Right now, I am sitting at school waiting for my brother to get done with what he is doing but about five minutes ago I got this call on my cell phone from a 602 number. I pick it up and it says, “Hi guys, this is Dorothy from the mortgage company…” I quickly hung [...]
From the wikipedia article on rubber bands: Rubber bands can be used as projectiles. The easiest way of doing this is to place one end on the thumb or index finger and stretch the other with the opposite hand. When the latter end is let go, the band will release. Rubber band guns also [...]
I had the most peculiar seatmate on the bus today. I’m sitting in a seat next to the window and this woman gets on with an armful of laundry and copies of blueprints. She stops next to me and I’m thinking, “Great, my stop is just three away and I’m going to have this woman [...]
Since I’m not allowed to talk about the actual test, I will instead talk about my experiences taking the SAT. The SAT is a test with no face. This is kind of a hard concept for me to explain but I will try. I took the SAT this morning at the University of San Diego. I [...]
Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a conference for high school students about Counter Terrorism and other global issues at the University of San Diego. Before I go more in depth, let me just disclose that I interned over the summer for the program that put the conference on on, the Joan B. Kroc [...]
Call it a major hurdle but for the last week I haven’t been able to blog simply because I did not feel like writing this single entry. Why? Because this is my 300th entry in this very weblog. It’s been a long 299 entries but I’ve finally made it. It’s crazy to see how [...]
Out of my new encyclopedia of quotations: Pensées, no. 680. “Pascal’s Wager”: Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate the two chances. If you win, you win everything; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then without hesitation that He is! [...]