http://www.betterthanslicedbread.info The brain child of higher education in Finland Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:54:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The top-left shelf of Joe McVeigh's bookshelf is full of the books he's been trying to get around to reading. There are forty-six books in there and he's on a mission to read as many as he can before June 1st. Taking a page (so to speak) from Keith Phipps' ... http://www.betterthanslicedbread.info/articles/literature/top-shelf-the-fellowship-of-the-frog-by-edgar-wallace/ In this day and age, you probably won’t get many brownie points if you have the audacity to say ‘I really like cars, and I like them fast, loud and expensive.’   But so what if you do?  Don’t apologize for it (I certainly don’t) and if someone starts preaching you ... http://www.betterthanslicedbread.info/articles/carspotting/ [caption id="attachment_1413" align="alignright" width="195" caption="Picture possibly related. I have no idea what's going on."][/caption] For the past few weeks, major Finnish newspapers, the political blogosphere and sizzling tabletalk at UniCafés have raged with the brand called Finland. As a vigilant watchdog of the Finnish media, BTSB feels an urging responsibility to ... http://www.betterthanslicedbread.info/articles/humor/abc%e2%80%a6-go-brand-go/ The top-left shelf of Joe McVeigh's bookshelf his full of the books he's been trying to get around to reading. There are forty-six books in there and he's on a mission to read as many as he can before June 1st. Taking a page (so to speak) from Keith Phipps' ... http://www.betterthanslicedbread.info/articles/top-shelf-outliers-by-malcom-galdwell/ First of all, I was out of tea. It's excruciatingly painful, it's almost like the world's ending. You begin to ponder your own mortality and shit. Secondly, I overslept. Well, not really, for I usually get up at this hour, but today was no usual day, oh no. I had ... http://www.betterthanslicedbread.info/articles/life/self-employment/ If the staff of Better Than Sliced Bread were to choose four words that best describe BTSB the said words would be hand-picked for unity in sound and form, not only to strengthen the brand of BTSB but also to sate our love for alliteration and other sound devices that ... http://www.betterthanslicedbread.info/headline/btsb-a-brief-message-from-our-sponsors/ As SUB's treasurer for the year 2010, I participated in the course HYY was kind enough to organise for us newbies to the world of money. What I learned was that being a treasurer in a student organisation might not actually be as difficult as it is often seen by ... http://www.betterthanslicedbread.info/features/subliminal/subliminal-messages-a-stereotypical-english-major/ The top shelf of Joe McVeigh's bookshelf his full of the books he's been trying to get around to reading. There are forty-six books up there and he's on a mission to read as many as he can before June 1st. Taking a page (so to speak) from Keith Phipps' ... http://www.betterthanslicedbread.info/articles/literature/top-shelf-murder-in-the-cathedral-by-t-s-eliot/ The first spring term of an entirely new decade is already upon us. The innocence that characterized the twenty-aughts is but a memory and the staff of BTSB has been dragged kicking and screaming into a new age. New year's promises have been made, new beginnings have been celebrated and ... http://www.betterthanslicedbread.info/headline/btsb-new-years-and-new-beginnings/ I’m extremely proud to be the President of SUB on the first year of the new decade, especially, when SUB is probably more active than ever before. After the first SUB meeting this Wednesday, I think it’s fair to expect this to be the best SUB year ever, with, for ... http://www.betterthanslicedbread.info/features/subliminal/greetings-from-the-new-president-of-sub/