Stewart-Colbert2008.org Now Online

Posted by Eric P. Metze On October 12, 2006 ADD COMMENTS

It’s time to change the sheets! Let the campaign for a new America begin! It’s not official yet, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start the groundswell of support. Sure, it’s a bit cynical of us to want a couple of television stars to run the nation, but if an actor can get elected as  [ Read More ]

How to Write a Good (Basic) Essay

Posted by Eric P. Metze On July 21, 2005 ADD COMMENTS

1. Write a five-sentence summary about the whole paper, and try to make it mimic what your paper will look like when you’re done. The first sentence, like the first paragraph, is your introduction. The next three (or two, or four, or thirty, or whatever) sentences should be your “body” sentences, like the body paragraphs  [ Read More ]

A Thought Experiment

Posted by Eric P. Metze On March 28, 2001 ADD COMMENTS

Where does a good story begin? In a dark, wet alleyway of a large city? How about a cotton field in Texas? A business cubicle just before midnight? No. It starts inside an atom, just inside the electron shell. The hum of the spinning protons, neutrons and electrons create a weird echo in here. We  [ Read More ]