I dreamt last night that my girlfriend was flipping out because my  mom snubbed her at Easter dinner -- the first time they'd met.  While I don't deny the snub or its import, I think my girlfriend reacted a little overemotionally -- the sobbing was a bit much.  I woke up before resolving the situation.

When I got home this morning, I found my apartment quite a mess.  My belt was behind the couch, there were pink feathers and glow-in-the-dark bracelets strewn about the floor.  I had a cut and a matching scrape on my bald head.  I was sixty dollars poorer.  And my neck was still sore.

What a great night.

As I mentioned before, I was collecting money for Heifer International in my classes.  When all was said and done, my classes put up $330, and I managed to collect $320 from various sources outside the school (special thanks in particular to Matt & Emily and Ann).  Thus bringing our grand total to $650.  I think this was a pretty impressive showing ( Read more... )

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer had a segment on Friday about graduation rates for basketball student-athletes at the 65 schools participating in this year's NCAA tourney.  One of the guests was Dr. Richard Lapchick, director of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida.  He was the lead author of a new  ( Read more... )

I am now three quarters of the way through the year.  It feels good.  I haven't started a strict countdown yet, but there's a rough count in the back of my head -- we've got about nine or ten weeks to go.  I can do that ( Read more... )

The Silent Treatment
Just shut up dude.

Dead Bugs

Iraq Bombing map
Shows major bomb attacks throughout Baghdad as the war has progressed.  Good interactivity.

GodTube.  Baby got Bible.
Oh dear.

Consent

I just noticed that Ronnie P looks an awful lot like Subway Jared.

Butterfly Daydream
Alice in Wonderland in eight minutes.  Nice use of fractals for the falling sequences.

Zombie PSA
Zombies were people too.  Thanks, Brian.

Asian Pride Porn
Good times.

Domestic
It's so sad when martial arts and weapons escalate small domestic squabbles

Spelling Bee
D-Y-S-F-U-N-K-S-H-U-N-A-L

I was in the grocery store today, and I started to think dangerous thoughts.  As an afterthought, I'd decided to buy some applesauce.  The applesauce was on sale: $1 for 24 ounces of applesauce.  Seeing as how I often find myself in the position of being out of applesauce when it's really needed, I decided to grab four jars (I was away from my cart ( Read more... )

I am currently about halfway through a fundraiser to raise funds for Heifer International.  This is an organization that helps impoverished communities set up animal or agriculture projects.  The public can make donations that would allow the organization to gift a cow or water buffalo or flock of bees.  A cow can provide milk for a poor family to ( Read more... )