Wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice are certainly all virtues worth pursuing. As a wall, I kind of have no choice but to be indifferent to whatever fortunes befall me, but that approach isn’t for everyone. Here’s a short introduction in O’Neill Library: bit.ly/bcl-intro-stoicism (call number: B528 .I59 2018).

Not sure what the right motto is here, but, glory to the Primarch!

One thing I love Wikipedia for is disambiguation. There’s a lot of Joes out there, but maybe you mean one of these? bit.ly/WhichJoe.

I would try to push back on them to provide sufficient information. If you have an urgent or crisis situation, please contact them using these instructions: bit.ly/UCSCallCrisis

You do you – or whichever warrior you are channeling. Me, I’m a softy!

That philosopher who makes the most arguments that are both valid and sound, and also most relevant to the most lives.

1. Nietzche 2. Camus 3. Kierkegaard H.M. Plato

We all have our favorites.

It’s a balance, for sure. But ask yourself if you are really happy always in your comfort zone, or maybe if there are fears you can deal with and get a bit out of that zone…?

Feeling Good – Nina Simone

This Must Be The Place – Talking Heads

Walking the Cow – Daniel Johnston

Cut Your Bangs – Radiator Hospital

I say a Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin

Over the Hill – Ginger Root

Love You – The Free Design

Land of the Glass Pinecones – Human Sexual Response

It’s Too Soon to Know – The Orioles

Ça Plane Pour Moi – Plastic Bertrand

Another Girl, Another Planet – The Only Ones

Signals – Fury Weekend

Whole Wide World – Wreckless Eric

Hello It’s Me – Todd Rundgren

Reverberation – The 13th Floor Elevators

Talk Talk – The Music Machine

Take Five – Dave Brubeck

Sparklehorse – Happy Man

Shake Appeal – Iggy and the Stooges

Leaving Love All Over the Place – George Jones

You’re Only Human (Second Wind) – Billy Joel

The Night Miss Nancy Ann’s Hotel for Single Girls Burned Down – Tex Williams

Hunger – Florence + The Machine

Coming up Close – ‘Til Tuesday

Athena – The Who

Pretty/Ugly Before – Elliott Smith

W.B. Spanish – Sand Machine

Wisconsin Death Trap – Easychair

The Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel 

Workinonit – J Dilla

Family Tree – Ethel Cain

People Get Ready – Jeff Beck ft. Rod Stewart

Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd

Pur ti miro – Monteverdi

The Ghost of Tom Joad – Bruce Springsteen

Time Waits for No One” – Rolling Stones. 

Summer Night City (ABBA) covered by Tommy ReinXeed

Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell (by Jimmy Webb)

I love many cities, but I have a special fondness for walled cities (what can I say, I have a bias for my friends). Some of my favorites are Pingyao in China, Avila in Spain, Mdina in Malta, and Jerusalem.

I would highly recommend contacting the Connors Family Learning Center (bit.ly/BC-connors) for academic coaching – they have so many strategies that can help you.

We have a winner!

Wonderful advice! The tricky part is putting it into practice. But it is worth living your life fully, even when an exam is looming…

Either ivy or Maroon!

大家考试加油! dà jiā kǎo shì jiā yóu! (Guys, Good luck for exams!)

Best of luck to you, too! I have faith in you!

That’s hard to say because there are so many 88 Rising music artists to choose from! With that being said, from watching the May 2020 Asia Rising Forever (bit.ly/3JnZmIu) virtual concert it seems like are numerous very tallented musical artists associated with it.

Yes, so atmospheric! I fell asleep before I could catch him on Seth Meyers, but caught it on the rebound: bit.ly/late-night-keshi

I listened to you and listened to Thuy. Very enjoyable! But I now have an earworm – I can’t stop singing “Walls like me don’t cry…”

This article in NYT (bit.ly/nyt-artist-addicts) provides one explanation: the relation between genius art and addiction in the past can be attributed to a belief that addiction/mental illness and artistic genius went hand in hand. As society has moved away from this belief, the stereotype has become less common and great artists have become less likely to embrace this lifestyle.

People have been reporting on the so-called death of the humanities for decades, and I gotta say, it’s overblown. An undergraduate degree is a general credential, proof that you’ve learned how to learn something complicated. You’ll have plenty of time to be practical later, study what you’re interested in now.