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Blast Shields Down
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A place for the writings of two college students from Michigan, covering topics ranging from literature to movies, philosophy to pop culture, politics to insane ramblings and everything in between.
Recent Posts
Swiss Neutrality
In a referendum, Switzerland has banned the construction of minarets in the country. I am not going to delve too deep into how ridiculous of a step this in or the illogical arguments of those advocating this, but I simply do not see how an architect...
Happy Thanksgiving, 2009
Not to Be Confused part 2
Finagen's Wake, which we've mentioned here before, and Finegan's Week, a book that Matt found at some destitute and derelict counterfeiting publishing house. Edger Rice Burroughs and William S. Burroughs. The former wrote such gems as Tarzan and A ...
Bad Romance
I really like Lady Gaga's new song Bad Romance. There is a certian creepy, spooky, scary element to it. I've been so taken by it that I've been scouring the Google Images for spooky/scary pictures of the birdo, and I found just that.This set of photo...
Italian Body Parts
I'm not sure what it is about Italian and preserving the remains of historical figures, but two interesting articles about body parts showed up on BBC this week.The first, is that Galileo's fingers and tooth have been found. That desiccated finger i...
Geography of DC Comics: Gotham City
When trying to think up names for Sim City 4 cities or fantasy football team names or for any of many others reasons why someone like me might want to make up place names, Gotham has always been a thorn in my side. No matter how hard I try, I cannot...

