Reforming Public Schools
George Will had an interesting column last Sunday on public school reforms that will cost the taxpayers nothing but yield high returns for the students. Sign me up!
Month April 2005
I Always Wondered What Happened To The Ultimate Warrior…
It would seem as if I have been validated in being a dedicated Hulkamaniac back in the ’80’s, as the Ultimate Warrior has apparently become something of an overly-sensitive, litigious nutcase outspoken pundit. Methinks he may have been doing so…
Helpful Advice For Tax Day
Frank J. chimes in with some helpful advice for those of us who are nervous about paying our taxes this Friday. A few snippets: FUN FACTS ABOUT TAXES * Taxes strike violently without notice at the exact same time each…
“We’re Goan Wireless Now, Dontcha Know?”
It looks like Minneapolis is looking to “copy” Philadelphia and provide wireless access to the entire city. Well, except that my real hometown is doing it right and my less-than-willingly-adopted hometown is forcing its residents to pay for the priviledge.…
Gosh! What The Flip?
It appears as if living in the state of Idaho may, in fact, be detrimental to your mental health, at least if you have somehow managed to make it to the Idaho House of Representatives. How else can you explain…
One For All You ‘Lost’ Fans Out There
Those of you who have seen last week’s episode (ep. #20: “Do No Harm”, FYI) of Lost might enjoy Meryl Yourish’s humorous take on the script. Spoilers are present in abundance, so don’t read it if you haven’t seen the…
Blogger Autosave Function
Now this is cool. Blogger has apparently implemented an “auto-save” function for blog posts, meaning that if you’ve composed something at work and forgotten to save it as a draft or if your browser crashes in the middle of a…
Well, I’m Frightened By It!
Dougal Campbell is apparently having some troubles getting his daughter interested in his updated fairy tales: … Around that time, the three bears returned from their walk to eat their breakfast. When they went inside their house, Papa Bear immediately…
A Trend Worth Following
A short time after I began blogging, I noticed that most blogs provided RSS feeds (or some variant thereof, such as Atom) which allow readers to use “feed readers” to check for content updates at their favorite blogs, news sites,…
‘C’ Is For ‘Carbo’, Which Is Bad For You And Me
It looks like Scott Kurtz was also bothered a bit by the Sesame Street “Cookie Monster” idiocy: While I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment, it appears as if some of Kurtz’s readers have taken umbrage with the sentiments expressed. Meh.…
