serious procrastination

so I know several of you have been the victim (i mean recipient) of a rant from me about the situation in Afghanistan. For those who haven't.... if you think the situation is getting better there, well... you're wrong.

how wrong?

This new Frontline doc does a nice job of summarizing the current situation. Also a good overview is this piece from Foreign Affairs (also good fun for great game participants from last year) and this report from CSIS (they're also adding a new report in the next few weeks).

Basically not only is the situations limited by being underfunded and lacking personnel, it is also just an inherently more chaotic situation then Iraq, and that's before you add in the interested parties otherwise known as Iran and Pakistan on either boarder.

perky company, aren't i?

Speaking of the good old days of hum an d soc

Remember debtor/creditor relationships? Cause Margaret Atwood does!

Damn now i wish that i had liveblogged the 'maybe if someone had a bit more energy it might have qualified as a fight' discussion on the topic re. Nietzsche and Freud. Yah i have no idea why im in this class either.

On a unrelated note, for all you job hunters out there, i think we should all do this for the rest of our lives. WHO WITH ME!

In honor of general behavior in the MUNUC office post 6 pm

Thanks to xkcd for this explanation of why EVERYTHING in the office is labeled....

Also, be sure to check out the New Yorker v. xkcd cartoon-off for some more procrastination.

On a polarly opposite note

Colin Powell is what a public servant should be in this moment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFecZJd-Fjw&feature=related

And heres the orginal picture he's talking about.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/2008/09/29/slideshow_080929_platon?slide=16#showHeader