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Vampire Panic at the Boston Latin School
Final Edit: This whole story was basically blown out of proportion. A few students believed they were vampires. One student may have bit another student in the neck. The Boston Police were called in Wednesday for a supposedly “unrelated matter” (Boston Globe), which fueled rumors. To conclude, 99.9% of the Boston Latin School student population [...]
Congratulations President-Elect Barack Obama
Photo credit to insunlight. Congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama! Though I voted for Nader-Gonzalez and encouraged others to do the same, I am not disappointed by Barack Obama winning the United States Presidency. Rather I think he’s a huge upgrade over Bush, purely by being intelligent, eloquent and charismatic. He ran an impressive campaign and [...]
Justin Wright Joins The 42nd Estate!
Last Friday I promised everyone some big, big news involving The 42nd Estate and today it’s delivered! It’s with great honor that we’re introducing Justin Wright as the newest member of The 42nd Estate! For those of you who don’t know, Justin blogs over at Life of Justin about his trips, hiking expeditions, workplace shenanigans, [...]
Web Quotes and Counterpoints IX – The 42nd Estate Edition
It’s time once again for the latest edition in the greatest (and really only) series on this site, that’s right it’s Web Quotes and Counterpoints IX – The 42nd Estate Edition! As you’ve surely surmised from the tantalizing title, this time around the web we’ll focus on The 42nd Estate and its vast repertoire of [...]
Get Well Morgan Freeman
If you haven’t heard, the best actor alive, Morgan Freeman, was in a car accident today. Luckily, it seems he’ll make a near full recovery. His publicist Donna Lee stated: Morgan has a broken arm, elbow and has minor shoulder damage but was in good spirits when I spoke with him a short time ago. [...]