Unsolicited Dating Advice: Improving your chances for a second date

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ladies, are you getting asked out, but have noticed that things rarely progress beyond the first date? You’ve had a great time ice blocking together, followed up with frozen yogurt and the most amazing conversation ever, but the days tick by and you don’t hear back from him. Fret not! You just need to get […]

The valley guide

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: 6 minutes Sept. 21-27 Monday, Sept. 21 Music: FREE OPEN MIC NIGHT – 8 p.m. at Muse Music, 151 N. University Ave., Provo. Call 801-377-MUSE or visit musemusiconline.com. Music: MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD HEY WORLD! TOUR – 8 p.m. at The Depot, 400 W. South Temple SLC.  Call 801-355-5522 or visit depotslc.com. Music: LUBRIPHONIC, ALL SILK SLAJO […]

YouTube: Enough Said

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes In a day of mind-boggling networking and ten-second video downloads, YouTube is the epitome of modern society and culture. Think about it — instant gratification. You want to watch an 80‘s Metallica video? Just type it into YouTube and a short time later (depending on your connection speed) voila, you’re ready for some head banging […]

The power of Twitter by @BigBags

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sure, you can use Twitter to find out what Britney Spears thinks about her lunch, or who Ashton Kutcher plans to draft next on his fantasy football team, but if you think that’s all it can be used for, you’re wrong. Twitter is so much more than a gateway to bombard yourself with the random […]

Excerpts from a wasted life

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: 3 minutes Aug. 17, 1997 http://www.aol.com/users/homepage/~sailormoonfan4life/index.htm Helllooooooooo world! My dad just got this computer, and this is my very first webpage! Pretty soon I’ll have all the info about me, so stay tuned!! Mar. 24, 1998 http://www.aol.com/users/homepage/~sailormoonfan4life/index.htm I forgot I had this web site, laugh out loud. 🙂 😛 :).  Um, I added some stuff. I have […]

Why I love Myspace

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes While I long ago made the switch to a more appropriate social network, I have never deleted the Myspace page which has stuck with me from junior high. While Facebook is full of old elementary school playmates, myspace is full of best friends’ high school band pages, long since abandoned. Last login: 9/14/2005. Where else […]

Tune off, turn off, drop out

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Two weeks ago, I was a temporary citizen of Wyoming. I went to Grand Teton National Park on a seven-day vacation with my father and sister. It is a tradition for us to go to the Tetons once a year in September. I look forward to this trip for months. For one week out of […]

Acronyms- Now you know

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Instant messaging and text messaging revolutionized the way we communicate. No longer do we properly punctuate, spell correctly (unless you still use T9) or use grammar. How many times do you text “L8R” to your friends just to save three characters? Hopefully not very often because the meanings of some common acronyms are shifting and […]

Jack Attack: Fevers and Mirrors

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes I am CRIME AND PUNISHMENT – Facebook told me so via me telling myself so. Many of us here in America are infinitely obsessed with technological advancements. Web sites, iPhones, video games, never-ending gadgets etc. This is not Wikipedia-educated rocket science news for anyone. Generally, we like to put the ‘ovation’ in ‘innovation.’ So it […]

UVU takes second in Wolverine Invitational

September 21, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU hosted the Wolverine Invitational on Sept. 11 and 12 where they competed against No. 15 ranked USC and Idaho State and took second in the Invitational. The Wolverines started off the Invitational against USC on Friday Sept. 11 and came out strong. USC took the first two sets while UVU won the third, leaving […]