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On Jaywalking, or How I Learned to Love Breaking the Law

October 29th, 2009
Posted in A Boston Minute . Opinion Thursdays

Boston doesn't have a jaywalking problem- it has a stupid jaywalking problem[ READ MORE ]

A BAY (Back) BAY: Is BU Secretly Gangster?

October 24th, 2009
Posted in A Boston Minute

Getting jittery about crime on the Boston University campus is so last year. This year, I'm looking to embrace it[ READ MORE ]

(Not) New Music Tuesday: On Ruining Perfectly Good Music

October 20th, 2009
Posted in Music Tuesdays

If you love music so much, and if you know that it can make your day, why are you (accidentally) trying to ruin it[ READ MORE ]

Bulgaria, Meet New Jersey: Silvia Stantcheva Speaks on Immigration

October 16th, 2009
Posted in C Line News

Boston—At first glance, Silvia Stantcheva is a common American teenage girl, juggling schoolwork, a humming social life, and extra-curricular activities. It is only when you press her that she shows how she is different from many of her peers: while Stantcheva is currently a Junior at Morris Hills High School in Rockaway, New Jersey, she [ READ MORE ]

Ben Timmins is Irrationally Afraid of WHAT?

October 15th, 2009
Posted in Opinion Thursdays . Politics . The Holy Trinity

Note: Today’s article is the last of a three-part series entitled “I messed with the wrong person at the Daily Free Press so they rejected my column. So I’m printing these 800-word samples here. So suck it.” And so we’ve reached the point in this column, the point where I can’t really make myself look tough. [ READ MORE ]

Breathe, Stretch, Shake: My Quest to Find Mace

October 8th, 2009
Posted in Opinion Thursdays . Politics . The Holy Trinity

Note: Today’s article is the second of a three-part series entitled “I messed with the wrong person at the Daily Free Press so they rejected my column. So I’m printing these 800-word samples here. So suck it.” Let’s talk about masculinity: a lot of guys have it. They know to stretch-out their arms a little bit [ READ MORE ]

What Middle School Taught Me About Pop/Rock

October 6th, 2009
Posted in Music Tuesdays

The music industry's greatest analyst is a blonde-haired kid that goes by "boog". Here's why[ READ MORE ]

Keeping Up With the…Legislators?

October 1st, 2009
Posted in Opinion Thursdays . Politics . The Holy Trinity

As Comprehensive Healthcare Reform legislation is being fought over in Congress, the epic battles between Democratic and Republican White Men are starting to sound like a certain reality TV show[ READ MORE ]

Welcome to The Little Victories!

October 1st, 2009
Posted in Other

Facelifted. Optimized. LITTLER. Welcome to a new "The Little Victories"- now with more win![ READ MORE ]

A Word to the Wise:

Don't expect perfection, cohesiveness, or a lack of attitude. This isn't the Christian Science Monitor.

Ben Timmins, a Junior at Boston University majoring in Magazine Journalism and minoring in English, loves the idea of "thinking outside the box" so much he devoted an entire website to it- THE LITTLE VICTORIES.

Inside, anything is game: cars, music, politics, culture, technology, and relationship advice (no, not really), it's here.

If you have questions, comments, or ideas for future posts, send me an email at ben@bentimmins.com, or if you can't remember that address, then look me up on "The Googles." That usually works.

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