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...made a senior bucket list a few months ago. It included streaking Harvard Yard, visiting Harpoon Brewery, and jumping off Weeks Footbridge. Done, done, and done, twice, then I did it another seven times just because. If you doubt me, I will fly away on my majestic steed. So, respect ya’ deck, if you know what I mean. Nonetheless, Eli got me thinking of some more ideas for things that every Harvard senior needs to do. Some of these, I have done. Others, I hope one day, or in the next...
After entering the code, which also renders headlines hot pink, watch the ponies multiply by pressing any key. The graphics feature all different styles of unicorns, including a heart-branded one jumping over a cloud, another bearing Hello Kitty, a majestic gold steed, and even a melancholy-looking grey unicorn...
...reminder of how entertaining a novel can be when it slips the surly bonds of realism. Kraft's characters don't talk like people actually talk. They're more witty, more astute, and they express themselves with infinitely more pizazz. This is true even of Peter's winged steed, the charmingly anthropomorphized Spirit of Babbington, which may not be an ace at lifting off but proves a surprisingly excellent road buddy. The effect is like a happy-go-lucky Nabokov, with all the road-tripping wordplay and none of the incest. It's a joy to watch Kraft resuscitate stale...
...With that, he dug his heels in and charged his steed at full gallop toward the yellow flanks of a passing cab. Watching her master behaving thus, Clinton cried after...
...Century in favor of the ancient Oriental wisdom of peaceful coexistence of freedom and order. The recent Republican ineptness in matters foreign and domestic has jolted us into the revelation that conservative dogma has been largely naive and misguided, and the wise course into the future is progressive. Roger Steed, Dayton, Ohio...