You can now buy Not Quite Newsworthy stuff! I think this is really cool. I did NOT mark up any of the prices from what their base price was — this store is entirely for people who like the logo I designed or who want to help promote my site while making one cool fashion statement. A NQN shirt would also make a neat gift.

I bought a T-shirt for myself, and it’s very cool. Honestly, though, I would be amazed if anybody bought a shirt with my design on it. They aren’t expensive, but I have the feeling that nobody who reads this would pay for something like that… partly because so few people actually read this, and those who do are (no offense) not the type to ‘waste’ money on a cool but not very useful thing like a NQN shirt or Not Quite Newsworthy sweatshirt. Well, I can only hope! Continue Reading >>

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Day’s Verse:

Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Luke 6:21b

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On Not Quite Newsworthy today: who to blame the obesity epidemic on, the rare Pacific Northwest tree octopus, and much more. Check it out today!

I bought a $14 tree octopus shirt. I hope that doesn’t come back to bite me as a waste of money, but it’s so cool! Also Calc continues to confound me; I just am not getting it, and my motivation level remains low. Ian has been working hard in the Spin Lab while I ignore our IQP briefly to do two writing assignmens and more math. I’m not sure if I should take Calc 2 next semester; it is not required for my major and if I have this much trouble in Calc 1… it makes me feel kind of dumb, to struggle for hours over problems that kids in my class do in 3 lines and 5 minutes. Also I wish our math TA knew some English. Continue Reading >>