April 27, 2007
The piano drop off of a building, a MIT tradition that celebrates the last day to drop a class, is the stupidest thing I have ever seen. Destroying this instrument is disgraceful and inconsiderate. I don't care if it may be beat up or out of tune, old and "worthless," it should be respected and not pushed off the roof for pure amusement.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
April Madness, Mayhem, Massacres
April 24, 2007
What is it about national tragedies occuring the week after April 15? There's Waco, Oklahoma City, Columbine and now Virginia Tech. The Branch Dividian compound went up in flames on April 19, 1993, and the Murrah Federal Building was bombed by Timothy McVeigh two years later to the date. On April 20, 1999, Columbine High School was the site of a mass killing by two deranged teens. And the most recent horrifying incident involving a crazed lunatic was April 16. Did winter make these criminals dark? Could it be spring fever? Were they born at 6:30 p.m. when the hands are pointed down? Is Mercury retrograde? If you go way back, the Titanic sank, Lincoln was shot and the San Francisco Earthquake hit--all on April 14 except for the earthquake on the 18th.
What is it about national tragedies occuring the week after April 15? There's Waco, Oklahoma City, Columbine and now Virginia Tech. The Branch Dividian compound went up in flames on April 19, 1993, and the Murrah Federal Building was bombed by Timothy McVeigh two years later to the date. On April 20, 1999, Columbine High School was the site of a mass killing by two deranged teens. And the most recent horrifying incident involving a crazed lunatic was April 16. Did winter make these criminals dark? Could it be spring fever? Were they born at 6:30 p.m. when the hands are pointed down? Is Mercury retrograde? If you go way back, the Titanic sank, Lincoln was shot and the San Francisco Earthquake hit--all on April 14 except for the earthquake on the 18th.
Now the Boston Marathon terrorist (April 15). And Lexington and Concord began and Hitler was born on April 20.
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