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...Strange as it may seem, I’m desperate for more responsibility. With section, weekly response papers, and a multitude of other commitments, responsibility can really be a bummer. Billy, however, is the best responsibility I have ever had. I’m even convinced he made me more productive; after all, they say a healthy relationship brings out the best in you. This summer, Billy forced me to wake up early, work out, and get a jump on my day (often, by jumping right onto my bed). Plus, he’s the cutest commitment in town...
...this nebulous new age where the Cold War, which defined the second half of the 20th century, is over," says Kutner. "But the good times are over. The global economy is starting to fracture and it seems like no one is in charge anymore. It's all bummer indicators...
...Which brings us back to the environment, the bummer indicator to end all bummer indicators. If nuclear annihilation was the apocalyptic mainstay through the decades of the Cold War, the eco-apocalypse has clearly taken its place. In some ways, the "Al Gore Scare Machine," as Kutner puts it, is more of the same. Like nuclear war - or like the more fantastical possibilities that Kutner imagines, such as a robot uprising or an unleashed super-plague - global warming will be an apocalypse of our own making. End times stories are tales of sin punished, and climate change is no different...
...team captured first in its division with 15 points. The six-race division was not all fun and games, however, as the freshmen had to battle back from a second-to-last-place finish due to a flipped boat in the fourth race. “That was a bummer,” Himler said. “It was really cold, and I drank a lot of Charles River water.” Ultimately, the C-division team pulled through and ended the regatta in first. Junior skipper Roberta Steele and freshman crew Meghan Wareham also placed first...
...kind of a bummer,” Hatch said. “It was kind of weird, I was playing soccer. It was a legit game. I was playing pretty hard and then, it wasn’t a dirty play or anything, I just kind of went to score and someone just undercut me and I really just twisted my knee really hard as I fell...