Josh Orum

Movie Review: Ratatouille

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

I am dog-sitting T-bone, so I stayed home and watched Ratatouille last night. I enjoyed it, and the graphics were really amazing, but thought it fell short of Finding Nemo and the Incredibles. In comparison with “normal” movies, however, its story came out near the top.
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Why do people park in front of garages?

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Where I live (in San Francisco), there’s a definite shortage of parking. If people intend to just stop for a minute (to carry something up to their apartment, or to get a friend, or whatever), they will generally double-park, leaving their car out in the street, or pull into a driveway. The first option is clearly superior to the second, and I’m mystified that people continue to park in driveways.
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I’m closing comments

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

As of ten minutes ago, I officially closed comments on all entries and deleted all the comments in my moderation queue.
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What does it mean to be a conservative?

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

I consider myself conservative. But I don’t identify with the Republican party at all. This confuses people - how can I claim to be a conservative and not like George W. Bush?
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How to work out efficiently.

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

I’ve written before about the two things you can do to get and stay in shape. For those of you just joining the class, you need to be active and eat well.

In this post, I’m going to write about the four steps to being active and how to get the most out of it.
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