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Truth in Words and Pictures (or The Circle of Academic Life)

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Sean Sandulak

Photos by Steve Jurvetson, Lynette S., Horia Varlan, research.gov, Carolyn Lagattuta, Trois Têtes, and Wikipedia CC-BY-2.0 Original idea gratuitously stolen from xkcd

Tagged with: DPchallenge, geek, humor, nerd, random nonsense, silliness, truth
Posted in Blog, Things I know less about than I think

The Top Ten Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Read Top Ten Lists

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Sean Sandulak

It’s the end of the year (not the end of the world as a bored media would have you believe) and that means Christmas, New Years, and top ten lists. The latter is certainly one tradition we could all do…

Tagged with: annoyed, celebrity, comedy, complaining, DPchallenge, humor, miscellaneous, random nonsense, satire, silliness, snarkiness, whining
Posted in Blog, DPchallenge, I'm Just Saying

In A Subjunctive Mood (or Long Live The Drama Queen)

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Sean Sandulak

So I’ve decided I’m going to try to post something every day. Well, every weekday. Why? I don’t know; it seemed like a good idea at the time. I probably wouldn’t if I were the kind of person who thought…

Children Should Be Seen And Not Herd (or Feeding Time At The Zoo)

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Sean Sandulak

I can’t even get a date, so I’m the last person in the world to give parenting advice. I probably know more about nuclear physics than I do kids. What I do know is they are often loud and usually…

Tagged with: annoyed, comedy, complaining, DPchallenge, humor, humour, miscellaneous, random nonsense, silliness, snarkiness, whining
Posted in Blog, DPchallenge, Whine Tasting

Using Colorful Language (or Did You See What I Did There?)

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Sean Sandulak

Language isn’t always black and white. Indeed, some maroon can leave you red in the face with his linguistic abuses. Maybe a trip to Magenta would help get you back in the pink. Or maybe Burnt Orange Tailgating is more…

Tagged with: DPchallenge, miscellaneous, random nonsense, silliness, writer, writing
Posted in Blog, DPchallenge, Just nerding out

I Must Be A Hipster (or How To Write A Good Blog)

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Sean Sandulak

Only really cool people like you read this blog. At least that’s what I tell myself. Every now and then, I’ll be reading someone else’s blog and they’ll let us peek behind the curtain and see how many views or…

Simile (or Love Is A Four Letter Word)

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Sean Sandulak

In response to the Weekly Writing Challenge: Easy As Pie from The Daily Post at WordPress.com Simile (A Poem by The Clueless Troubadour) Love is like a helium balloon Let it go and it flies away Hold it too close…