Haze This

NJ.com reports on a string of horrific high school hazing incidents: An investigation has been launched into the hazing allegations, the district confirmed Tuesday. During a phone call in response to a request for comment on hazing accusations regarding the football team, Wall Township Board of Education President Ralph Addonizio read a statement on behalf of the district that said, “Upon becoming aware of the allegation, we immediately contacted the appropriate authorities.' 

Bullying, broomsticks, video. WTF? Look, folks, we were in a fraternity (AXP!). We got hazed. But the the hazing was non-malicious. The idea was to have fun. Why, we got kidnapped with a half a dozen other pledges and dumped on Delaware Bay. They came and got us after an hour. Heck at Wesley College in 1993 you couldn't pledge a fraternity without first watching an anti-hazing video produced by a former state prosecutor and fraternity president, who prosecuted hazing deaths. We were never a huge hazer. 'Go get us a cup of coffee,' was about the worst thing we ever said to a pledge. 

Forgive us for getting nostalgic...Oh what a night...AXP and Delta Phi Sigma...What a mixer what a night...

What Will's Watching, Finch: This film is a combination of Omega Man and I am legend, but without the zombies. Tom Hanks once again proves he's the finest actor of his generation, playing survivalist nerd Finch Weinberg. He's a lone man with a dog and robot. We were at times touched with the robot's development. The post-doom landscape looks good, even beautiful in some places. Finch started off fast but then really slowed down. The ending, while not disappointing, left us ambivalent. Maybe we were paying attention to the wrong things. That being said, Finch is well executed. 3/4

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   Tattered: the flag we flew on 9/11

Delta This

Animal House was released 40 years ago this summer.

For reasons best known to our parents, we were allowed to watch Animal House at the age of 7 or 8. We love the film, of course.

Animal House is why we pledged a fraternity in the spring of 1993. A-X-P! We had toga parties and our class named a pledge Flounder. We were named Flushman. Don't ask.

Yes we were all inspired by Animal House. But we knew not to drop off inebriated girls at their doorstep, peep on the sororities, and tell lies to girls about our dead girlfriends. You know why? Becuase as George Lucas once said, 'It's a movie. None of its real.'

Reader(s) don't need us to tell them the film has become 'problematic' with the usual killjoys. 

'That's not funny', they say.

Of course it is.