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...been in the works for months—and Alessandro and Betsy loved the idea. So they developed a socioeconomic logic based upon it. In their expansion of the idea, dwarves and orcs have a tenuous trade relationship in which the orcs produce “agriculture and kickass,” while the dwarves produce metal goods, according to Alessandro...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Welcome to the Dungeon | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...point is, Tina Fey, with your Emmys, your celebrity, your stylists, and your kickass job, you are simply not equipped to play the role of the nerd I know so well. It’s offensive to nerds everywhere. Sure, some of us manage to overcome our unsociable, flatulent pasts (ignore the Kong scenario above), but it takes years and years of training, grooming, exfoliating, and polite torment from your friends (“Frances, you seriously need to learn to hold it in. Also, take down those Science League plaques.”). It is not the walk...

Author: By Frances Jin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nerd-amorphosis | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...sorry, I have a foggy memory sometimes about popular culture. ‘How High,’ one of the greatest movies of our time, was shot in New Haven, right? Oh, what’s that you say? It takes place at Harvard? Harvard is the most kickass thing ever as a result. So, you know how much our administration stinks and is totally unresponsive to the student voice—from the Corporation to all the bureaucratic bologna in between? Well, yeah, well that’s the same at Yale and any other elite university...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PARTING SHOT: No Place for Yale In Wally’s World | 5/31/2009 | See Source »

...Cupcakes have enjoyed an upsurge in popularity in recent years, with stores like New York City’s Magnolia Bakery drawing credit for sparking the craze over the portable confections. The trend has also caught on in other major cities, like Los Angeles. Closer to home, Kickass Cupcakes in Somerville’s Davis Square opened in 2007, and many Boston bakeries offer gourmet twists on the childhood favorite. Forrester said that while her product was influenced by Magnolia, Sweet takes a different tack. “Magnolia has a little bit more of a home-baked feel...

Author: By Lingbo Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A ‘Sweet’ Addition to the Square | 3/13/2009 | See Source »

...roommate for her birthday.Vanilla Dream: the signature cupcake from the “Hey Cupcake!” cupcake truck I encountered on the side of the road in Austin, Texas over intersession.Vegan Chocolate Chip cupcake with mini Obama flag: the cupcake I ate most recently—from Kickass Cupcakes in Davis Square on the day of my last final.Chocolate cupcakes baked in ice cream cones: the cupcakes my blockmates baked for my 21st birthday.Cupcake04: my first ever AOL screen name, based on the brilliance of my fifth-grade mind.I like to think of myself as a cupcake connoisseur...

Author: By Madeline W. Lissner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cupcake Queen | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

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