I swear that the longer I go to school here the more ridiculous things I notice. For instance, clothes which I already notice fairly regularly, are becoming more and more apparent to me. And here at Concordia, I can say we are all some pretty sexy-looking kids. So, I cannot help but notice a few…
Category: Columns
‘Bridesmaids’ Offers Life Lessons
I have a confession to make. I may or may not be a huge fan of the recent chick-flick, “Bridesmaids.” There, I said it. I also may or may not have seen it three times in the theater (forking over $10 each time) and then memorized the exact day it came out on DVD. It…
Viewpoints
This week the Concordian is introducing “Viewpoints,” a new feature where writers voice their collective opinions on a wide array of topics. Let us hear your voice, or submit an idea via @CCLendMeYourEar on Twitter or at the Concordia College Lend Me Your Ear Facebook page! This week’s head to head: check your grammar, this…
All of a Sudden… Facebook Matters
For years we’ve used Facebook to update our friends, families and “the hot chick we met at that one party” with anecdotes detailing the minutia of our day-to-day lives. Favorite movies, places to eat, quotes out of context (inspirational or otherwise) and relationship statuses all delivered separately can seem unimportant and narcissistic. Together they become…
TV Land
Friday night, eight o’clock and I’m waiting for a show to start up that I will watch again. Hi Cobbers, here I am, a TV obsessed individual. When I was a kid TV was my babysitter. It was cheap, fun and all could be heard in every room in our house. Kind of like my…
Keeping The Door Shut
Facebook never ceases to amaze me. No, I’m not talking about its distraction abilities, or wonderful applications like FarmVille. I’m talking about its connection potential. Facebook gives us a chance to reach out and connect with those we haven’t seen or heard from in years. Reconnecting can be both awesome and incredibly awkward. This past…
Bobby’s Sports Banter
Glory, glory, Man United! Football is in full swing. No, not that football, but the other football. You know, football, mate. (How about I call it soccer? Soccer is in full swing.) And I love it. I love the passion, the rivalries, the glory that comes with watching your club pull off an improbable extra-time…
Let’s Take A Break
Okay Cobbers, it’s Friday. What do you want to be doing? Homework? I thought so. I mean, what else would a Cobber want to do? Okay, I jest, but in all honesty, we work incredibly hard at this school, and even if you don’t think you deserve a break, you probably do. If you cannot…
Stereotypical Political Column
While watching The Today Show this past week after an especially intense early elliptical workout, I was shocked at one of their breaking stories. No, it wasn’t about Madonna rejecting flowers or Ashton taking over on Two and a Half Men. Rather, they reported that in the most recent Gallup Political Survey only 12 percent…
The Customer Is Always Right… Sometimes
Conventional wisdom tells those of us that work in the service industry that the customer is always right. So what happens when your customer is almost always dead wrong? Or worse, very likely the root of the problem itself. You see, I work in IT support. My job requires that I maintain a level of…