Friday, December 3, 2010

A couple of news articles to check out:
http://www.nytimes.com/roomforde bate/2010/12/02/what-is-a-college-degree-worth-in-china?ref=world.

This is about college graduates in China and how they typically earn very low wages in jobs, despite rapid growth in the economy. Includes comments by readers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/world/europe/02putin.html?ref=world

This one is about Vladimir Putin’s response to the U.S. criticism of Wiki links. Putin really rips into the U.S. about its inability to accept criticism.


Thursday, February 4, 2010

Time to eat some bugs?

So, last night we watched Man vs. Wild for three consecutive hours. Sometime between hour one and three an idea was born: Why don't we do something like this? Afterall, we're pretty manly, right? At least a little bit. This morning, over a manly breakfast of orange cinnamon rolls, Jeff and Andrew worked out the details for spring's upcoming: "Men vs Wild." Here's the gist of it: Some Monday this spring Jeff and Andrew (and any other roommates we can convince to come with us) will be blindfolded and driven up Hobble Creek Canyon. We will get out of the car and sit as it drives off until we can no longer hear it. Then we will take off our blindfolds and begin our challenge. Equipped only with some non-perishable food items, sleeping bags, knives, and a camera to document the journey, we will try to make our way back to Provo over the course of a week. This, of course, is only the first episode of "Men vs Wild." We are planning a Moab version as well.

Stay tuned for future updates, and let us know what you think. This is gonna be awesome.

Sunday, January 17, 2010