why college rules/is a huge waste of money:

a brief conversation between my younger brother ("the boy") and i just ended thusly:

boy: okay...i've got to go...i'm finishing a paper

me: (makes general small talk)

boy: i'm gonna go write my paper

me: what's your paper about?

boy: crossing boundaries in chinese romance stories...you know, standard stuff

me: i think shanahan would be a pretty good choice