I have posted new photos to my gallery.

I have lived the modern American dream. I have been on national T.V. As a member of the live studio audience for The Colbert Report. Front row, by the aisle. Check your local listings.

Having passed my qualifying exam, the university now recognizes my candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

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Canada Post or the United States Postal Service (or some combination thereof) has disenfranchised me. My special ballot arrived yesterday - postmarked January 12. So congratulations, Warren: your vote counted.

In keeping with my motto (“I'll do anything for a free t-shirt”), I may have inadvertently enlisted in the U.S. Army. I feel pretty safe though, as I gave an incorrect address and birth date. They do know my true ethnic background though.

You can imagine my disappointment when, after all my careful form filling out, the t-shirt turns out to be in Spanish. Even though I told them my ethnic background.