Why do we bother reading/posting these things?

I'm not sure why I'm doing this. I guess it's fun. I'll stop when I get tired, I suppose.
April 2

Verizon Math Fail (from failblog.org)

I can’t believe this actually happened. Oh, US education system, what the hell?

February 28

Rock bottom

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/world/africa/12cholera.html?_r=1&ref=africa

Ok, so the economy is in the shitter and the world is ending ect ect. At least we’re not Zimbabwe! I think the most heartbreaking thing is that this country was doing well before a decade of chronic mismagement and corruption. Now everyone is forced to wallow in their own filth and is dying from cholera. Isn’t it funnyscary how fragile things are?

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This is a pretty neat project she’s doing. She goes into these abandonned, beautiful places and takes pictures of herself naked interacting with the environment. I wish I had the wherewithal to find and explore these places. Maybe this summer if I’m in Cleveland. Anyways, she’s great.