tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153737043186889382012-01-27T12:50:59.292-08:00Insight on some of the issues that knock on our doors.Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.comBlogger1821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-50771118845776326302012-01-27T12:37:00.000-08:002012-01-27T12:50:59.318-08:00

The conservative cultural crusader Brent Bozell's latest column "The Double Standard on 'Hoes'" attacks Nicki Minaj's horrible new song "Stupid Hoe". In a way as a heavy Republican-hating lefty I wish I could actually agree with him for once! But I take issue with this passage:It seems rather clear that Imus deserved some punishment, even if his dismissal might be excessive. So why were the

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PTC's newest "Worst Cable Content of the Week" targets E! Entertainment network's late night talk show Chelsea Lately. (I won't watch any garbage on E! and prefer David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon and Craig Ferguson, but I find PTC just as dumb as Handler.) Putting the usual PTC banter about everyone subsidizing offensive programming aside, why target a late night show? The author listed several

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I quit watching the evening news shows on ABC/CBS/NBC around the time after Charles Gibson retired and the morning shows (even worse in terms of serious news vs. entertainment) waaaaay earlier. I get my news now from the PBS Newshour, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and various Internet sites as well. Now Newt Gingrich is being confronted with a claim from his 2nd ex wife that he

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Not just San Jose State's football team, which gave up yet another opportunity to win last Saturday in Logan, losing to Utah State 34-33 and thus losing bowl eligibility (I'd rather there be a playoff system in college football a la the NCAA basketball tournament, but I'll save that for another blog).In the meantime, SJSU basketball came off a very close 51-50 win in its home opener v UC Irvine.

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Ah, Brent Bozell. The man who longs for the days when people would unquestionably submit to conservative Christianity and when TV was so squeaky-clean that CBS couldn't show Elvis shaking his hips. Now he's out with his latest "wah wah wah why won't the media respect my beliefs" column "The Anti-God Book, By 'God'":Those prestigious publishers at Simon & Schuster selected All Saints Day to

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So the Detroit Lions were allegedly mocking Tim Tebow's prayer pose. Tebow denies it. A holier-than-thou ESPN columnist Jemele Hill does though: "Lions disrespected Tim Tebow's faith"!Detroit linebacker Stephen Tulloch openly mocked Tebow's prayer pose -- a new phenomenon known across the Internet as "Tebowing" -- after sacking Tebow in the second quarter.Tulloch explained directly after the game

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Personal reasons including midterms made me procrastinate all the way 'til 2 hours before SJSU/Louisiana Tech kickoff!San Jose State (3-4, 2-1 WAC) at Louisiana Tech (3-4, 2-1 WAC): SJSU Spartans by 3. On Nov. 27, 2010, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs beat San Jose State 45-38 after a last-minute interception to prevent a San Jose State opportunity to tie the game. A better-than-ever Spartan team comes

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Sorry people I've been really busy the past week especially with midterms and just a few minutes before the first WAC football game of the weekend I'll make some really quick picks for the weekend. Anyway, SJSU made a 4Q comeback in a roller-coaster game last Friday night to beat Hawaii 28-27 and has today off. I'll post more on that game later.In the meantime (all these games will be live on

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October 8: Brigham Young beat San Jose State 29-16 in a game televised on ESPNU. The factors? (Sources: Box score, play by play)SJSU gets the ball after Keith Smith recovered a Riley Nelson fumble at SJSU's 3 yard line, pre-empting BYU's first scoring attempt. However, a bad snap sent the ball flying to the end zone and a safety for BYU. BYU then gets the ball and scores a TD and goes up 9-0. On

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American politics can get REALLY silly when the debate focuses on how religious/faithful a candidate can be. This story "For Romney, Social Issues Pose New Test" will be on the front page of Sunday's NY Times: Mr. Romney has tried at every stage of the race for the Republican presidential nomination to focus on the economy, and he did so again on Saturday, when he appeared here at the Values

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NY Times: "N.J. to Repay U.S. $95 Million Over Hudson Tunnels": On Friday [September 30], Gov. Chris Christie and Ray LaHood, the federal transportation secretary, announced that New Jersey would pay back $95 million that the federal government had provided for a pair of rail tunnels under the Hudson River that were projected to cost $8.7 billion. The effort, known as Access to the Region’s

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On Saturday, 1 Oct at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, Colo., the San Jose State Spartans (of the Western Athletic Conf.) defeated Colorado State Rams (Mountain West Conference) 38-31 in Colorado State's homecoming game. Throughout the game, SJSU had control and even exploited Colorado State turnovers for touchdowns. At one point during 2nd quarter, SJSU led 24-7. The Spartans won on a last-minute

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Last post I picked the Utah State Aggies to beat the Brigham Young Cougars by 7. Unfortunately, thanks to a last-minute touchdown catch off a deflection, BYU won 27-24. (WatchESPN has the game in its entirety here.) Now if you don't get my title, here's why:- Utah State University is in Logan, Utah, a city about 60 miles north of Salt Lake City and on the north side of the Great Salt Lake.

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I went to last Saturday's SJSU/NMSU football game, and SJSU won 34-24. Once again RB Brandon Rutley was a fugitive from the defensive justice. In the Spartans' first possession, he scored a 66-yard rushing touchdown; the Aggies scored a field goal on their first possession after the Spartans forced a 4th & goal from the 1-yard line. Although SJSU ended the 2nd and 3rd quarters with ties, SJSU

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swinging by its "Worst Cable Show of the Week" page I noticed in honor of the final season of FX's Rescue Me PTC decided rather than review the episode to write a review of moments from episodes of the show...all the examples were from 2006! (Rescue Me ran from 2004-2011.) PTC concludes: "Sadly, the industry seems resigned to forcing customers to pay for programming whether they watch it or not

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New Mexico State (1-2) at San Jose State (0-3, 0-1 WAC): SJSU by 7. The two teams meet for the first time since October 30, 2010 when NMSU scored a touchdown with 0 seconds left to beat SJSU 29-27 in Las Cruces, N.M. While NMSU has not appeared in a bowl since 1960 and has yet to have an above-.500 season since joining the WAC in 2005, SJSU has a better track record of: 3 bowl appearances in the

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San Jose State lost 17-14 to the defending WAC first-place team and defending Fight Hunger Bowl champion Nevada Wolf Pack on yet ANOTHER last-minute end zone interception. Similar thing happened in 2010 in the Spartans' game against Utah State. So far, SJSU is 0-3 including 0-1 in the WAC, and I initially got a bit heated and (sorry if it offended you on facebook) and predicted a winless season.

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Nevada at San Jose State: SJSU by 7. SJSU has gone 8-2 in its past 10 home openers including last year a barely won contest against the FCS Southern Utah 16-11. As of now on ESPN.com, SJSU QB Matt Faulkner, a jr. college transfer who went to high school in Texas, has a passer rating of 113.3 compared to Nevada's starter Tyler Lantrip with 110.6. SJSU's backup Dasmen Stewart showed much promise

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On September 11, 2001, I was in fifth grade and learned about the attacks from a school announcement. I first saw the video of the plane crashes in the World Trade Center and Pentagon when I came home after school. This event was so serious that NEARLY EVERY broadcast channel jumped from regular programming to news coverage. Then came the war in Afghanistan a month later, and still continuing to

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So SJSU just lost its 2nd game and is now 0-2 after a hard-fought 27-17 loss to UCLA at the Rose Bowl. I notice a parallel between the first 2 games of 2010 too.In 2010:9/4/10: @Alabama (the defending BCS champions): SJSU lost 48-39/11/10: @Wisconsin (ranked #14 that week and Rose Bowl runners-up): lost 27-14However, SJSU played its home opener on 9/18 and came from behind to beat Southern Utah

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The Parents Television Council reviewed the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards as the "Worst Cable Content of the Week" as I predicte last post. With the usual too-much profanity and "we need cable choice" line. And targeting Lil Wayne's song "John". (Oh, they also mention the Beavis and Butt-head cameo with Nicki Minaj!) And what is it with the PTC's line about boasting about the largest number of 12-

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(note: page numbers refer to the printed ones not the ones you enter in at Adobe Reader) The PTC today (I believe so) came out with a new study (summary) Cartoons Are No Laughing Matter. Basically that report attacks Cartoon Network for not rating its Adult Swim programming (9PM-6AM) properly and for marketing rated-R and TV-MA programming during TV-PG rated programming and worrying about

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The NY Times reported: "At VMAs, Young Stars With Fresh Mouths": This was maybe the most bleeped award show in history, and certainly among the lewdest, from Lady Gaga’s opening monologue, in drag, channeling Andrew “Dice” Clay and Denis Leary, to Cloris Leachman swapping foul talk with the cast of “Jersey Shore,” to Justin Bieber making phallus jokes with his girlfriend Selena Gomez on the

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I just finished reading the book Dwight D. Eisenhower by Tom Wicker, part of the American Presidents book series by Times Books, the book-publishing arm of the New York Times Company. In the wake of Congress' current budget-cut debate and the recession, I came across this narrative of the 1959 budget agenda (pp. 113-114): Neither for the first nor last time, Eisenhower had misjudged the Democrats

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I swung by the Parents Television Council website today and found the PTC's latest review of Worst Cable Show of the Week being the Comedy Central series Jon Benjamin Has a Van. I've never heard of that show; it's amazing how much about TV I can learn from those professional prudes!The author begins with this complaint about how Hollywood abuses childrenMovies, television, and other sectors of

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Anders Behring Breivik, a 32-year-old Norwegian man, is currently under arrest for and has pled not guilty to a mass murder in Norway. First, he bombed a government building in the capital Oslo, killing 8 and injuring 30. Although the bombed building housed the Norway prime minister, the head of state was not present at the time. He later shot 69 teenagers to death at a Labor Party youth camp at

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Well busying myself outside of blogging, that's for sure. Anyway I've been learning the SolidWorks computer-aided design program so that I can become a Certified SolidWorks Associate. And of course catching up on DVR'd programs and watching some movies. And other fun summertime stuff if I can't work. I'll expand on these and other topics in later posts. Also, there's been a lot of crazy stuff

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Ricky Berry, the San Jose State player who was the ninth overall pick of the 1988 NBA Draft, came from a mediocre 14-15 SJSU team that lost in the Big West semifinals to Utah State on March 11, 1988. Berry played one season with the Sacramento Kings but committed suicide in August 1989.Also, other NBA greats have played on teams that didn't make it all the way to the final four and even lost in

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San Jose State, the #8 team in the Western Athletic Conference, has lost in the WAC Tournament semifinals to #1 Utah State, 58-54. Utah State led for most of the game, but San Jose State fought back despite many turnovers and missed shots. I was listening to the game on KSJS-FM and kept thinking that the Spartans were falling apart as the clock ran down. Worst of all, Adrian Oliver, the leading

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At least the Parents Television Council thinks so. (via Drudge Retort and The Washington Post) Press release: "PTC Calls on Feds to Investigate “Skins” on MTV for Child Pornography and Exploitation":LOS ANGELES (January 20, 2011) – The Parents Television Council ™ today called on the chairmen of the U.S. Senate and House Judiciary Committees

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British TV drama Skins was remade for the American market and debuted on MTV on Monday. America's organization of moral prudes known as the Parents Television Council was none too pleased: they are so frightened that they label their "Action Alert" regarding the program the org's "most urgent alert the PTC has ever sent to parents." Wow, they even bolded the "most urgent alert" part!

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Today in a close road game in Ruston, La., the San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team beat the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 79-74. SJSU led as many as ten points early in the game, but an 11-0 run by LT gave the home team a 39-38 halftime lead. SJSU fought back from behind to secure a four-point lead as the second half wrapped up, and LT missed a potentially tying three-pointer with just 2

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In 2009, Alabama quarterback Mark Ingram, Jr. won the Heisman Trophy, and the #1-ranked Alabama beat #2 Texas in the BCS National Championship Game to close out the season. The next season, Auburn quarterback Cam Newton won the Heisman, and on the BCS game on Monday evening #1 Auburn won the game in the final seconds with a field goal that broke a 19-19 tie to beat #2 Oregon, 22-19. I was

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I was quite surprised to learn that last night's Boise State at San Jose State basketball game actually made it to overtime given that at one point i checked SJSU was trailing BSU by around 10 or so points during the 2nd half. The final score ended up being Boise 102, San Jose 101 in 4 OT's. The last SJSU game that made it to 4 OT's was the January 10, 1985 home game vs. Cal State Fullerton,

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From an opinion column in The Spartan Daily about baseball shortstop Derek Jeter's new contract with the New York Yankees:The Yankees offered Jeter a 3-year, $45 million contract, which was outrageous considering Jeter is 36 years old and showing it on the field.He just had the worst offensive season of his career, and has always been considered to be overrated due to having spent a career with

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Image courtesy WikipediaOn 8 December 1980, former Beatles guitarist was shot and killed at his New York City apartment by crazed fan Mark David Chapman, who now remains imprisoned in New York and has been repeatedly denied parole. This is Lennon's 1971 hit "Imagine", from the album of the same name. That song, with its lyrics "Imagine there's no countries/It isn't hard to do/...no religion too"

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyNow, I hate hate hate HATE Rush Limbaugh, perhaps the second biggest ignorant doofus on the radio next to Glenn Beck. I like to be informed about current events and politics and hell maybe have a bit of humour or irreverency along with it...but c'mon, Rush Limbaugh's non-stop use of racial metaphors like "reparations" to

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The Associated Press reports:NEW YORK -- Mainstream online video destinations don't do enough to keep explicit content from kids, the Parents Television Council said in a report released Wednesday. The advocacy group, which monitors decency issues, evaluated the child appropriateness of four online video portals: Hulu, Comcast's Fancast, AOL's Slashcontrol and AT&T's U-verse. None received

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My dad bought a new flatscreen TV today and was tuning channels. Channel 6 displayed a fuzzy analogue picture displaying "need guidance?" and the logo of Christian contemporary music radio station K-Love.The blog Radio Survivor reports: "Channel 6 'radio' stations could be silent by 2012":Currently the FCC is accepting comments on a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the low-power

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Yesterday was Game 2 of the 2010 World Series in Major League Baseball. At SF's AT&T Park, the San Francisco Giants defeated the Texas Rangers 8-0. With a 9-0 lead in the bottom of the 8th inning with 2 outs and Darren O'Day pitching, San Francisco loaded the bases and eventually got 4 consecutive walks and three base hits to add six surprising runs. The Associated Press reports: "Forty of the

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The Huffington Post reports:Tim Profitt, the Rand Paul supporter behind the white sneaker that notoriously stomped on a MoveOn activist's head in Kentucky, sought to play down the importance of the incident Tuesday, and went so far as to ask the victim for an apology. "I don't think it's that big of a deal," Profitt told WKYT. "I would like for her to apologize to me to be honest with you."

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I've seen a lot of my friends using the blog site Tumblr. It's a less serious version of Blogspot, Wordpress, and other blog sites. Not only can authors publish rhetoric, they also are able to post visual media and quotations. Tumblr combines blogging and social networking: if a user sees an interesting item on another registered member's Tumblr, the user may "reblog" it (hence the "via ____"

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More info about that month here on the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence.As a college student I'd like to get something out. This is some real talk regarding college students (not all my friends or others on my campus, but some) who use sex as a status symbol or method of control.Ladies, you don't exist solely to be sex toys, maids, or eye candy. You're human. Stop taking your

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-30216972623699449302010-10-15T23:11:00.000-07:002010-10-15T23:30:38.644-07:00

Tomorrow, KOFY-TV 20 in the San Francisco Bay Area will broadcast the San Jose State vs. Boise State football game. Currently, SJSU is 1-4 on the season and 0-1 in the Western Athletic Conference, while Boise State is undefeated 5-0 and 1-0 and is predicted to top Bowl Championship Series ratings. Although this is a home game, I'd like to stay home and just watch both the San Francisco Giants vs.

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-73369808580959983382010-08-04T21:53:00.000-07:002011-03-07T09:39:23.221-08:00

The backstory:This afternoon in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger, Judge Vaughn Walker of the US District Court for the 9th circuit overturned Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative from 2008 that invalidated all same-sex marriages. Proposition 8 followed the California Supreme Court decision In re Marriage Cases from May 2008 that threw out Proposition 22, the 2000 state ballot

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-62086783426227853652010-07-21T18:06:00.000-07:002010-07-21T18:30:20.842-07:00

Shuffle #1 (11AM) 5 songs that pretty much reveal the diversity of my playlist.- Hall & Oates: "Kiss on My List" (Voices, 1980) *1980s, pop, East Coast (Philadelphia)- Fleetwood Mac: "Landslide" (Fleetwood Mac, 1975) *1970s, acoustic, rock, UK- The Notorious B.I.G.: "Me & My Bitch" (Ready to Die, 1994) *1990s, hip hop, East Coast (NYC)- Alice in Chains: "No Excuses" (Jar of Flies, 1994) *1990s,

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-49642323094675989732010-07-20T23:21:00.000-07:002010-07-20T23:40:18.225-07:00

Shuffle #1 (around 11AM): bounced between the '90s and '00s and all from the Eastern or Southern US- Death: "Symbolic" (Symbolic, 1995) *1990s, death metal, South (Orlando)- Anti-Flag: "The Project for a New American Century" (For Blood and Empire, 2006) *2000s, punk, East Coast (Pittsburgh)- The Notorious B.I.G.: "Unbelievable" (Ready to Die, 1994) *1990s, hip hop, East Coast (NYC)- Shadows Fall

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-12946391681834899972010-07-14T17:26:00.000-07:002010-07-14T18:32:08.759-07:00

I have pointed out in previous posts that the Parents Television Council, an organization that advocates cable channel choice, has based its campaign on broad-brush generalizations of cable channels simply because the channel has one offensive show (usually on a late 10PM or later slot):- In 2008, the PTC recommended "every parent who receives BBC America to look into blocking the channel"

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-75496257144983340632010-07-13T17:07:00.000-07:002010-07-13T18:08:34.239-07:00

On my way home today on the bus I was listening to my Sansa e250 MP3 player on shuffle. These songs all have some sort of genre/generational organisation. Tags for categories follow titles.- Snoop Dogg featuring Dr. Dre and D'Angelo: "Imagine" (Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, 2006) *2000s- In Flames: "Leeches" (Come Clarity, 2006) *2000s, international (Sweden)- The Beatles: "The Fool on the Hill" (

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-80250539974696761362010-07-09T23:34:00.000-07:002010-07-14T17:39:05.604-07:00

I've noticed something about the Parents Television Council's ongoing "Worst Cable Content of the Week" column. Since the May 28 edition (The Dudesons in America, MTV, Thursday 10PM) it's been squarely fixated on shows that are broadcast on the cable channels only after 10PM (note: these times I list below are Eastern/Pacific, of course being an hour earlier in the Central, Mountain, Alaska, and

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-22906115668601693982010-07-09T23:12:00.000-07:002010-07-09T23:33:05.921-07:00

The San Francisco Giants had a 7-game losing streak from June 26 to July 2 (including a sweep by rival Los Angeles Dodgers) then beat the Colorado Rockies on July 3. Then swept the Milwaukee Brewers on the road yesterday but lost to the Washington Nationals today (although the Nationals=currently last in NL East, their new pitcher Stephen Strasburg was just too powerful). Just 2 days ago, the

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-28205781818546626082010-07-09T22:55:00.000-07:002010-07-09T23:16:30.137-07:00

What blocked me from blogging was: Twitter, too much Facebook, a clogged DVR, school, and concerns about way too much other stuff besides this website.In brief:I finished my 2nd semester at SJSU with yet another great GPA (3.686) and average 3.867.A couple weeks ago, I enrolled in all but one of my classes for the fall semester. Right now I'm taking Physics 4A (Mechanics) at San Jose City College

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-71072460096121815762010-01-26T22:33:00.000-08:002010-01-26T22:41:31.525-08:00

- Today was the first day of my second semester of college, but during the one class I had--Chemistry 1A lab--the instructor just took attendance and let us go. So I stayed on campus just to inquire about fraternities and eat lunch.- On the bus on the way home, a man slipped and fell hard on the floor as he was finding a seat while the bus was moving. It had been raining today, and

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-53282613103119916332010-01-16T21:56:00.001-08:002010-01-16T22:46:27.589-08:00

Haiti earthquakeOn January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Death tolls are estimated between 45,000-50,000 by the American Red Cross; the Haitian government estimates it even higher, at around 200,000. Because Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, even government buildings and local United Nations headquarters have suffered significant damage, and

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-51854879643726547312009-12-27T19:40:00.001-08:002009-12-27T20:09:03.105-08:00

The New York Times just published this new article by its TV writer Bill Carter, "Why Studios Keep Cranking Out TV Remakes, Despite the Flops". It provides a context in the major US broadcast networks remaking classic TV series. In fall 2010, three remakes of old TV shows will premiere in primetime: Charlie's Angels (ABC), Hawaii Five-O (CBS), and (NBC). Interestingly, the original versions of

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-29079791514279207862009-12-26T14:02:00.000-08:002009-12-26T14:47:34.539-08:00

Yesterday was Christmas Day, a day celebrated by Christians as the birth of Jesus Christ.I respect their right to celebrate that. If you were wondering if I'm religious in any way, well I've been godless my entire life. Except for weddings or maybe some classical music concerts, I've never gone to church and have much much less, in fact never, attended formal religious services ever in my life.

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-25963874759774741902009-12-26T13:57:00.000-08:002009-12-26T14:02:47.760-08:00

- Finals. Out of my 5 classes of fall semester, 4 of the classes' grades were released. Those were all A's. Still pending is my calculus grade.- On the Saturday before Christmas, I got my wisdom teeth removed and was nearly malnourished the next few days.- Now that finals are out of the way and I get to fool around and do nothing really until January 26 (when spring semester begins) I've started

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-71226245994714309722009-11-25T16:04:00.002-08:002009-11-25T21:52:39.842-08:00

In December 2005, Parents Television Council "Culture Watch" columnist Christopher Gildemeister responded to an allegation of homophobia by Simon Dumenco in Dumenco's Advertising Age magazine column:Mr. Dumenco flatly states, without corroborating evidence, that the PTC is "very very afraid of gay TV characters." This is a lie. The PTC is not homophobic. It simply opposes sexual

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-2826820964313345072009-11-21T22:34:00.000-08:002009-11-21T22:40:14.178-08:00

Entertainment: "An Unsteady Future for Broadcast" by Tim Arango and Bill Carter. Analyses the downfall in NBC's ratings and contrasts them with the rising ratings and profit for cable channels like ESPN, TNT, and USA.Business: "Best Soup Ever? Suits Over Ads Demand Proof" by Stephanie Clifford. Goes over disputes between rival companies that have led to false-advertising lawsuits. Among the cases

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-90901599396135335102009-11-17T20:44:00.000-08:002009-11-17T21:10:18.721-08:00

My DVR is getting overcrowded like California prisons as I'm focusing so much more on work.Class overviews:Calculus III (MATH 32) - currently learning double integrals, test Monday on multivariable differentiation and integration.Chemical Calculations and Concepts (CHEM 10) - learning gas laws. My teacher has this great online program (Online Web Learning, or OWL for short) that lets me

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-27821579190978848042009-11-17T20:30:00.000-08:002009-11-17T20:40:52.893-08:00

On Veteran's Day 2004, several ABC affiliates in the US pre-empted the network's national showing of the 1998 Oscar-winning film Saving Private Ryan because of its numerous use of profanity (such as the F-word) and graphic violence...all intended to depict the realities of World War II. Nine months earlier, Justin Timberlake exposed one of Janet Jackson's breasts at the Super Bowl XXXVIII

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-24785272675705057482009-11-10T19:51:00.001-08:002009-11-10T20:12:20.342-08:00

Tim Winter, president of the Parents Television Council, responded to last night's controversial episode of The CW's Gossip Girl: LOS ANGELES (November 10, 2009) – The Parents Television Council® issued a statement in reaction to the teen-targeted “Gossip Girl” episode that aired on Nov. 9. The CW Network’s own promotions indicated that major characters would be featured in a sexual threesome.

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-6701473989149932822009-11-09T22:08:00.000-08:002009-11-09T22:16:14.295-08:00

It's been a while since I've blogged about anything lately, so I should write about school so far.- SJSU's football team sucks...so far recently lost 62-7 to Nevada and currently winless in WAC division. Only win was against Cal Poly in September. That's why I watch ABC college football coverage, usually USC, UCLA, Cal, Michigan, or whoever's game is being shown.- However, according to the

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-10083224639915075462009-11-09T21:21:00.000-08:002009-11-09T22:08:26.113-08:00

According to this Twitter post by Ego Salon & Studio in Chattanooga, TN, the local CW affiliate there pre-empted tonight's controversial episode of Gossip Girl. The episode, titled "They Shoot Humphreys, Don't They?" and rated TV-14-LS, reportedly will contain a scene of a threesome between three of the college-aged characters. The show premiered in September 2007, and during its first two

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-17815716284919505232009-09-16T18:25:00.000-07:002009-09-16T18:28:20.390-07:00

Previously, I blogged about the heckling incidents of the year: at Congress members' town halls, the confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor, and the MTV Video Music Awards. Today, the San Francisco Chronicle reports that University of California police arrested 14 protesters - students, alumni, faculty, and staff of the UC - for disrupting a regents meeting. The protesters' grievances were

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-2431279949583827572009-09-13T21:43:00.000-07:002009-09-28T20:12:35.660-07:00

Tonight is the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. The most talked-about moment of the awards show was when rapper Kanye West interrupted country-pop singer Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for her video "You Belong With Me".MTV ShowsKanye West has had a reputation for angry outbursts before at MTV award shows, notably in last year's European Music Awards and in the 2004 American Music Awards and 2006

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-10356851747178656732009-09-11T19:38:00.001-07:002009-09-11T19:45:38.784-07:00

I started college on August 25 and am loving it! With the flexible schedule, variety of class environments, and longer breaks between classes, it's so much freer than high school now. San Jose State has a very diverse student body. Apparently, some "quizzes" are given online rather than in class, and tests are the only exams taken in class. It seems that classes are just for the lectures, putting

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-23690272569980221512009-08-25T22:36:00.001-07:002009-08-25T22:46:14.448-07:00

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, a liberal Democrat who championed universal health care among other causes, has died from brain cancer at the age of 77. He had been in the senate since 1962.This summer is gonna be best remembered by a bad economy and deaths of notable people. On August 11, Edward's older sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, also died.

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-88504166120309290382009-08-18T20:05:00.001-07:002009-08-20T22:00:14.628-07:00

This just came up on my RSS reader where I keep track of the Parents Television Council on Google News. It's a blog entry by Time magazine critic James Poniewoznik, who penned a lengthy profile of the PTC for the magazine in 2005. Poniewoznik responds to the PTC's criticism of AMC's new drama Mad Men, a show about a New York City advertising agency in the 1960s. Apparently that's part of PTC's

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-63184695216888450302009-08-18T15:09:00.000-07:002009-08-18T15:16:19.262-07:00

It all started with the passings of pop culture icons David Carradine, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, and Michael Jackson this June. And over the past week, we've seen the passings of three more icons: former South Korean president Kim Dae-jung (today, aged 85), conservative columnist and Valerie Plame leaker Robert Novak, and rock musician and electric guitar pioneer Les Paul (August 13, 94).

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-56831111589017377652009-08-17T13:17:00.000-07:002009-08-17T13:31:57.797-07:00

From Monday, Aug. 10 to yesterday I was on a bus tour in Western Canada - Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, and the areas in between. Specifically, between those major cities, I visited Glacier National Park, Lake Louise, Banff National Park, the Last Spike historical landmark in central British Columbia province, a ginseng tea showroom, a farm, and a bunch of other small towns and places. For me,

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-55259112488553002382009-08-03T21:30:00.000-07:002009-08-03T22:56:45.619-07:00

On Sunday night, I watched a Netflix-rented DVD of the 2009 film Notorious, which was originally released to theaters on Jan. 16 this year and on DVD on April 21. This is a biopic of the life of rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (born Christopher George Latore Wallace), who was murdered in March 1997 at the age of 24. To this day, his murder is still unsolved. The movie focuses mostly on Biggie's

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-42142733221539858882009-07-27T17:36:00.000-07:002009-07-27T17:42:26.988-07:00

The New York Times just published a story today revealing the 911 call from the woman who called the cops on Professor Henry Louis Gates, who was arrested and shortly released. That incident sparked controversy because of alleged racial profiling and the fact that Gates was merely trying to enter his own home. Worse, this article reveals the truth: The woman who called the police did NOT specify

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-20313955180793280612009-07-24T18:55:00.000-07:002009-07-24T19:08:29.411-07:00

Consider Roger Ailes's famous question: "If you have two guys on a stage and one guy says, 'I have a solution to the Middle East problem,' and the other guy falls in the orchestra pit, who do you think is going to be on the evening news?"Now, the news media has demonstrated this clearly by emphasizing the very last question from Wednesday's televised primetime news conference, when reporter Lynn

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-80158126817288332672009-07-13T20:15:00.000-07:002009-07-13T20:28:23.466-07:00

So far today the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor have been just the Senate Judiciary Committee members' commentary and Sotomayor's speech. Her speech was so deep, articulate, and moving, with her narrative of how her Puerto Rican immigrant mother worked hard with her and her brother despite their low income. As for the senators, Republicans pressed Sotomayor with the

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-69473971319539663342009-07-08T21:03:00.000-07:002009-07-08T21:38:54.707-07:00

I've blogged about the Parents Television Council before. That organization has a reputation for its tough moral stance on TV and for "FCC complaint fraud", that is, recruiting "meat puppet" applicants to file multiple complaints about a certain indecent TV show. Targets have included the predictable usual suspects, exposed private parts (NYPD Blue in 2003, Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Show in

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-26651972074830662462009-07-08T19:39:00.000-07:002009-07-08T19:37:36.918-07:00

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.9401/title.2009-bet-awards-recap-the-dx-edition-If these allegations against BET are intellectually true, the B should stand for Bastardly, because BET really screwed up the Awards Show while simultaneously trying to pay tribute to Michael Jackson.First, as mentioned in HipHopDX, Lil Wayne & Young Money gave a crummy performance of "Every Girl", and Drake's

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-38142519677136953592009-07-02T15:10:00.000-07:002009-08-18T15:06:07.005-07:00

From today's San Jose Mercury NewsPolice re-issue urgent alert for missing Campbell manBy Lisa FernandezMercury NewsPosted: 07/02/2009 06:13:57 AM PDTUpdated: 07/02/2009 11:55:55 AM PDTCampbell police have issued an updated urgent alert regarding a missing Campbell man with severe dementia who has not been seen for more than a day and who is likely wandering around without his medications.Ross

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-88218448462462893452009-06-30T22:37:00.000-07:002009-08-18T15:00:50.524-07:00

From today's San Jose Mercury News: "Santa Clara police arrest man suspected in yearlong tagging spree". That man is Roman Kosulin, a 2006 graduate of Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, yes I mean that Monta Vista High School where the overwhelmingly overachieving Asian student body is driving away the white folk. Kosulin is currently unemployed.Out of pure curiousity, I Googled his name and

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-88077497263076400422009-06-29T10:10:00.000-07:002009-06-29T11:10:33.736-07:00

So out of pure curiosity during this boring Monday morning right after Dead Celebrity Weekend (Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Billy Mays), I decided to visit the Parents Television Council website, of the organisation that dares take a tough moral stance against all the curse words, sex scenes, shootings, and fights on TV. As of now, their biggest, latest pet peeve is over the "Bruno incident"

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-27717086746114975532009-06-21T14:59:00.000-07:002009-06-21T15:24:00.233-07:00

June 4, 1989: Various college students and some ex-Communist Party members and others clash with the Chinese military after nearly one and a half months of protest for democracy. Soldiers wound and kill thousands and thousands of people. An uncooperative, secretive government prevents an exact number from being calculated. The academic and human rights community hasn't figured it out yet. As of

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-84895118961293609112009-05-12T19:35:00.000-07:002009-05-12T19:49:03.869-07:00

...colleges instead relied on one's IQ score, the more definitive measure of intelligence and college readiness? Given the achivement gaps and flawed essay, I feel that the SAT is more of a money-making scheme for the College Board bigwigs to take weekend vacations to Atlantic City sipping on French wine than any reasonable measure of merit.And yes, I've heard of Christopher Langan.

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-36229795000539537992009-05-02T21:23:00.000-07:002009-05-02T21:29:14.814-07:00

Broadcasting & Cable has just reported that NBC will renew it for a second season. And the Parents Television Council's grievance against the show only tempted me more to watch it. PTC is concerned that The Jay Leno Show that'll take every weeknight 10pm (9pm central) timeslot might move Southland to an earlier timeslot..."as early as 8 p.m. in the Central/Mountain time zone" in their own words.

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-74054753554278294672009-05-01T22:28:00.001-07:002009-05-02T09:45:22.197-07:00

- Monday was the only regular school day this week. Because the underclassmen all were taking state standardised testing the seniors had activities and stuff this week. - Tuesday: Administration and class officers gave presentation about end of the year activities such as the senior picnic, senior prom, and graduation ceremony. Because the class of 2006 was such troublemakers, the officers

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-21642005495484247922009-04-08T18:30:00.000-07:002009-04-26T18:27:05.802-07:00

With the economy in recession since the banks failed back in the fall, the War in Iraq draining millions or billions of dollars daily from the government's budget, and jobs disappearing as time goes by, there seems to be a spike of violent crime--at least in the world of the news media. On Feb. 15, an NBC Nightly News report covered funding cuts for various American police departmentsVisit

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-21788840358301412009-03-11T20:54:00.000-07:002009-04-19T22:18:32.361-07:00

On my RSS reader, Google Reader, I subscribe to this feed that picks up news about the "Parents Television Council" from Google News. It's easy: Go to news.google.com, type in any keyword/phrase about an interesting topic, and click search. On the search results page find the orange "RSS" logo (the orange square with the white stripes). On Firefox it's on the way tail end of the address bar; on

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It seems hard these days to find a "morally straight" advocate of traditional marriage (the "man and woman" type). A list of pundits (politicians, activists, etc.) serves to prove my point here. But first let me share my latest disappointment.On Saturday, I watched a recording of the previous day's episode of Dateline NBC where Ann Curry interviewed pastor Rick Warren. Rev. Warren will speak at

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By now, a lot of Americans still remember the incident where Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at President Bush during a press conference. That incident has been played often on the news, late-night shows, and even spun off into online Flash games!With George W. Bush leaving office in about 30 days from today, why not have a look back at a funny incident that happened with

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I recently upgraded the firmware for my almost-dead Sansa e250 music player, and it has its advantages/disadvantages. The good thing is that hopefully it'll be more stable and not freeze up like the older version did. Also for my songs with multiple collaborating performers that are entered on Windows Media Player's media library simultaneously, the new firmware displays all their names, as in "

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...after it just refused to start up. After formatting it based on a blog suggestion I ended up losing a lot of my favourite music since I use my Sansa E250 MP3 Player as primary backup since I was trying to save disk space on my slowing-down computer. Here's a random list I could pull out of my head tonight--and it'll just keep getting bigger--of albums/songs I need to re-download:* Freedom

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- I sincerely apologise for my previous smear article about school. That's what happens when I get mad. I just go on my computer and damage a small portion of the Internet. Because honestly, I don't want to damage the real world and become the next Seung-Hui Cho.- And my parents decided against taking the ACT since I'm already way too familiar with the SAT and I need to focus on real stuff like

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Well, an hour ago I got home from the EVHS football team's embarrassing Homecoming Game loss to Independence High School, 22-21. That came after the EV Cougars were leading 21-14 with about 10 seconds left in the 4th quarter, when suddenly defense slipped up in the rainy weather and allowed an Independence player to score a touchdown (6 points) and a 2-point conversion, thus concluding the game

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Well I did worse on the SAT than my previous time - a 1950 in Oct. 2008, compared to a 1990 back in May. I got the same score on the writing section (690) as last time but 20 points down on math (710 --> 690) and reading (590 --> 570). How could this happen, when I've gotten a 770 on the SAT Math level 2 subject test??!? Oh well it could be because of those pesky free-response questions or my

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To be honest, nothing much really except the weekly regulars, as the PTC's front-page press release index still expresses complaints about the 25 September episode of Survivor: Gabon with the hidden private part. But anyhow...(these were all written on 10 October 2008)- Best Show of the Week: America's Got Talent (NBC)- Worst Show of the Week: Bones (Fox) (not to be surprising; any crime drama

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-80126202350470375952008-10-10T18:06:00.000-07:002008-10-12T22:57:33.255-07:00

This morning, the Woody Show on local rock station 105.3 "Live 105" reported that Guns N' Roses's long-awaited Chinese Democracy album is finally coming out on 23 November 2008. Wikipedia cites articles from MTV News and Reuters for the date.Meanwhile, Dr. Dre's Detox is now scheduled for sometime in December 2008, as confirmed by an official press release.

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-33871362649208541292008-10-07T22:21:00.001-07:002008-10-07T22:27:10.804-07:00

I spent dinnertime and afterwards watching today's "Town hall" presidential debate between Obama and McCain on NBC. It was a fairly interesting and attention-grabbing one, with former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw moderating at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. Obama and McCain had some strong answers to all of Brokaw's questions, all of which came from potential voters. Topics

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[Before I get to the juicy realm of the PTC a little personal note:] This morning I took the SAT college entrance examination at my school, the second time after receiving a 1990 from the May 2008 administration. After getting to my senses and studying some more vocabulary and math strategies over the summer, I'm confident that I'll get a score at least in the 2000 range this time. If I still get

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-49006188707424572512008-09-24T21:06:00.001-07:002008-09-24T21:13:41.174-07:00

Band has improved a far shot from the Friday tragedy! Thank you everybody for your cooperation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Also, regarding the NACAC's report on the SAT that urged colleges to put less emphasis on such tests, that story was also reported on Monday's edition of ABC World News.

Andrew Panghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03935447116871612774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915373704318688938.post-68136405534208556112008-09-21T19:40:00.000-07:002008-09-21T20:15:59.583-07:00

As Sunday draws this weekend to a close, I decided to spend it happily and wisely. For those of you who were terrified by my previous diatribe against the symphonic band, I apologise for being so gratuitously angry. Me, you, and Barnhill will forget about that and just move on as a great group of students; I know it.I woke up around 8 this morning, unlike most Sundays, to watch ABC's This Week

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