The strawberry frosted doughnut seduced me. I was at the grocery store for milk, and the great big Dunkin’ Donuts display winked a giant pink frosted wink at me… two doughnuts and a large coffee. Who wouldn’t be seduced?
Blog
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OneWord: Partnership
The partnership was formed at high noon on a dusty street in a small town in Texas that isn’t on the map, so don’t bother lookin’.
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Meme: 5 Sites
Five sites I visit everyday are:
1. Google Homepage, which has my rss reader, calendar, and todo list on it.
2. Popurls.com, but only the top three columns, which are the top Digg stories, the top del.icio.us stories, and the top Reddit stories.
3. Oneword.com, which prompts you with a new word each day and gives you sixty seconds to write about it.
4. Flickr.com to look at the most interesting pictures of the last seven days. I can flip through these endlessly. Fun images.
5. Twitter.com, lately. It’s kindof addicting.
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OneWord: Late
“One hour late, one too many times.” That’s what the note on the scratched table said. He crumpled it and tossed it on the floor, opened the fridge and grabbed a beer. Sigh.
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Big Sky Today
Big sky today. The clouds billowed as far as I could see, and their white highlights and black lowlights edged the gray centers that spilled into the light blue voids. It reminded me of late fall, but there was no chill or possibility of snow. It was just big. I wanted to get out of my car and stretch my arms and breath deep. I wanted to jump and see how close I could get to the soft gray edges, but why today when the clouds are bigger and higher than ever?
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University of Michigan Admissions
In 2003, three years after I had been admitted to the University of Michigan, the constitutionality of the points based admissions process was challenged. The case, Gratz v. Bollinger, reached the Supreme Court. The admissions process was held to be unconstitutional because it was not narrowly tailored enough to not violate the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment of the United State Constitution.
You need 100 points to be admitted.
Academic factors (100 points):
- 80 – High school GPA
- 12 – ACT or SAT score
- 10 – Quality of high school
- 8 – Strength of high school curriculum
Non-academic factors (40 points):
- 10 – In-state resident
- 4 – Alumni relationships
- 1 – Outstanding essay
- 5 – Personal achievement
- 20 – Other, including
- Socioeconomic disadvantage
- Underrepresented minority
- Athletic recruitment
- Provost’s discretion
Looking back, I spent way too much time on my essay.
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I Read Harry Potter
After vehemently abstaining from Harry Potter books for years, I must now admit to succumbing to their magical-mystical-mumbo-jumbo. I’ve read* the first three in the last two months and am a third of the way through the fourth book.
And although it’s tough to admit, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed each book. However, after starting the fourth, I’ve realized how dull the first three were. It’s like the J.K. Rowling took a writing class before starting the fourth book, and just in time. I was getting sick of the repetitive plot cycle of books one thru three.
I’m hoping to finish the first six books before the seventh comes out in July. The seventh book happens to be the last Harry Potter book ever, which is a good thing. No longer will I be chained to this absurd reading list of dark children’s books.
*By “read” I mean that Skye has read them to me while I drive.