Friday, September 29, 2000 PW Blog: Check out the NDPD Police Blotter for August. Okay, so most of the things on there are actual crimes... but check out the "larceny" that occurred on 8/9/00. Apparently somebody at the Joyce Center reported that "two pairs of sunglasses and a pair of scissors" were stolen from their desk. At 11:30 in the morning. Does this strike you as a little, uh, dumb? Like our police force - even Rent-a-Cops, which they are - don't have anything better to do than look for missing sunglasses and scissors?? PW Blog: A great response to that SMC T-shirt controversy. Way to go, women. PW Blog: Wow! You can now swipe your Notre Dame ID and do your laundry! PW Blog: Does anybody else think that it's slightly unfair that Jenn Grubb, varsity women's soccer player, is playing Interhall football this year? I'm not saying she shouldn't be allowed or anything; she's got as much right as anybody. But I still don't like it. PW Blog: Okay, so the SMC junior class prints up a T-shirt. On the shirt are two girls, one wearing an ND shirt and the other wearing a "French Cross" SMC shirt. Then there's an ND boy kissing the SMC girl with "The Girl of Choice" written below. Now some people are (rightly) protesting that this is the kind of thing that gives SMC Chicks a bad name. PW Blog: An ESPN columnist points out how ridiculous it is that one play (Michigan State's 4th-and-10 gamewinner) changes our rating so much. There's also a great quote from Lou about his new team: "I told this team they could play with any team in the country. I just haven't figured out WHAT country yet." Wednesday, September 27, 2000 PW Blog: WEASEL FOOTBALL VICTORY! The girls improve their record to 2-0-1 with a 7-6 victory over McGlinn (scroll down). The defense racked up an astonishing 3 sacks and 1 interception! GO WEASELS! Tuesday, September 26, 2000 PW Blog: In case you haven't heard, the Administration is trying to take away the Observer's "independent status." Why? Because they cover issues (i.e. GLND/SMC) that the school disagrees with. Some people think this is bad. I find it so idiotically bad that I can't even begin to describe it. PW Blog: Poetic justice: PE gets thrashed 29-6. *snicker* Pyros SUCK. PW Blog: WEASEL FOOTBALL REPORT: We are 1-0-1 so far this year! Check out this article in the Observer: "Purple Weasels take on Shamrocks in enemy territory". Our team kicks so much ass. And a defensive linewoman broke her nose in the Farley game last week! Weasels are so tough. You make us proud girls! PW Blog: ND Women's Soccer is #1! Really, they are. PW Blog: Kelly and I thought this story about the "new" beef jerky was hilarious. Sample quote from the Vice President of "Slim Jim" marketing: "I mean, think of it," he says. "It's this gross stick. When you bite into it, it snaps. It's nasty. But that's OK." Monday, September 25, 2000 PW Blog: Sorry for the spate of ESPN links, but I can't find any other site with coverage as good. Next up: Lou's new team cracks the Top 25! PW Blog: So Joe Paterno enters the season six victories short of the record for most wins by a major college coach... and suddenly Penn State starts sucking big time. Yeah, it's childish - but I'm finding a lot of enjoyment in watching someone else fall from grace for a while. PW Blog: Some true freshman QB threw a winning 68-yard touchdown pass on 4th AND TEN? Dammit, ND loses to Michigan State again. Friday, September 22, 2000 PW Blog: An Irish fan puts the smack down on asshole Lee Corso (but much politer than I would have). And actually Corso comes off sounding rather good in his answer. He even compliments Notre Dame! Who would've guessed? PW Blog: Why do the Boy Scouts make such a big deal about gays when the Girl Scouts don't? The boys rely on donations from the Mormon Church while the girls sell cookies. Makes me proud to be a Brownie. Thursday, September 21, 2000 PW Blog: A nice story about Lou Holtz and the turnaround he's made with South Carolina. PW Blog: Who do you think this quote is from? "You see, when you wake up cold and alone, with glitter on your face, and your hands are shaking and your mind's gone loose, and it's all you can do to get down a thimbleful of juice, you close your eyes and remind yourself who you're in this for -- who makes it all worthwhile... the children." Give up? Theodore from Alvin and the Chipmunks. Heehee! PW Blog: Charlton Heston went to some university to talk about the NRA and half the students wore black to protest. That's the sort of statement I'd like to see the Notre Dame student body make one day. Wednesday, September 20, 2000 PW Blog: The best part of this interview with ND linebacker Anthony Denman is his line: "We're giving up how many yards a game? Wow, that's a lot." PW Blog: Papa gets to keep its slogan. Now if they could just do something about the stank it leaves in your dorm room. :) Tuesday, September 19, 2000 PW Blog: $16 million donated to the Hesburgh Library. You know, it's alumni like this that make the rest of us look bad. PW Blog: Uh oh, Alec Baldwin says he'll leave the US if Bush wins. Does anybody else think this might induce people to vote Republican? Note to Alec: You're not much of an asset here. PW Blog: Some ESPN guy has picked Davie as his coach of the week and thinks that the Purdue victory should give him some more job security. We'll see after Michigan State, I guess. Monday, September 18, 2000 PW Blog: This is awesome! How did I miss that there's a female member of the Irish Guard? I had no idea that girls were even allowed, but apparently it was just the height requirement that kept non-penis bearers out. :) PW Blog: KICKASS! There's some fine Weasel Football trash-talking going on in this Observer article. I love how they haven't even played their first game and captain Amanda Gallen is quoted as saying: "We are looking forward to the playoffs and playing Pasquerilla East in the stadium." Way to keep that rivalry going, girls! PW Blog: Wow! The ND band director is also serving as band director for the Olympic Games! PW Blog: Oh great. "Five wounded in Indiana shooting." This kind of stuff isn't supposed to happen where I live! When are people gonna wake up and demand stricter gun control laws? Let's just say I'm pretty happy livin' in the UK right now. PW Blog: The new US News & World Report College Rankings are out... and Notre Dame is #19 again. Haven't we been #19 for, like, five years straight?? PW Blog: Finally - we're back! And we're even higher on the AP Poll! PW Blog: Awww! It seems I'm not the only one that thinks Godsey's a big sweetie. PW Blog: Okay, so I thought that our new quarterback would suck. I'm happy to be wrong. My favorite part of ESPN's recap is when they told him that he completed one more pass than Purdue's (Heisman candidate) Drew Brees did. Godsey's response: "I did? Wow, sweet." I like that. :) Friday, September 15, 2000 PW Blog: If any anybody can help me think of a new name for my company, now AC, soon to be changed, i could win a trip to Australia. I'd consider taking you with... (Posted by Kelly McMahon) PW Blog: Lee Corso responds to a question about Notre Dame (scroll to the bottom) and proves once again that he's an unmitigated asshole. And what the hell are "subway alumni" anyway?? PW Blog: This is so incredibly disturbing, on many many levels. A Nebraska player is on trial for sexual assault. I know our university isn't perfect and all... but it's not as bad as some places, you know? Thursday, September 14, 2000 PW Blog: This is pretty fun - a Weasel wrote a PowerPoint demonstration entitled "YOU too can become a part of the BEST-- Pasquerilla West". I think it was for an assignment. :) PW Blog: How annoyed am I that this week's Dawson's Creek Summer Diaries aren't up yet? Answer: very. PW Blog: Oh no! I didn't know that Frank Pasquerilla had passed on. He sounds like he was a nice guy. Thanks for giving us such a great home on campus, Frank! PW Blog: I know lots of people were really moved by "There Are No Children Here" (from Sophomore CORE), but I have to admit that I blew off the reading. Now it looks like the author is teaching at Notre Dame. PW Blog: The "SMC Chick" stereotype debate seems to have made its annual appearance. *sigh* Wednesday, September 13, 2000 PW Blog: Amy Crawford called me the "Murdock" of PW. According to The Brunching Shuttlecocks, though, Murdock kinda sucks. I'm sad now. :( PW Blog: After the initial shock (and a bit of outrage), the only question left in my mind after reading this blurb is: What the hell kind of beer commercial were they shooting in Machu Picchu??? PW Blog: I know I've said it, like, 50 times now, but go read 4th and Inches. This guy is funny. PW Blog: It's too bad that it took a sea of red Husker fans to drive the point home, but the University is finally trying to do something about the ticket scalping situation. PW Blog: The good news is: we've got a quarterback. The bad news is: he's a tight end. PW Blog: Dear God... Dustin is reporting that Melissa Reeves is returning to Days of Our Lives! *dance of joy* Jennifer Horton, cub reporter for the Salem newspaper, was one of my heros growing up. I'm not happy about the rumors that Jen will return without Jack, though. They're even saying that her new love interest will be someone on the show currently belonging to a "supercouple." The hell?? PW Blog: I have lots of fond memories of Girl Scouts, but to be honest, I never learned to *do* anything. Something like this high-tech program would've kicked ass. (Link courtesy of Fresh Hell.) Tuesday, September 12, 2000 PW Blog: Speaking of IU, all the news stories about this weekend's riots reminded me of that crazy night two years ago when the power went off at ND and the students all started burning couches out on the quad. On one hand I feel like IU is to be commended for actually having a reason to riot (unlike us)... but on the other hand, chants of "Boobies for Bobby!" and topless co-eds really, really disgust me. PW Blog: My cousin's a senior at Indiana University, and yesterday she moaned to me: "Never did I think that I would see Bob Knight leave IU during my four years here." I reminded her that not long ago, Notre Dame students said goodbye to a beloved coach as well. (We miss you, Lou! Congrats on the victories!) Monday, September 11, 2000 PW Blog: Ha ha! The current "4th and Inches" comic makes me feel a little better though. PW Blog: Speaking of the greedy, no-good sucky bastards... PW Blog: Lee Corso can bite my ass. And so can all the rest of the greedy bastards that sold their tickets to Husker fans. Friday, September 8, 2000 PW Blog: Once again, the Irish beat Boston College. Unfortunately this isn't football; it's a ranking of U.S. universities that are least-friendly to homosexuals. Yep, we're #1 folks. B.C. is #2. Ouch. PW Blog: Interesting... This article doesn't mention Notre Dame directly, but friends on campus tell me that their Napster access seems to have been finally cut off. The RIAA sucks. PW Blog: Check out The Lycos 50 – Notre Dame is the second-most popular college football team (in terms of search engine queries). Who's #1? Penn State. Too bad we have a better record than them. :) PW Blog: Encyclopedias can be funny! I know not everybody likes football, but this Britannica.com article explaining Dennis Miller's references really cracked me up. (Link courtesy of Fresh Hell.) PW Blog: I miss that "Back to School" part of the year. The funny (and pathetic) part of this list from the Onion is that I remember fervently begging for (and then subsequently coveting) a shiny new Trapper Keeper every year of elementary school. And within three months I'd have drawn all over it and picked holes in the plastic. Thursday, September 7, 2000 PW Blog: I don't know about you guys, but I'm lovin' the new Observer comics. They're not quite up to "4 Food Groups" yet, but they're not bad either. (Sidenote: Am I to understand from the first one that those annoying scooters have made their way to campus? Ugh. I saw a hilarious sign in London recently that read "Warning: riding mini-scooters makes you look like a twat. Especially when you're wearing ridiculous 3/4 length trousers." Gotta love the Brits.) PW Blog: Okay, can we achieve a consensus on whether the Nebraska game is going to be bigger than the Michigan game? Judging by this article, it looks like Nebraska all the way. Oh well... at least I got to experience VICTORY in the Michigan game. *sniff* PW Blog: This is my first post to the brand new Weasel Weblog! This is where I hope to catalogue items of interest to Weasel alumnae everywhere. Oh, and Kel's gonna help too. *grin* Created and maintained by Kristine Howard © 2000-2008.   » about » archives » photos » contact   archives You can search through the archives by post keyword using the form on the left, or you can browse by month using the links at the bottom.       "Moblog" refers to posts and images posted directly from my mobile phone.   "PW Blog" refers to posts recovered from my very first weblog, which dealt with news related to my college dorm.