Today is a momentous day in TD Blog history, for today is the day that Jackie Parilla (TD '12) and I launch the "Hot for Chocolate" (inspired by this glorious YouTube channel) column. We'll be doing reviews of hot chocolate at coffeehouses (and some more unorthodox hot chocolate places) in quest of the best hot chocolate in New Haven.
Here's hot chocolate encounter #1: Willoughby's
Jackie wanted to add that:
I wish there were more spice!!! Also, $2.99 for a small is a bit expensive, but I guess it is sort of special. Worth at least a try.
Overall verdict: THUMBS UP!
Where should we go next? Where's your favorite hot chocolate in New Haven? Leave a comment.
Although midterms may have caused our memories of our glorious Bladderball victory to fade, TD's very own Anya Wagtendonk is making sure the world doesn't forget! Check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bladderball#Return_of_Bladderball
In case some vandals get there before you do...
Thanks to TD'er Katherine Xie (TD '12) for sending this in!
Dudes! As those of you who read the blog last year know, we used to have a column where each week someone in TD would be a guest DJ on the blog. Let's bring it back! If you're a musical master (or at least have better musical taste than me... it's not hard!), we want YOU on the TD blog.
The TD blog is looking for a multi-talented individual to host this column. The specific abilities we're looking for are: * Can use words to create sentences * Knows who Kanye West is * Can use the "Internet"
It's a pretty tall order, but I have a feeling at least SOMEBODY will qualify. Oh it will also help if you have a webcam and a lot of TD spirit!
The weekly DJ column is a lot of fun, you get to meet a ton of your fellow TD'ers, and PEOPLE'S MOMS WILL LISTEN TO YOUR PLAYLISTS. How awesome is that?!?!
Why am I not doing the weekly DJ column this year? Well, besides the fact that Devin has almost murdered me for my obsession with Lady Gaga and other lyrical geniuses of the early 21st century, I'm about to start a new column with non other than TD's own JACKIE PARILLA! About what? Let's just say, the title of the column is "Hot for Chocolate". Yeah. Get pumped.
So here's the comic for the week. Or perhaps for the last two weeks. It's a bit on the whimsical side, but I hope it still makes sense or at least is enjoyable.
By the way, if you have any funny, interesting, relevant TD-related ideas you'd like to see rendered in comic form, feel free to send the ideas my way. I'll credit you, of course, and it'll ease my mind a little, too. :D
Speaking of crediting, this comic was inspired/the result of me listening to "Girl Inform Me" by the Shins. Good song. Check it out, if you're ever bored.
It's that time of year in TD again. What time of year, you ask?
BEARDVEMBER, OF COURSE!
As is customary, the valiant lion-men of Timothy Dwight will grow glorious manes throughout the month of November, so as to bring honor to our righteous college.
Men of Timothy Dwight, join me in signing the Beardvember Contract by leaving a comment on this post!
I, the undersigned, will not shave, or otherwise remove the follicle insulation that nature has blessed me with (amply or sparsely) from November 1st, 2009 A.D. to December 1st, 2009 A.D. If I should welch on this contract, I shall, as penance, complete 1 (one) lap around the Timothy Dwight College Courtyard without the benefit of clothing.
Also, if you guys want to send in "before" pictures to the TD blog (timothydwightblog@gmail.com), we'll put together a "before & after" beard gallery.
Sorry for the long delay guys, midterms about did me over. Without further ado, the solution to last time's picture and the new one for this week!
Sumi '13 is the lucky winner of last weeks picture, the painted TD logo. Turns out it was from the dining hall portrait, the first one you see when you walk in the door. Sumi "looks at that that painting all the time," so she knew the logo right away.
This weeks picture is an obscure crest, one of my favorites from all the Yale buildings. Usually our crests have books, or leaves, but this one has... a train?
Distance from TD < .5 miles. Good luck. The first to name the building and send me an e-mail at joshua.pan@yale.edu will get next weeks prize. (Don't leave it in the comments, since that seems to spoil it for the rest, and since all the pictures have been solved almost the moment I put them up, well...) And, have a fun Halloween!
Fox News is the highest rated cable news channel in America, and it has been for some time now. Obama seems to think that Fox News is not a legitimate news source, so over the course of his term, he has effectively barred them from the White House and interviews with himself and other important figures. The major flaw here is that Obama seems to define a "legitimate news network" as one that only reports positively on his work. Just because Fox didn't kiss Obama's feet every time they had the chance during his campaign doesn't make them illegitimate. In fact, it makes them the only network that did its job correctly. And ironically, Obama's hatred of Fox News is only making Fox's ratings skyrocket even faster.
I will admit that Fox has been far more critical of Obama than the other networks, but if you hear out the points they make and give them consideration, it makes a lot more sense then it does when you hear a 5 second clip on the Daily Show. And how quickly we forget that the past 8 years were dominated by the other major networks doing the same thing to the Bush administration. AND THAT WAS GOOD! A critical press keeps the white house in check just as much as the other branches of government do. That's what stops corruption! And our media is a major reason that we are as free and powerful as we are.
There is obviously bias in the media in both directions, but I hate to see people rule out a station as "biased" or "illegitimate" with little or no info to back it up with. When I watch news coverage of a major event, I switch between two or three networks so I can get the most informed view possible, and I encourage you all to do the same. Flip on Fox News sometime, watch Bill O'Reilly, and watch Glenn Beck. You'll see that there's a reason they have the highest ratings of anyone in news, they're entertaining as well as informative. Just give it a chance, don't call Beck a nut because of a clip you saw on comedy central, and do yourself the favor of opening your eyes to as many news outlets as possible. Yalies are supposed to be informed, and being informed means looking at both sides of every issue. Sorry for the delay in posts, hope everyone's midterms went well!
Ok, this one's for everyone! I do admit, it's a bit rushed - but chya know, midterms, homework, all that. I was a bit busy. But, in the flurry that was me after drinking two cups of coffee, I finished this and now I'm posting it. I hope you guys like it!
Note: For those who don't know (which is likely most of the people who will see this...), I really don't ever have anything caffeinated, except maybe sweet tea, which I haven't had in a while. So, basically, for almost the entirety of the time I've been at Yale this year, I haven't had any caffeine...except for last week when I had half a cup of coffee, and was jittery/hyperactive/all-together-freakin' oooout for the rest of the day. And now I've had two cups.
...Not good, basically! Coffee for me leads to stuff like...well, this stuff I'm writing right now! Yay!
