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Aerospace Engineers: Designing Our Future
The career I have chosen to write about and eventually pursue is aerospace engineering. Aerospace engineers design airplanes and space veh..
Celebrating International Women’s Day Like a REAL Woman, 7 Years Later
Seven years ago, when I was but a wee baby 24 year old in the 2nd year of my PhD program, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek, fart-joke-filled post..
We Need Another Winter Olympics ‘Miracle,’ and We Don’t Need to Score a Single Goal to Do It
The U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame sits high on a ridge off a highway in Eveleth, Minnesota. In front of the boxy building stands a sculpture of..
Headless Pilgrims
Thanksgiving has always been a sham. It’s built on a hoary bit of mythology about how important it was for Native peoples and America’s ea..
I Want to Be Your 6th Grade Class President, by Donald J. Trump (age 11)
Hello, fellow sixth graders of Kew-Forest School. My name is Donald J. Trump, but you can call me Donny. I am eleven years old, I like rid..
Where Do We Go From Here?
Last night I went to a screening of O Brother, Where Art Thou? at Gold Medal Park in Minneapolis. I arrived late, picking my way through t..
Ideas for Celebrating Women During Modern Financial Transactions
Yay! Apparently, they are going to put a woman on the $20 bill sometime in the next 15 years. Girl. Power. Just kidding. By then almost n..
How Old Things Are, in Context
One year old: Not that old. As old as a baby that can’t say much or even walk that great, probably.
Two years old: Only slightly older ..
Good Move Dropping the ‘House Masters’ Nomenclature, Harvard
I was completely unsurprised, and glad, to learn that Harvard College has decided to rename its “House Masters” as “Faculty Deans.” The fa..
A Manifesto for the Profoundly Uncoordinated
Some people are beautiful, symmetrical, smooth, and glowing. Some are off-putting, pocky, inexplicably lumpy, and faintly resemble a flesh..
Realistic New Year’s Resolutions for Reluctant Adults
1. Remember to lift your wiper blades if there’s snow in the forecast. Sometimes, you know there’s a real adult nearby just by looking at ..
First Draft of Jason Derulo’s “Want To Want Me”
(Intro music)
(Derulo…)
It’s so hard to sleep
I, Jason Derulo, got the sheets on the floor
Listen to me, I’m Jason Derulo,
And ..