Tag: first

Hall’s Rule of Social Order #185

21 February, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

You don’t need to be first. No one cares but you.

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Hall’s Rule of Social Order #184

14 February, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

Don’t waste your time in lines for new places or new experiences or new products. Novelty wears off and your time is valuable. A Nathan’s hotdog for 5 cents, for example, is a great deal, but waiting hours for it is stupid.

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SHAMROCK SHAKES ROCK

4 March, 2008 (14:50) | News

Forgot to mention, I had my first shamrock shake in about 10 years over the weekend.  absolutely fantabulous.  I’m not a big fan of mint usually, but I’m sure mcdonalds has pumped it so full of bad stuff that it’s good.  yum.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamrock_Shake  

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the english language is ridiculous

30 April, 2007 (02:11) | Ramblings

i was reading the lord of the flies this weekend, and came upon a sentence that struck me as awkward as it started out.  "Here there were waves that beat against the sandy shore."  Awkward, because of the first three words.  Here.  There.  Were.  3 words, that look aesthetically the same, but phonetically are completely different.  […]

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