Ok, let's get serious here. A popular professor at NYU's Stern School of Business replied to a student's email in a way that is part jerkface but mostly, part sage life advice. Deadspin reports that a student walked into the 1st day of class an hour late and the professor told her to leave & come back to the next class.
You may not be all of these every time you drink, and you may be some more often than others, but you are guaranteed to be all of these at least once.
You have so much to talk about, it's crazy. There are just so many people you want to become best friends with by harassing them with your voice.
Quentin Tarantino, America’s favorite over-caffeinated movie geek, turns the big 5-0 today — a bit of a shock, considering that he seems forever frozen as the animated, motor-mouthed kid we first met back in 1992, via his shockingly assured debut film Reservoir Dogs. Your film editor had the opportunity to spend a fair amount of time considering Mr. Tarantino’s influences and filmography while writing the forthcoming 20th anniversary volume…
TRIGGER WARNING:
The following includes descriptions, photos, and video that may serve as a trigger for victims of sexual violence.
Please be advised.
Someone asked me today, "What is 'rape culture' anyway? I'm tired of hearing about it."
Yeah, I hear ya. I'm tired of talking about it. But I'm going to keep talking about it because people like you keep asking that question.
Until cooler chirps prevail....
The ever-devolving spat between Alberta’s Progressive Conservative party and the opposition Wildrose has been reduced to a series of Twitter flame wars.
On Thursday, Premier Alison Redford announced on the social media site that her government would vote to freeze MLA pay and housing allowances.
Predictably, this prompted the Wildrose to fire back.
Online troll war ensued.
The past couple of weeks have offered a vivid demonstration of this country’s penchant, as someone once put it, for pulling ourselves up by the roots every so often to see if we’re still growing. Responding to the demands of precisely no one, the NDP offered up a private member’s bill, C-470, it proposes should replace the Clarity Act, the 1999 legislation setting the conditions under which the federal government would enter negotiations with “a province” — let’s call it Quebec — proposing to secede.
NHL training camps have just started, which this year means that NHL training camps are about to end. And that makes it time to take a final look around the league in anticipation of opening night.
Tuesday we’ll start with the Eastern Conference before turning to the Western Conference Wednesday.
New Jersey Devils It turns out Ilya Kovalchuk wasn’t serious about remaining in Russia after all and is expected back in camp shortly, Lou Lamoriello said while returning from Russia holding a baseball bat and an Ilya Kovalchuk-shaped duffel bag.
Andrew Coyne has written an (as usual) insightful piece on the candidates for the federal Liberal party, noting that the general level of education and accomplishment is high.
Though several of the nine are relatively unknown to most Canadians, they are not lacking credentials, he points out.
George Takach is a prominent Bay Street lawyer and professor with three degrees and four books under his belt.
The Montreal Canadiens did a smart thing with forward Scott Gomez for the first time since trading for him in 2009: they told him to go home. The reason? If he gets hurt this year, the Habs wouldn't be able to buy him out next year and be rid of his contract headache, under terms of the new collective bargaining agreement.
