This article makes me want to pull my hair out. This is devastatingly bad news. Most of the nation's textbooks are written to Texas standards, and Texas just made their history standards into Evangelical/Republican propaganda ( Read more... )

I just noticed that when you click the 'more info' link on youtube, there becomes an option for 'less info'

I'm now really amused by the concept of a 'less info' button. I wonder if I would enjoy it in real life or if I would just end up getting that button pushed all the time while I'm talking.

I just walked through journal square. The homeless/junkies that hang out there all day are out at midnight, blasting Michael Jackson on a boombox and dancing up a storm. Hell of a memorial if you ask me.

"I never thought I’d see the day when an uptick in litigation was a sign of progress, but there you go ( Read more... )

I had a really strange dream last night. Most of it was too ridiculous to bother sharing, but the end was a gem ( Read more... )

I'm reading the New York Times coverage of the recent protests in Tibet, which have of course degenerated into violence in one of the most oppressive police states on the planet.
The article in question is available here.I notice that the article covers the protests with a similar format to that the Times uses in coverage of the Israel/Palestine ( Read more... )

The still is dripping drops.
Still, as the liquid drips,the pressure drops. The wet
is cold and the coal is warm, though the drips
still drop, the cold air cools the still.

I wish to make a deal. Please extend this question to your conservative friends ( Read more... )

( I was reading the newspaper today and I saw a pair of shoes I liked )

Question: What factors affected the student’s motivation and how did the educators use them to motivate the student

What’s wrong with this font?  It doesn’t seem so ugly, it kind of looks like handwriting.  At least the lower case ‘a’ isn’t retarded like this ‘a’.  Maybe graphic artists are just a bunch of jerks.   They probably ( Read more... )