Loading ...So, you’re at the newly refurbished mall with your friends. Some out-of-town architects have tried to give your childhood mall major face lift. It kinda worked, but you still remember when you hung out there and it looked more like a scene from Mall Rats – not exactly the most glamorous image, right?
Anyways, you and […]
Author Archives: C. Ryder - University of Kansas
Adventures in Outlet Shopping
April 22, 2008 - 10:30 am
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Comments (0) CC Fiction: Chasing Chastity (Part IV)
April 20, 2008 - 4:30 pm
[Chasing Chastity is a series by C. Ryder. You can read Parts I, II, and III here!]
“Well, thanks again for lunch, Jack.”
“Sure.” He looked at his watch. “Oh, sh*t, I have a meeting. Gotta go!”
“Bye.” He scurried off, leaving me alone in a cafeteria filled with chattering secretaries and yawing businessmen - the tables were […]
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Comments (0) Technological Ruminations: Webular Etiquette
April 19, 2008 - 4:00 pm
One of my esteemed colleagues wrote a great piece on texting etiquette. I recently wrote a biting piece about Papa Joe. This piece is about etiquette, too. After reading my Papa Joe piece (hopefully they read it in its entirety), a commentator, named ‘Haha,’ quipped, “you’re just a jealous peon,” to which I replied (in […]
Posted in reality, Wired
Comments (4) Hyperbolic Pregnancy Rumors: Why Papa Joe’s Relationship to Ashlee is Even More Insidious (Part II)
April 19, 2008 - 10:00 am
As promised, I want to continue this series on why I find Jessica and Ashlee to be so insidious. As another esteemed blogger pointed out today, Papa Joe is up to something bad (again) with Ashlee and her overly eye-lined lover, Pete Wentz.
[On a side note: Pete, what, what, darling are you thinking? Didn’t you […]
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Comments (11) Digging Deeper: Where College Depression Lurks (Part III)
April 18, 2008 - 3:30 pm
Irksome classmates? I’ll take the gaff for those of you who know what I’m talkin’ about. The subject of irritating, insulting, insolent classmates was briefly mentioned in the first part of this discussion about experiencing “the college blues.” That first piece discussed the “professional” aspects of college that make students susceptible to depression. Since depression […]
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Comments (0) CC Fiction: Chasing Chastity (Part III)
April 18, 2008 - 10:30 am
[Read the second installment HERE]
A few days later, I received a friendly e-mail from Jack. He informed me that I’d be hearing from an internal HR recruiter in the next couple of days. I also noticed that he was now available for chat on my Gmail account.
“No harm in that, right?” I asked Jason.
“Sure. […]
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Comments (0) Why Jessica and Ashlee Simpson Are Pitiful: Blame Papa Joe
April 17, 2008 - 9:30 am
So, Papa Joe might find me and kill me (or send out a swat team of lawyers). But I don’t care. I’ll put it bluntly, and to him: “Papa Joe, your family is hideous, and you’re to blame.”
I hate thinking about the Simpsons. I try not to think about them. Ever. But when I do […]
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Comments (9) CC Fiction, Chasing Chastity: Part II
April 16, 2008 - 11:30 am
“Glenn,” my husband declared, “this routine has got to change. I accept that you’re in mourning, but you can’t be self-destructive like this.” He was right. We both agreed that I either “suck it up” and get through this first semester as a junior professor or that I resign immediately and look for a job […]
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