You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
Posts by Maggie Koerth
incredible exchange here, this website has the juice
Agreed. And “longevitiest” is my new favorite word
I’m flabbergasted by the strong overlap between people who think vaccines are evil and people who think this shit is a great idea
Greenhouse Salon in Bryn Mawr
Everyone is still learning. Better than the classic “Student excited dad gets head job” with a photo of the new football coach’s daughter
Finally, I had nothing to do with this part of the paper (at least in the spring of 2002) but you should know that, back in the days before social media, the Kansan had a phone line where people could call in and leave random messages that we would then print. Like Twitter, but somehow dumber.
Little Maggie also got all creative with this beat and started a weekly "hey, what's your belief system think about this issue" interview column. Leading to such crucial coverage as a random Baptist and Pagan discussing stem cell research.
The University of Kansas student newspaper archives are now available online, which means I can show you the first two pieces of published journalism I ever wrote. They aren't as embarrassing as I feared! (For context, I was the religion reporter this semester.)
Coming from an early 00s Lawrence, Kansas, college perspective, I'm surprised, but very pleased, that Java Break has outlasted the heretical Mass Street Starbucks.
No. It was an ad specifically being like “get a side of fries!”
Casey’s is encouraging you to get a side of fries with your pizza. Pretty sure this is why Rome fell,
Isn’t this the plot of Ender’s Game?
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Ankylosaurus, if you’re asking
Wild generational divide news
Man, the potential outfits for the Vatican underworld just get better and better
Who actually gets to be a Vatican citizen? Are they all priests?
Younger child thinks she can solve the trolley problem by choosing to kill the one person and then just yelling “trolley problem!” so other people won’t hold it against you.
Older child thinks this is cheating.
What do you think?
That’s the only line I know from the first verse
Why do we all know the second verse of “Shoop” by heart, but not the first?
Oooooh
TELL ‘EM
Absolutely not, you heathen
Nooo it’s delicious
THANK YOU
You have great taste. How am I to enjoy the texture if not large curd?
Tell these people when you find out how good it is
Incorrect
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