By Jess Nobert | Senior Writer

Since last week was a certified slow news week in my world, I thought it would only be fitting to come back this week with a few more stories than usual.

Twitter took some heat last week from George Packer, a writer at The New York Times, who basically said Twitter “is an image from information hell.”

Well, I guess it’s safe to say Packer doesn’t tweet? It’s not just that this writer expresses his desire to yell “stop” every time he hears about Twitter, it’s that this story was re-tweeted over 700 times, and that’s how everyone heard about it – including myself. I guess if you can’t embrace social networking, you should just expect to be the subject of laughter across these types of media.

Which brings me to my next story. Last week, Facebook.com celebrated six wonderful years on the Web. I, as many of my peers, have been writing on walls for over four years, and we have seen many designs and layouts come and go throughout those few short years. But with this B-day, also came some major Heidi Montag-esque face-lifting.

The Facebook, as it was originally called, will try to tie in the search feature a little tighter to the interface, but many things seem to still work the same. Of course, as of press time, mine had not switched, but I have caught a glimpse of my neighbor’s new page, and I’ve read the complaints and compliments in my own news feed.

When it happens to you – and it will happen to you – just take a deep breath and know this: many of us have been facebooking for years and a change is about as consistent as the weather in Clarksville; you just can’t prepare for it.

A good friend of mine is a solid source for news, and though her name isn’t Twitter or Facebook, Google, CNN or the AP, I still take a lot of what she has to say as if it will impact my life. But when she sends me the same stories I have just read on Twitter or any of the above mentioned news sources, I know she’s good for me. I was just about to send the story about how former Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis was being indicted on civil charges following what the New York Attorney General called “misleading investors about Merrill Lynch before [Bank of America] acquired it.”

According to the article from the Huffington Post, “Bank of America has been accused of failing to properly disclose losses at Merrill Lynch and bonuses paid to investment bank employees before the deal closed.” But here’s what gets me. Last year, the government bailed out the bank with tax payers’ money and they are still making the same kind of poor choices. But that’s not the worst part. They still have all those funds, and I can’t log into my online banking. Like I asked the bank representative after they started charging me for my free Keep the Change account, did we not give them enough bail out money to keep these things from happening? And when is all of this going to be over?

I would rather know that people are being denied for home loans rightfully instead of hearing any more about how these executives have denied our rights to a fair checking account because all they care about is getting that little green piece of paper at the end of the day: your dollar. I cannot, however, say I was surprised when I heard that story, but it just made me more sure of my decision to change banks as soon as I get home.

Though this last news isn’t about the bank, it might be the most ridiculous story I’ve come across in a long time. 13 year-old David Sills, a middle school QB in Delaware, committed to play college football at USC. (Cue Land Kiffin bashing now…) According to David, he has always “dreamed of going to school at USC.” Seriously? How can this kid in the 7th grade know where he wants to go to college? And better yet, how are he and Kiffin so confident this little guy is even going to score high enough on his SAT and in his high school classes to even get in?

When I was 13, I wanted to be a doctor. At 14, I thought I wanted to go to UT. At 15, I had no clue what I wanted to do, and it wasn’t until I was almost 17 that I even found APSU, where I obviously chose not to pursue a career in medicine. So how can this kid be so set? I guess we will really find out in 2015, as the article from ESPN.com says, when he can actually sign his letter of intent.

So after my ridiculousness from your side of the world, I will share a little story from mine. Over the weekend, one of my Canadian friends and I went for a hike up the mountain behind our residence. Now, I would call it by what it really is, a hill, but that makes it sound too wimpy. When it is covered by three feet of snow, I think it can be classified as a mountain, even if it is just temporarily.

On our walk back down we found a clear trail; we were almost back to our dorm when we saw a little blue car on the road. There were two others behind it, but this one seemed to be having a little trouble. It wasn’t moving, and after a minute of sitting there, the cars behind backed down the hill and went around.

This little blue car – I’d tell the make and model, but it’s European and I’m still learning those – is just stuck on the road. The driver tries to accelerate, but no luck; it just spins on the snow. Then a few more cars come up and go around. But then comes the bus. Oh, the bus. Now the bus is a little bigger than the cars that came up and around before so the driver just pulls up behind and waits. Not long after, my friend and I are crossing the street, but we turn back to see what came next.

The driver opened the door and people got exited bus. They walked up to the car and opened the door. I guess they wanted to help, because not long after, a few people hopped out of the car and more off the bus and helped to push the blue obstacle off the road. Here’s what gets me. If you think you might have some trouble driving on the snow and ice covered roads, get some snow tires, or better yet, just stay home.