Mark Pike

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It’s my last day of work at the Center for American Progress.
Now, I’ve got about 6 weeks of vacation before Law School.
I’m hoping I don’t wake up at 7:42AM every morning this summer out of habit.

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I spent an hour poking around eBay, scouring the site for an authentic Michael Jordan retro jersey with the #45; the shirt he wore when he came out of retirement. Granted, I was a little drunk, having been out most of the night to celebrate my own imminent retirement from my cubicle office job. I [...]

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Lawrence Lessig swung by our office on Friday to give a lecture on “How D.C. pathologies are undermining the growth and wealth of the Net.” Lessig is a very dynamic speaker and was highly entertaining to see in person. I’ll update this post with links to a video of his talk for anybody who wants [...]

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My Netflix Queue has been neglected lately. I ended up pulling off the hat trick in a 48 hour period, watching all three movies I had checked out.
West Wing: Season 6: Disc 1? I miss you Aaron Sorkin. This show went downhill fast. I’m still going to watch anyway. After you’ve invested that much time [...]

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Thoughts While Watching the 2006 World Cup

Baseball broadcasters shouldn’t be allowed to do soccer commentary.
In some parts of the world, having a mullet is not only acceptable, it appears to be encouraged.
I might start faking injuries during my daily life. “Mark, could you type up this memo for me and have it on my desk [...]

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“My face is melting!” I found myself repeating that phrase throughout the Wolfmother concert last evening at the Black Cat. The throwback guitar solos and power riffs and soaring vocals and the outrageous grandeur of every song left you with no other option but to throw up your hands and fists in approval. [...]

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I bought this old radio at a yard sale down the street for $25 (my 2nd best bargain of the week). Beautiful wood grain, knobs, dials, tubes, amplifiers, wires. It’s a Farnsworth, which just sounds fancy. I’m going to try to figure out how to rewire it [...]

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A couple of my good buddies from Duke decided to make a fun song about how ridiculously high gas prices are these days. The Gas Unit in Florida asked me, MC Esher, to contribute a satellite verse to the project. I willingly obliged and offered the following:
I love Halle Berry; not Halliburton/
This ish ain’t workin; [...]

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