize the employees of both Ross and TJ Max because we’ve been there so much lately. What’s worse is when I recognize other SHOPPERS who’ve been there a lot lately.
I recently discovered that I don’t have very many friends. That is, the circle of friends [...]

Questions

Posted by Jordan on October 16th, 2003

I ask these in real seriousness, not just shallow questions.
If happiness and success are mutually exclusive, which would you choose?
If the worst feeling for an optimist is to experience the slow, painful transition into a pessimist, is the reverse true? If not, what would be a corollary?

Visa screw

Posted by John on July 1st, 2003

I have been putting off getting my Chinese visa for the last few weeks. I’m not entirely sure why, but I just haven’t felt like doing it until now. So today, trying as hard as I can to get absolutely no work done, I decided to check out the website of the Chinese [...]

Slacking

Posted by John on June 30th, 2003

I’ve been quiet lately, at least in terms of posting, and for that I apologize. When Jordan and I started this joint endeavor I assumed that I would be the one that held up his low posting rate, but it seems to be the other way around. He has kept the posts/day average [...]

While I’ve been away

Posted by John on June 25th, 2003

If I had done (literally) anything besides working on my Expository Writing homework, I would have noticed the following things:

The Federal reserve is preparing to slash rates again. At what point does the Fed start paying banks to borrow money?
India decided to fully support China’s claim to Tibet. That’s nice.
Lleyton Hewitt lost, already. [...]