It’s not mis-chee-vee-us. It’s mish-chi-vus. Three syllables.

Correct: I wonder what she is up to.

WRONG: I found my mind wondering here and there quite a bit.

Right: I found my mind wandering here and there quite a bit.

When using the conditional tense, be sure you understand how English abbreviates.

Phrase without abbreviation: He could have been killed.

WRONG phrase with abbreviation: He could of been killed.

RIGHT phrase with abbreviation: He could’ve been killed.

Update: You can read this in the comments if you want, but the maximum amount for the 2009-2010 school year, including the CCRAA will be $5350.

I just wanted to clarify one small thing about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Pell grant will increase in stages, with the eventual amount being $5,400.

They key word is eventual. I read through all of the education parts of this LONG piece of legislation to find out that for next year “the maximum Pell Grant for which …

It turns out that I still have something on my record from when I was 17, which absolutely sucks. Stay tuned to learn how to get your juvenile record properly expunged or sealed. (Assuming I can figure it out myself…)

Apparently something came up on my background check. This was completely unexpected. I made a few mistakes as a minor, but I didn’t think any of that would show up. (I’m almost 23.) I meet with my adviser today at 4 to find out what all is on my “rap sheet.” I’ll let you know what happens…

Let me make one thing clear – I hate those who let three pieces of paper on their wall imbue them with arrogance and rudeness. (Some of these might not make perfect sense out of context, but I have to keep these people anonymous.)

1. I went to school for 7 more years after college, so I know everything.

“I say and do what I do in class with the benefit of fifteen years of experience and feedback as well as my PhD but I do always appreciate the insight of a student …

Here’s a weak analogy. It takes shit to grow food, so why not learn from something even worse – Yahoo Answers.

1. BaN AARANGE marriage

My God.

• Proofread your work.
• If you are an idiot, don’t bite off more than you can chew. If you can’t even type “two points against arranged marriage”, maybe you aren’t qualified to speak out against it.

2. HOW 2 BELIEVE?

• If you don’t know what you believe, don’t pretend.
• Don’t look to others to determine how you should feel. Look within.
• Don’t type in

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For months I came home to cold, crusty oatmeal plastered upon one of the three bowls I owned. With other, more important things on my mind, I’d toss the bowls into the sink. Each morning thereafter, I’d awake to the realization that I had no clean bowls, so I’d have to waste some of my morning cleaning them.

There were two solutions to this problem:

1. The “easy” way – wash the bowl every time I finished eating out of it.

2. The easy way – buy more bowls.

Long story short, I bought 12 …

Give them a shot.

Do masochists have to go to heaven because they would enjoy hell too much?

If the name of God’s game is free will, why do we not start in heaven so that we can make a decision between life on Earth and paradise?