UW Ranked 23rd Best College in the World

Rankings can be helpful, deceiving, or sometimes outright silly, but it's awfully nice when they're in your favor.

The London Times ranked the best universities in the world, and the University of Washington ranked 23rd. Harvard ranked first. UW ranked fourth among American public colleges, with Berkeley receiving top honors in that category.

Rankings involved five categories: teaching, research, citations, industry income and international mix.

This makes me almost as proud as when Oregon was voted as having the best college football uniforms in the country.

Seahawks Sunday

Today was a blast. About 12 minutes into the first quarter of football I texted my friend Jaffer, "At least we'll get Jake Locker in the first round of the draft." By the second quarter I was running around the house screaming, jumping, and tossing Louis into the air. It's not just the win, and it's not just the score. I think it's the first time in two years we've won with skilled play and not simply the other team's snafus.

Later on we went to my sister's house, had some delicious enchiladas, and played with my adorable nephews. Ellis can't say Andrew yet so for now I am "Uncle Aaron."

Felix Deserves the Cy Young

This is my campaign on a very important issue to me: Felix Hernandez deserves the A.L. Cy Young Award. He leads in every major category but wins and has no run support compared to CC Sabathia. The Mariners have scored 300 fewer runs than the Yankees this year. Felix has better numbers against the A.L. east, a much tougher division, than CC has against the arguably weaker hitting A.L. west. All other things being equal, Felix crushes every other contender. Don't punish Felix for the anemic Mariners lineup. Look at this article and I dare you to disagree.