Questions to ponder while procrastinating

Will Charlie Weis be fired? Probably not. I think he'd like it though, because, you know, by their nature fat people like to get paid to do nothing. Will Notre Dame fans ever realize that the program hasn't been consistently good and clean at the same time since the early 70s? Once again, no. So long as the arrogant sense of entitlement resides in the heart South Bend, Notre Dame will delude itself into thinking that it is relevant for its athletic or even academic prowess. Notre Dame, much like the rest of the world, will soon have to come to grips with its ever apparent mediocrity one of these days, and maybe, just maybe it took overpaying a beluga whale for the school to wake up. (Writing something like that makes me miss my radio show. There's something about not being able to see the people you criticize that's empowering.)

Why is the library here so sub par? The UCD library has the worst periodicals section I have ever seen at any library of any level. I won't criticize them for only having Irish newspapers, but they don't even carry the national Irish Times. They only carry things like the Galway Tribune or Clare Examiner. The worst about it is they carry the previous week's editions. It's always about a day late. The guy from that now defunct CBS show Early Edition would be screwed if he lived here. There isn't even a place to read them. Oh, and they don't carry any books written about Asian politics published after 1960. I guess they figured the world stopped changing about then.

It's tough to motivate myself here. I guess it's always hard to do work, especially when it's long and tedious like this Philosophy paper I have to write. It's even tougher when you have to come up with your own paper topic. 2000 words. What is that, 6 pages? Something around there. I have 217, about 10%. Ugh.

Last night at the coffee hour, it happened again. The vultures took over. They get there about half an hour before it starts and just hover around the food, staking out their spots. Then, they all make a wall in front of the food and don't move, the iron curtain, if you will. It's like these people depend upon the courtesy of other people so they can eat more and more. They make a dinner out of carrots, scones, and fruit. I wonder if they know anything about the tragedy of the commons. Last night they had popcorn for us and as soon as it was poured into a bowl, this girl just picks up the bowl and eats the whole thing. That's like going to Old Country Buffet, and taking the sterno and casserole dish of bacon back to your table.