Brian Award 7/1: Indiana State Trooper...
for an insightful interview and for the hard work he puts in to fight “the worst drug...
Jul 2nd
LtD Official Crude Presidential Poll Of...
Barack Obama: 48% John McCain: 43% Spread: Obama +5% (3 polls) Yesterday’s LOCPPOP Spread: Obama...
Jul 2nd
The Quotable 8th Ward (Excerpts From the...
Bike Lady has been tempting fate by pretending that Ridge now has a bike lane…The day is...
Jul 2nd
Tuesday Pharos Articles
Three front pagers today, although for some reason only two are on the website. Links here: ...
Jul 2nd
Breaking News: June US Troop Deaths...
I wonder how many people know this. June was the deadliest month in Afghanistan since the 2001...
Jul 1st
Brian Award 6/30: Logansport Attorney...
for alerting me to a Indiana law change that gave me an article today, and for handling a crazy...
Jul 1st
LtD Official Crude Presidential Poll Of...
Barack Obama: 48% John McCain: 43% Spread: Obama +5% (2 polls) Yesterday’s LOCPPOP Spread: Obama...
Jul 1st
Link of the Week: Bleed Cubbie Blue
If you’re interested in the latest Chicago Cubs news and fan analyses (and I know you are),...
Jun 30th
Brian Award 6/29: Danny Rosenthal
for turning 24. *Editor’s Note: The Brian Award is handed out daily to the person Brian feels...
Jun 30th
LtD Official Crude Presidential Poll Of...
Barack Obama: 48% John McCain: 43% Spread: Obama +5% (2 polls) Yesterday’s LOCPPOP Spread: Obama...
Jun 30th
Sunday Cubs Update 6/29
Week Record: 1-5 (25 Runs For, 43 Runs Against) Overall Record: 49-33 Division Lead: 2.5 Games ...
Jun 30th
Brian Award 6/28: Anaheim Angels...
for combining to throw a no-hitter against the Dodgers (Weaver started and threw 6 innings), only to...
Jun 29th
LtD Official Crude Presidential Poll Of...
Barack Obama: 49% John McCain: 44% Spread: Obama +5% (1 poll) Yesterday’s LOCPPOP Spread: Obama...
Jun 29th
“McCain asks us to believe that the only judgment that...”
— Frank Rich in last...
— Frank Rich in last...
Jun 29th
John McCain Speaks, Nobody Listens...
A Friday McCain speech to leaders of a Canadian Jewish group started well enough. The Arizona...
Jun 29th
Brian Award 6/27: Sarah Tuttle and...
for the wonderful Disney drawings, and a better-than-expected movie. *Editor’s Note: The...
Jun 28th
LtD Official Crude Presidential Poll Of...
Barack Obama: 48% John McCain: 44% Spread: Obama +4% (2 polls) Yesterday’s LOCPPOP Spread: Obama...
Jun 28th
Only In West Lafayette...
Background: Caitlin/Sarah call me to discuss plans for the eveningMe: So what're you guys thinking of doing?
Caitlin: We're going to go to Sarah's house to color. Wanna come?
Jun 28th
Gym Employee To Barack Obama: Who Are...
So Obama went to a Washington gym today, which is fine. But apparently as he entered the sports club...
Jun 28th
Link: Article: Emotional Hearing Ends In...
Jun 27th
Breaking News: Evanston Ice Cream Man...
That’s right, the same ice cream man robbed last Wednesday, was attacked this Wednesday...
Jun 27th
Brian Award 6/26: Buddy Holder
for his generous court interpreter services to Cass County and for his equally generous interview...
Jun 27th
Link: "Obama's Chicago"
Jun 27th
LtD Official Crude Presidential Poll Of...
Barack Obama: 42% John McCain: 36% Spread: Obama +6% (1 poll) Yesterday’s LOCPPOP Spread: Obama...
Jun 27th
“Were people able to see your boobies?”
— Katie asking if my wearing a...
— Katie asking if my wearing a...
Jun 27th
A divided Indiana Court of Appeals confirmed...
Jun 27th
Brian Award 6/25: Logansport Mayor...
for giving me an official City of Logansport hat. *Editor’s Note: The Brian Award is handed out...
Jun 26th
LtD Official Crude Presidential Poll Of...
Barack Obama: 48% John McCain: 42% Spread: Obama +6% (3 polls) Yesterday’s LOCPPOP Spread: Obama...
Jun 26th
Arizona Sheriff to Shaq: "Hand In Your...
NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal is being forced to return his special deputy’s...
Jun 26th
Watch
Hilarious stand-up comedy routine from George Carlin comparing football and baseball (my two...
Jun 26th
Article: Logan Man Being Held Without Bond
Jun 26th
Brian Award 6/24: Carla Knapp
for an awesome second day of work and for shoving story assignments at me like crazy. ...
Jun 25th
LtD Official Crude Presidential Poll Of...
Barack Obama: 48% John McCain: 44% Spread: Obama +4% (2 polls) Yesterday’s LOCPPOP Spread:...
Jun 25th
The Quotable 8th Ward (Excerpts From The...
“The head of forestry says Meghan is getting a tree today…Sorry for the...
Jun 25th
First Article! Yay!! Front Page!!!...
So the Pharos-Tribune is kinda interesting in that it comes out in the afternoon, not the morning....
Jun 24th
Brian Award 6/23: Kevin Lilly
for a great first day at the Pharos-Tribune, and not making me come in at 6:30 a.m. tomorrow. ...
Jun 24th
“When you’re friends, you’re supposed to keep in...”
— Alana talking about keeping up...
— Alana talking about keeping up...
Jun 24th
World Picks Ugliest Dog
Will someone please explain to me how this is not mean? How is nobody complaining of animal...
Jun 24th
LtD Official Crude Presidential Poll Of...
Barack Obama: 48% John McCain: 43% Spread: Obama +5% (2 polls) LOCPPOP Average: Obama +5% (3...
Jun 24th
Link of the Week: The Logansport...
I gotta self-promote this week: The Logansport Pharos-Tribune website is the online version of the...
Jun 23rd
“Dog attacked deer.”
— Complete entry in Cass County...
— Complete entry in Cass County...
Jun 23rd
Brian Award 6/22: Pavan Revankar
for a sweet and competitive 3-set tennis match. *Editor’s Note: The Brian Award is handed...
Jun 23rd
Sunday Cubs Update
Introducing a new LtD section: The weekly Sunday Cubs Update Week Record: 3-3 (31 Runs For, 27...
Jun 23rd
Excited
Tomorrow I begin my summer internship at the Logansport Pharos-Tribune, and I couldn’t be more...
Jun 23rd
As Bad As Expected?: You Decide
Jun 23rd
Homeschool Teacher? An Oxymoron?
Background: Striking up a conversation with a random person at Chris Nuland's graduation partyMe: So how do you know Chris?
Mr. Morrison: From homeschooling
Manoshi: Oh, are you some sort of homeschool teacher?
Mr. Morrison: (Pause) Just a homeschool dad...
Jun 22nd
“Reagan brought hope and faith back to America, in the...”
— An 18-year-old (born in 1990)...
— An 18-year-old (born in 1990)...
Jun 22nd
Elise Quotes 6/22
Elise: no one cool lives in my neighborhood Elise: just Devon, the 12-year-old arsonist Elise: ahh,...
Jun 22nd
The Coveted Brian Award 6/22
Background: Alana writes a poem for me, in hopes of scoring a Brian AwardAlana: an ode to brian:
Alana: i like your hygene corner
Alana: adn your grand canyon-er
Alana: i love you so
Alana: where do you go
Alana: I LOVE YOUUUU
Alana: can i have it now?
Alana: YOU"RE SO TALL
Alana: AND MANLY
Alana: AND BROAD
Alana: and TOUGH
Alana: GIVE ME THE FUCKING BRING AWARD
Me: Bring Award?
Alana: IM DRUNK DONT JUDGE ME
Jun 22nd
Excerpts From Alana's Drunk AIM Messages...
Alana: DRUNK DRUNK DRUNK DRUNKAlana: DRUNK
Alana: DRUUUUUUUNNKKKKKKKKK
Alana: !
Alana: !!!
Alana: !!!!!!
Alana: !!!!!!!!!!
Alana: i miss toy mi amor
Alana: although the bumper sticker was
Alana: tres lame=o
Alana: whow a smilie that was acciedntal!!
...
Alana: did tyou know that the moon just looks larger on the horizon
Alana: but if you hold ip a dime to it ist the same size the whole time
Alana: WOW
Alana: opptical illusions
Alana: our eyes are tricky little fuckers
Alana: i dont mean that
Alana: i like my eyes
Alana: a lot
Alana: they do a lot
Alana: they see for me
Jun 22nd
Brian Award 6/21: Matt
for being a great doubles partner, at times leading our come-from-behind charge to victory. ...
Jun 22nd
LtD Official Crude Presidential Poll Of...
Barack Obama: 49% John McCain: 42% Spread: Obama +7% (4 polls) LOCPPOP Average: Obama +5% (2...
Jun 22nd
Scripps National Spelling Bee champion Sameer Mishra,...
Jun 22nd
“Come see The Holiday- playing at the Gospel Stage....”
— Two guys in skinny jeans...
— Two guys in skinny jeans...
Jun 22nd
Special Report From The Indiana State...
By David Rosenthal for Living the Dream INDIANAPOLIS - Emotions were running high today as Indiana...
Jun 21st
Brian Award 6/20: Namita Agrawal
for being right. *Editor’s Note: The Brian Award is handed out daily to the person Brian...
Jun 21st
LtD Official Crude Presidential Poll Of...
Barack Obama: 47% John McCain: 44% Spread: Obama +3% (2 polls) LOCPPOP Average: Obama +3% (1 day) ...
Jun 21st
Pick a Side!
So for those of you that don’t follow baseball, it’s considered easier for a batter to...
Jun 20th
Parting Advice From Avanti Puri
Me: alright I'm going to bedAvanti: k night
Avanti: watch out
Avanti: make sure a stranger doesn't get you
Me: thanks Avanti
Avanti: its out there...
Jun 20th
Brian Award 6/19: Frank Rosenthal
for becoming the oldest person to score a touchdown in West Lafayette ultimate frisbee history (and...
Jun 20th
What's Worse Than Robbing The Ice Cream...
A man stole $17.50 from an Indiana lemonade stand, prompting the little girl running the stand to...
Jun 19th
Brian Award 6/18: Michael Fincher
for treating me with a surprisingly large/interesting town. *Editor’s Note: The Brian Award...
Jun 19th
All Ice Cream Men/Women: Watch Out
Apparently once NU students leave Evanston, chaos breaks out, including teens attacking ice cream...
Jun 19th
Breaking News: Tiger Woods To Undergo...
How beastly does this make Tiger look after fighting through 91 holes to win the U.S. Open last...
Jun 19th
The current electoral count by Real Clear Politics. I...
Jun 19th
Brian Award 6/17: Sarah Tuttle and...
for joining me on a tour of weird tiny towns in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. *Editor’s Note:...
Jun 18th
We've Gone Global
As some of you know, I recently put in google analytics to track the visitors to this site. The...
Jun 17th
Watch
Stunning new ad by MoveOn.org against McCain.
As some of you know, I support Obama, but I think...
Jun 17th
Brian Award 6/16: Drew Schuster, Eric...
for a sweet first ultimate frisbee game of the summer. *Editor’s Note: The Brian Award is...
Jun 17th
Link of the Week: The Page
A new Monday section of LtD will connect you to a useful/fun/interesting website. This week, the...
Jun 17th
Breaking News: Gore To Endorse Obama...
Al Gore will appear in Detroit with Obama to formally endorse him tonight. This, of course, fuels...
Jun 16th
Brian Award 6/15: Frank Rosenthal
for being a great dad. *Editor’s Note: The Brian Award is handed out daily to the person...
Jun 16th
Happy Father's Day: Dad Quotes and Jokes
“When I was a boy of eleven, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old...
Jun 16th
“Who wouldn’t want to eat a fetus?”
— Chelsea Eales at get-together...
— Chelsea Eales at get-together...
Jun 15th
Brian Award 6/14: Sarah Tuttle
for saving me. *Editor’s Note: The Brian Award is handed out daily to the person Brian...
Jun 15th
“Lucky for you, we like small boys.”
— Caitlin Jamie Adams
— Caitlin Jamie Adams
Jun 14th
Brian Award 6/13: Tim Russert
for being a role model for young journalists everwhere. Russert, the 58-year-old longtime host of...
Jun 14th
Brian Rosenthal By Day, Roger Federer By...
Background: Switching sides after the first game of the third set of a tennis match with Chris tonight (I won the first two sets).Chris: I feel like I should be winning right now.
Me: Do you?
Chris: Well, I'm playing so well...I feel like I'm playing against Roger Federer, in a way.
Jun 14th
And I Usually Just Get My Dad a Card...
John McCain’s daughter has officially switched her party affiliation to Republican as an early...
Jun 13th
Breaking News: Ron Paul Ends...
Only about three months late Ronny. Maybe he missed the memo, but John McCain locked up the...
Jun 13th
Alana's Epiphany
Alana: he's actually a pretty funny kidAlana: he just smokes waaaayyy too much
Alana: EPIPHANY
Alana: the only boys who i have had substantial things with WERE ON MIND ALTERING SUBSTANCES FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME
Me: what does that say about you?
Alana: boys only like me if they're on drugs!!!!!!!!!!
Alana: god i'm going to need some serious cognitive behavioral therapy for this sht
Jun 13th
Jun 13th
Brian Award 6/12: Chase Fan
for convincing me to change my Instant Messenger screen name, and not making fun of me too much when...
Jun 13th
How Much Do You Think West Lafayette Would Go...
Jun 13th
Watch
According to her chief strategist, Mark Penn, this was the moment that led to Clinton’s...
Jun 12th
Brian Award 6/11: Ryan Dempster
for lifting the Cubs with their first complete game of the year, a 7-2 win. The Cubs are now 42-24. ...
Jun 12th
The Quotable 8th Ward (Excerpts from the...
Ann, I know your love for squirrels, but I got an injured one parked outside my back stairwell....
Jun 11th
“I haven’t seen you in the longest time!”
— Wendy’s lady after...
— Wendy’s lady after...
Jun 11th
Brian Award 6/10: Caitlin Kearney
for being an amazing, awesome, smart, hot friend and not hating me for forgetting to say goodbye to...
Jun 11th
HOME FOR THE SUMMER
Jun 11th
The Countdown
1 hour
Jun 10th
The Countdown
3 hours
Jun 10th
I'm Gonna Miss My Roommate
Mannie (on aim): I'm going to bedMe (out loud): why don't you just tell me?
Mannie (on aim): because I like this better
Me (out loud): why?
Mannie (on aim): don't question it
Jun 10th
Brian Award 6/9: Everybody I've Met at...
for a great year. *Editor’s Note: The Brian Award is handed out daily to the person Brian...
Jun 10th
The Countdown
24 hours
Jun 9th
Interesting E-Mail from City Hall This...
City of Evanston For Immediate Release Mosquitoes in Evanston Test Positive for West Nile Virus ...
Jun 9th
Take the Challenge!
Jun 9th
Brian Award 6/8: Alana Buckbee
for helping me check off a Northwestern goal and making the security guards think we’re...
Jun 9th
“Do you consider southern Illinois part of Illinois?”
— Jon Kim at dinner
— Jon Kim at dinner
Jun 9th
The Countdown
48 hours
Jun 8th
Governor Mike Huckabee.......Or Superhero?
Jun 8th
We Have a Beach?
Beach Visits in First 8 Months at Northwestern: 5 Beach Visits in Last 30 Hours: 4
Jun 8th
Brian Award 6/7: Brendan Lovasik
for being there for me at 3:30 a.m. after my keys abandoned me on the beach. *Editor’s Note: The...
Jun 8th
BREAKING NEWS ON CNN: OBAMA TO PLAY GOLF...OR...
Jun 8th
Not That I'm Counting...
70 hours until I go home for the summer
Jun 7th
Elise Quotes 6/7
Background: Discussing putting up pictures from last night's Daily party.Elise: ok, what do you think the appropriate wait time is?
Brian: you don't want to put the pictures up too soon or people will think you're a loser?
Elise: yes
Elise: see, I AM a loser
Elise: like I come home and upload pictures to my computer and fix red-eye while still intoxicated
...
Elise: oh man, I put in a lot of thought
Elise: I like my facebook albums to be packed with awesomeness
Elise: no mediocrity
Elise: each picture must have that special something
Elise: it's very important
Jun 7th
Excerpts From Alana's Drunk AIM Messages...
Alana: HEY ABABR!Alana: BABT
Alana: BABY
Alana: BRIAN!
Alana: where art thou
Alana: i pretended i was an english lassie this eve
Alana: when sepaking with irish lad
Alana: he was not fooled by my foolery
Alana: he tried to teach me the jig
Alana: but i was like bitch please i aint no american ho who will "jig" with you
Alana: because we all know what a "jig' is dont we
Alana: brian
Alana: dont we
Alana: also if i dont win the fucking brian award for this fucking solid gold shit i will be truly verily upset.
Alana: honsetly.
Alana: KOVE YOU!!!!
Alana: !!!!
Alana: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jun 7th
Brian Award 6/6: Rosa McAndrew and the...
for making my work study job nothing like a job and teaching me more than I taught them (no...
Jun 7th
Assassins Quotes Galore
Background 1: Telling Elise about how I was able to escape death by running into Fisk/McTrib Me: so...
Jun 7th
General Bus Driver
So you know how in elementary school when the teacher is trying to say something and the students...
Jun 6th
An Olympic swimming pool will hold...
Jun 6th
Brian Award 6/5: Karen Braeckel
for putting on a terrific Road Show for Reporters and being a sweet lady (Braeckel is the Director...
Jun 6th
On the Road (I Feel Cool)
Got into Indianapolis at 12:30 a.m. tonight. I have a hotel room to myself. First time (I think)....
Jun 5th
Brian Award 6/4: Brendan Lovasik
for being me in ASG Senate tonight (not the easiest meeting to sit through). *Editor’s Note: The...
Jun 5th
Brian Award 6/3: Barack Obama
for wrapping up the Democratic nomination tonight, and inspiring millions of Americans, including...
Jun 4th
Obama Clinches!
Jun 3rd
Shoulda been us...
Jun 3rd
Primary Predictions 6/3
Montana Obama: 55% Clinton: 42% South Dakota Clinton: 51% Obama: 45% Superdelegates Obama: 28...
Jun 3rd
Brian Award 6/2: Charles C. Moskos
for being the nation’s “most influential military sociologist” (creator of the...
Jun 3rd
“Don’t be mean to me, my nose hurts.”
— Harry on us trying to hurry...
— Harry on us trying to hurry...
Jun 3rd
Haircut
After weeks of urging by my friends and family, I finally got a haircut today. It was not a pleasant...
Jun 3rd
Oh Medill
Jun 3rd
The Story of Baby Alana
Alana: i mean he's my popzAlana: my dadarooni
Alana: my daddy waddy
Me: got any more?
Alana: those were the main nicknames baby alana came up with
Me: baby Alana said all of those?
Alana: she was very prolific when it came to such elaborations on the word "father"
Alana: you would've been impressed
Alana: baby alana rocked
Alana: she could crawl a mile in 42 seconds
Alana: please i bet baby brian clocked like a 20 minute mile
Alana: baby alana dominated the playground
Alana: all the boy babies thought she was really hot.
Alana: baby alana had a lot of suitors
Alana: she only dated ones who were out of diapers and onto pullups though
Alana: she had standards
Jun 2nd
Brian Award 6/1: Maeve Duggan
for making the weekend more enjoyable and beating me at darts. *Editor’s Note: The Brian Award is...
Jun 2nd
Brian Award 5/31: Dan Fletcher
for doing this: *Editor’s Note: The Brian Award is handed out daily to the person Brian feels is...
Jun 1st