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MICHAEL PHELPS'S BREAKFAST

"…Three sandwiches of fried eggs, cheese, lettuce, tomato, fried onions and mayonnaise, add one omelet, a bowl of grits, and three slices of french toast with powdered sugar, then wash down with three chocolate chip pancakes."

As well as a side of whup ass.

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ADVERTISMENT: NIKE COMMERCIAL

This Nike commercial is like the We Didn't Start the Fire of sportswear commercials, that is speciously connected events, moments and people are creatively edited and set to music as though this will unify everything. But it totally doesn't. Instead it reminds me that my eye can process images really quickly and I may have ADD. It's still a super cool commercial though.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az0MIhlktj0]

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PROFILE OF BRUNO PROF. HAZELTINE

In a follow up to the previous entry on courses and profs at Brown, Professor Hazeltine's popular "Engin 9" is one class in particular that has had a lasting impact on me, especially the further and further I find myself removed from academia. With that, I enjoyed reading a profile on him and his business management class in the recent issue of the Brown Alumni Magazine (BAM).

Later, Hazeltine outlines the final paper assignment. He advises the students that "college often teaches you to write long, discursive papers on extremely complicated things. Don’t do that here. In the real world people want solutions, and they want them expressed simply." The deadline for these final papers, it turns out, is flexible, unofficially at least. "They’re due on December 9th," he tells the class, "but if they don’t come in that day the world won’t come to an end." Hazeltine is also open to changing grades. "There’s nothing wrong with telling students to rewrite a paper for a better grade if they think they can do better," he says later in his office. And when asked about cheating, he says, "In a way, students talking to each other during a final exam is not a bad thing. When you ask employers what they look for in an employee, they always say they want someone who can work efficiently as part of a team." Hazeltine emphasizes that he does not endorse cheating, however; if he discovers a student cheating on a final – and because the class is so large, there are always some who do – the grade for the test is an automatic zero.

As he lectures on the Salomon stage, Hazeltine shifts his weight from one leg to the other and rolls back and forth on the balls of his feet. During class, he often hops off the stage and strides up and down the aisles. He has a long-standing tradition of shaking the hand of every student who correctly answers one of his questions, and, because he asks a lot of questions, he does a lot of jogging from one corner of the auditorium to another. After the lecture, walking back to his office in the Barus & Holley building, Hazeltine admits the handshaking is a little gimmicky. "But the students expect it," he says, "and if I forget to do it their feelings get hurt. They come up to me after class and say, ‘Why didn’t you shake my hand?’ "

Haha, it's so true. I was pleased when he shook my hand after I answered a question right once. (Hey, it's nerve-wrecking sometimes to volunteer an answer in front of hundreds of your peers!)

Read more here.

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QUESTION FOR ALL BRUNONIANS

On behalf of my alma mater's admissions office, I interviewed last Fall a prospective student who was applying to Brown. I was happy to hear that she was admitted, and she just recently emailed me asking me if I had any recommendations on any must-take courses or professors. As Brown subscribes to an open curriculum pedagogy, it can be a bit daunting the first year when attempting to pick one's courses. So, fellow Brunonians: What courses and professors at Brown do you recommend?

I'm recommending Professor Robert G. Lee. (Am Civ), James T Campbell (Africana Studies), Anani Dzidzienyo (Africana Studies), Barrett Hazeltine (Engineering), Tomasi (Poli Sci) Wendy Schiller (Poli Sci), and Darrell West (Poli Sci) off the top of my head.

And for first year courses: EN 9 and PS 22.

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KOREAN GOLD MEDALISTS

A couple Koreans have won gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics with some thrilling and in the case of Judo now-champ Choi Min-Ho, downright gangsta style wins. Choi's victory in Judo is particularly fist pumping because he won the final match with a "devastating move called the maximum ippon" (an ippon is the highest score one can receive in judo). It's crazy how he just quite literally flips it on all his opponents and then the gold medal finishing move is just straight nasty.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krnh7nGRla8]

And then in swimming Park Tae Hwan snared a gold for South Korea in this close race:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWeUZO9xdyA]

And in related news to assure all those of you questioning my nationalist loyalties, USA! USA! USA!

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OLD THYME SPORTS UNIFORM

I concur with Human Giant's (that's what she said?) Rob Huebel's thoughts regarding this photo:

If I went to the Olympics, I would like to wear a swimsuit with a star on my crotch.

Although I would probably pose without linking arms. Actually, not probably. I would definitely pose in the photo without linking arms with my teammates.

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PHOTO

My roommate Kate was doing some serious housecleaning and de-cluttering today. I contributed by taking photos of things that she was throwing out, including this cool clay figure that she built:

It was also raining outside:

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