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Freshman, don't forget to have fun
By ERIC CHIANESE | Aug. 15, 2009This following is an open letter to all new freshmen at UF.
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Moments of clarity make dreams fun
By ERIC CHIANESE | July 20, 2009Dreams are probably one of my favorite things in the world. And, boy, have I had some doozies.
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Politics without Palin lacks hilarity
By ERIC CHIANESE | July 13, 2009So I refuse to be the only one who doesn/t give my two cents about this Palin resignation.
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Web site offers tips for lazy folks
By ERIC CHIANESE | July 6, 2009So if any of you are like me, you're probably an incredibly lazy person. And I don't mean ordinary, run-of the-mill lazy - I mean you elevate it to an art form. There's nothing wrong with laziness, by the way, so don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Laziness - the desire to exert the least possible effort - has given rise to our most wonderful human ingenuities. If someone hadn't been too lazy to walk, we probably wouldn't have cars. If someone hadn't been too lazy to try and make a genuine connection with a woman, we probably wouldn't have such brilliant pick up lines as "Was your dad a baker, because your buns are out of this world!" The bottom line is that laziness keeps us sharp. Because of it we are ever-vigilant for the next thing that will make our lives easier and, in our own twisted way, richer.
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Dead celebrities don’t cease to charm
By ERIC CHIANESE | July 1, 2009There are those rare moments that, in one fell swoop, remind us all of the ephemerality and fragility of life and, generally speaking, those moments come after a loss. We have all just experienced one of those moments - only this time it dragged on for days. In the span of one week, we lost Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Billy Mays. All of them American icons and, now, all of them gone.
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Power struggle in Iran mirrors mob wars
By ERIC CHIANESE | June 29, 2009Just like the Corleones and the Tattaglias.
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Franken deserves seat in U.S. Senate
By ERIC CHIANESE | June 14, 2009I sure hope that Minnesota can get used to being a congressional amputee.
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Nominee will assume position without America knowing her
By ERIC CHIANESE | June 8, 2009Well, I thought I had it in me, but I don't.
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U.S. justice system needs overhaul
By ERIC CHIANESE | June 1, 2009Lately, and between reading entries on the Rotten Library, I have turned my attention to the criminal justice system.
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Gallow humor holds significant place in America's history
By ERIC CHIANESE | May 25, 2009An employee is leisurely stocking shelves in the supermarket one day when a man with a gun busts in. The criminal shoots the stock boy and then flees the scene. Another employee rushes to the aid of our hero, eager to console him. The stock boy looks up at his friend and meekly says, 'cleanup in aisle 7.'
