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  • Oct. 20, 2010

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    Dear Life, Do you ever feel like you are at school in North Korea? People always yell at me for walking on the hawk. Think about it, the hawk is the statue of Kim Jong-il and the people that yell at you are like Kim Jong-il death squads. Do you think it is a coincidence…

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  • Oct. 14, 2010

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    Dear Life, Shut the fuck up about leggings. Itโ€™s fucking clothing. How about you all worry about bigger things like feeding the fucking homeless or world peace. The amount of fucking time and energy spent on worrying about tight pants is unbelievable. Sincerely. Worry about important shit, fuck heads Dear Life, Why is it that…

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  • Dear Life: Oct. 6, 2010

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    Dear Life, Why are some of the guys at Laurier sporting mullets? Sincerely, Donโ€™t they know thatโ€™s just gross Dear Life, Note to psychology first years: Homecoming is about going out with your friends and getting drunk, not about going home to play farmville… but yes I agree it is crazy how people can get…

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  • Cord-o-scopes; September 29, 2010

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  • Dear Life: September 29, 2010

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    Dear Life, What the fuck Laurier. Get your internet shit together. I have been in class for two fucking weeks and so far I havenโ€™t been able to connect once to Laurier Wifi. I would try connecting to Laurier Wireless, but what the fuck, the settings changed over the summer and I canโ€™t fucking connect…

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  • Dear Life: September 22, 2010

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    Dear Life, What is the logic in having a fire drill on a morning while itโ€™s pouring rain? I walked around damp and miserable for the rest of the day. But at least we have hand dryers to help my clothes look presentable… yeah right! Sincerely, Soaked and Sick Dear Life, Why do people still…

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  • Wisdom Disconnect: September 22, 2010

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    Hot like Johnny Depp: The Naga jolokia was certified by Guinness World Records as being 400 times hotter than Tabasco sauce. It is generally recognized as the worldโ€™s hottest pepper. Because eight is better than four: Tarantula is commonly eaten in Cambodia in a town called Skuon. Hundreds of these furry arachnids are hunted, cooked…

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  • Cord-o-Scopes: June 30

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  • June 30, 2010

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    Dear Life, The WLU bookstore no longer accepts OneCard. What if the souvenir shop at the Royal Canadian Mint didnโ€™t accept Canadian cash? Sincerely, Confused Dear Life, How did you let me catch a cold in June? Sincerely, Itโ€™s not winter Dear Life, Why is it necessary to destroy the Toronto downtown core? You have…

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  • Summer reading list: 2010

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    -Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen -Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad -Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond -1984, George Orwell -The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx -Freakonomics, Steven Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner -Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell -The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman

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