...at least as far as Pittsburgh public schools are concerned. They have instituted, and intend to enforce, a policy that sets 50% as the minimum grade that may be given for any test, quiz, or assignment ( Read more... )

In Indiana, even the drug dealers are now instituting "fuel surcharges". I love The Smoking Gun...

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that usually sound like analog captures from a poorly-tuned AM radio, I give you all this...


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obtained from nuclearmse

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'raptors ain't got nothin' on me :-)

I could survive for 1 minute, 32 seconds chained to a bunk bed with a velociraptor

I just got off my nightly phone call with nuclearmse, and decided to flip on the TV for a few minutes. Tuned to Spike, who had some UFC matches on, and noticed that one of the combatants had trunks emblazoned with all manner of sponsor logos ( Read more... )

from midnightpeapod, by way of nuclearmse:

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I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
Edith Sitwell

This one should be cast in stone and hung over my desk...

tax·on·o·my [tak-son-uh-mee] - n.

1. the science or technique of classification.


2. Biology. the science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms.

I really need to hammer this word into the heads of some of my coworkers. It should also be a requirement that anyone we hire who deals with the cataloging of ( Read more... )