Teddy Roosevelt at HGARC
As the recycle guy at Mugar Library, people constantly ask me for directions. I assume it is because when people see me pushing around my blue cart filled with paper they think “Well this fellow has...
View ArticleAn East Coast Guy in Los Angeles, CA
Let me preface this blog entry by saying that while I am not new to traveling, I am new to traveling west. In fact, the farthest West I had been prior to this Spring Break was the Gulf of Mexico on the...
View ArticleRugrats: A Critical Analysis
In case you haven’t heard, TeenNick is creating a new segment on their channel called “The 90s Are All That.” It will be airing from midnight to 2am and will feature such favorites as Rugrats, Kenan...
View ArticleHow Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark? Scared Us Into Adulthood
Well it’s 90s week here at the Uncommon Discussion and so since I have already discussed the finer points of Rugrats (see Rugrats: A Critical Analysis) I figured I would switch gears a little bit and...
View ArticleUCLA vs. BU: The Fray in the Library
When I went to Los Angeles, I stayed with my friend who lives there. Unfortunately, after I had purchased my plane ticket, he found out that his brother won tickets to go to SXSW on Friday 3/18. This...
View ArticleMath Major Sloths and English Major Armadillos: College Major Memes
The internet is a vast universe full of information and data that consistently pushes our culture forward creating a society of intelligent, well-educated humans. However, the internet is also a...
View ArticleHow to Celebrate Earth Day: A Recycle Guy Special
The Remarkable Recycle Guy Hello fellow recyclers! It’s your favorite library based sustainable superhero Recycle Guy hijacking Cody’s blog for yet another time. Let me start by wishing you all a happy...
View ArticleIndiana Jones vs. Han Solo: The Great Debate
Indiana Jones circa 2008 Ever since we saw Han Solo barter with Obi-Wan Kenobi in Mos Eisley Cantina we have wondered. Ever since we saw that bullwhip snatch the gun from the guide’s hand in South...
View ArticleYoda is Better Than Gandalf and Dumbledore Combined
Welcome back my lovely readers! As Halee explained yesterday in her blog post, we are going to be having a competition between the awesome Jedi Master Yoda and the inferior wizard beings known as...
View ArticleThe Only Thing We Have to Fear is… Fear Itself!
Four years is a long time. A lot can happen in four years, especially if those four years are in college because college is a very tumultuous chapter in a person’s life. Often students go away to...
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