TVGuide NBC Planning Major Office Expansion! (via Ain’t It Cool News) This is disappointing because whenever a show becomes a franchise, I feel like it suffers. I feel like the original Office is already mining for new material and I can’t see them succeeding with another “branch”.
The Sixers have no national TV games scheduled this year, excluding NBA TV. They are 1 of 3 teams in this scenario, the other two are the Pacers and the Hawks. Not only have the analysts written the Sixers off, apparently TV schedulers have too.
The 82 Most Fuel Efficient Cars in 2008. These are based on the new EPA rating system which drops the numbers for a lot of cars. I was surprised to see that hybrid SUVs actually did better than smaller non-hybrid cars. My Ford Focus is ranked No. 18 with a measly 24 MPG.
The New York Times’ techies have a new blog and two open source projects. I’ve become a big fan of nytimes.com – they’ve really embraced the Web as a medium. My favorite entry on the blog thus far is this run down of metadata that they’re sharing.
The Caucus: Giuliani Roots for Red Sox. Only because 9/11 didn’t make it to the World Series this year. Someone asked yesterday, besides Stephen Colbert, were there any other ridiculous presidential candidates. My response was Giuliani.
College Humor presents a new epic for our time…
NY Times: Rockies Place Their Faith in God, and One Another. Interesting read – I was worried it was going to come off like stories I have read about the Air Force Academy (also in Colorado), but really they’re just talking about hiring people with character. Related: “Since [Jon Kitna] signed a four-year, $11.5 million deal in March 2006, about 20 [Detroit] Lions have given their lives to Christ.”
ESPN.com: 1 in 5 fans do things to avoid jinxing favorites. I thought I was weird when I avoided buying a Phillies hat during their playoff chase and their playoff series, but I guess I’m not alone.
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The Nittany Lion body surfs through the student section at the Penn State – Wisconsin game.
Originally posted on the Facebook.
In my senior column for the Collegian I said “Thank you to all the students, professors, bosses, colleagues, friends and family who made my college experience an experience. When I look back on my years at Penn State I will think of you, not Old Main.” I originally wrote that as a little dig at Penn State’s administration, but I realize now it’s actually very meaningful. I spent the last week on a half-dead campus and realized that Penn State is just a place on a map with a lot of buildings that probably won’t be there in 15 years (let the fundraising begin for IST II Building). College has been more about the people who shared these four years with me. So without further ado, shout outs to the people who made my college years special. (Feel free to skim – this is ridiculously long)