Did I miss anything good?

Thank you, brothers and sisters.

The Nobel Peace Prize? Seriously?

I would have immediately sent this kid to BNCOC.

Be sure to read the whole essay.

Today's poll over at Slashdot is about back-to-school time and it's gotten me thinking about schooling and education (not the same thing). I won't go into my feelings about public primary schooling (much), this is mostly about secondary ( Read more... )

Mark my words, this will end up being responsible for the deaths of 98% of the people on the planet.

Red-shirted ensign vs Sormtrooper

Well, serving on a jury certainly was an interesting experience. I was kind of afraid that I'd get some stupid drug possession case where a law I disagree with was broken. I really wasn't looking forward to teaching eleven of my fellow citizens about jury nullificationI was also worried that there would be a conflict between what is legal and what ( Read more... )

The family and I went out and shared space with our community tonight. We went to the carnival at the Neighborhood Resource Center where we tossed beanbags, scooped up ducks with nets, had high-fructose-corn-syrup-free Italian ice, and ran into quite a few people we knew (including the folks from Books On Wheels with whom my wife is now plotting a ( Read more... )

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