Do you have a family surname of Baxendale, Downer, Hudson, or Thayer? Are you a member of the Fly Club or the Society of St. John the Evangelist? Are you the linear or collateral descendent of John Austin Amory, A.B. '07, John W. Appel of Lancaster, Henry Bright Jr. of Watertown, Joseph Ernest and Octavia Walton Goodbar, Alan Bedford Hudson, Robert Pennoyer, Edward Frederick Slater, or a descendent of any member of the Harvard Class of 1889 or 1902? Did you attend Boston Latin or Mansfield High school?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be eligible to receive financial aid for graduate study at Harvard University! You will receive this financial aid as a reward for your participation in Fate's selection of your ancestors and childhood upbringing, making this financial aid offer an attractive alternative to other programs which award students for their "merit" or "need". We encourage you to take advantage of this special offer, which recognizes and celebrates your heritage and membership in the old boy network.

Cordially,
The Harvard graduate school online application form

For those of you who are wrestling with the ancient question of what is good and what is evil, I have simplified matters for you by drafting a list of all things purely good and all things purely evil. I can't imagine any of my readers would dispute any of this.

The Good The metric system Newspaper journalists Hans Blix Hot weather Academia Europe Jimmy Carter Newtonian mechanics Google Honorable Mention: Jesus Christ

The Bad Cold weather George W. Bush The Dallas Cowboys Corruption Microsoft