Saturday, April 22, 2006

Quote of the Week

From a student in one of the classes mentioned in the previous black-dot infected post:

"I used to have a pet turtle, but it ran away."

6 comments:

ldmiller said...

I am overwhelmed at the multitude of postings. I feel as though I have been shamed b/c my blog has been forgotten this week while papers and exams occur. Loved the chalk drawings.

Anonymous said...

It's true.
ZARIGANI mo nigetayo!

Anonymous said...

I too love the plethora of posts. Here is a token of my gratitude (done by some friends of friends. I thought of you and Lmiller immediately. If only they had two buildings . . .

http://gorillamask.net/buildingtet.shtml

Anonymous said...

Hack,

Tell me please that you went here and defeated them all and that they then carried you about on their shoulders, loudly proclaiming you the Tetris master. Btw, I'm quite proud to have back to back comments involving cool things with Tetris.

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/04/29/103,1146303683,52575,0,0.html

Anonymous said...

Since you don't call, or write, or even respond to my posts, I have decided to make you jealous. Here is the excerpt from the Harvard News paper about how I spent my Sunday evening in Harvard yard:

As it turned out, Folds more than met expectations, interacting with the
audience, jumping on top of the piano to lead crowd choral participation,
and then, after playing for longer than scheduled, even returning for an
encore.

Organizers estimated that over 7,000 gathered in Tercentenary Theatre,
which was decked out with tire swings and balloons, to enjoy the Yardfest
concert and carnival funded by University President Lawrence H. Summers'
office.

After picking up a beach ball that flew onto the stage, Ben Folds announced
that the words "Eliot House Sucks" were written on the toy and then
incorporated them into his next song.

When his melodic rendition of "Eliot House Sucks" elicited negative
reactions from some in the crowd, Folds switched the tune and sang instead,
"Eliot House is not so bad, it's really okay....Don't make fun of it."
Folds also encouraged the audience to chime in during some songs. The
artist even climbed onto the grand piano and conducted a crowd of
harmonizing undergraduates during one tune.

Following chants of "one more song" and "we want Ben" after Folds left the
stage, the artist and his band returned for an encore, "One Angry Dwarf and
200 Solemn Faces," parting with the words, "Kiss my ass, kiss my ass goodbye."

Yes, it truly was amazing.

Hack said...

Very nice. You post more on this blog than I do. At least in the last couple weeks. I've been... busy. Or something. E-mail me and let me know when I should call you and I might do so. By the way, Ben Folds remains my favorite, against all odds.