Oh, the places you'll go...
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silveradeptOr something like that - a motley crew of links has been gathered for today.
Bork, bork, bork, engage! Sweeden's thinking about space as a project for the future. Why not? Zero-G chocolate moose or something?
Something for the college-bound or the out-of-college to consider: Five Weird Ways to Succeed at College - apparently, a high Catholic percentage, not smoking, not reading or being artistic, and not being an engineer helps your successes. Who knew that taking all the fun out of university was what made you succeed at it? (No wonder I feel like I don't have a social life.)
I feel for the child in this dispute, for his parents are going to court to decide whether he should be circumcised. He's eight years old, and this is definitely not a routine sort of discussion. I hope there are decisions made soon, though.
On a significantly stranger note, a child just one year junior manages to crawl inside a crane game machine and get himself stuck. That's impressive flexibility - considering I saw a much younger child climb up onto a shelf today at work, I believe it's possible. The library could use the Ferrari knitted out of wool as a play toy, though.
The spokesman for the Kansas Board of Education is stepping down, citing that he wants to be with his family. But also noting quite rightly that the politics have been vicious. In the same article, Kansas has also decided to provide "abstinence until marriage" programs alongside more standard programs. I wonder which one will be emphasised?
2500 dead and against a war that may never really end. The count is only going to get higher, I'm sure.
After that morbid bit, here's some toilet humor: The pee-ometer, which tells you whether you're drinking enough water. I'm not sure I want to get such a test. And even more so, how one would use it, especially in some public place...
Why having super powers sucks - for all the benefits they may accrue, you notice most superpowered people end up as loners or with other superpower people.
Although, ending on a high note (Gonzo plays high G right here), the President is designating a significant part of Hawai'i to be a marine preserve. So, delibereately, or by accident, there are some good things being done.
Bork, bork, bork, engage! Sweeden's thinking about space as a project for the future. Why not? Zero-G chocolate moose or something?
Something for the college-bound or the out-of-college to consider: Five Weird Ways to Succeed at College - apparently, a high Catholic percentage, not smoking, not reading or being artistic, and not being an engineer helps your successes. Who knew that taking all the fun out of university was what made you succeed at it? (No wonder I feel like I don't have a social life.)
I feel for the child in this dispute, for his parents are going to court to decide whether he should be circumcised. He's eight years old, and this is definitely not a routine sort of discussion. I hope there are decisions made soon, though.
On a significantly stranger note, a child just one year junior manages to crawl inside a crane game machine and get himself stuck. That's impressive flexibility - considering I saw a much younger child climb up onto a shelf today at work, I believe it's possible. The library could use the Ferrari knitted out of wool as a play toy, though.
The spokesman for the Kansas Board of Education is stepping down, citing that he wants to be with his family. But also noting quite rightly that the politics have been vicious. In the same article, Kansas has also decided to provide "abstinence until marriage" programs alongside more standard programs. I wonder which one will be emphasised?
2500 dead and against a war that may never really end. The count is only going to get higher, I'm sure.
After that morbid bit, here's some toilet humor: The pee-ometer, which tells you whether you're drinking enough water. I'm not sure I want to get such a test. And even more so, how one would use it, especially in some public place...
Why having super powers sucks - for all the benefits they may accrue, you notice most superpowered people end up as loners or with other superpower people.
Although, ending on a high note (Gonzo plays high G right here), the President is designating a significant part of Hawai'i to be a marine preserve. So, delibereately, or by accident, there are some good things being done.
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Date: 2006-06-16 05:25 am (UTC)the pee-ometer looks like you could cut it out and paste it onto one of those wooden sticks the doctor uses to check your throat, only I've forgotten the name of the stick. It's a good idea, in theory, but how often are people going to pee and then whip out their little stick to check the color? I really nevre knew that the color had anything to do with water consumption, beyond knowing that if you just drank a lot of water, then go pee it'll be light colored. I always thought darker pee just meant you "held it in" for too long. Ok, that's enough bathroom talk...
I can't get the superpowers article to load :(
I dislike the president, but I have to say it's good seeing him doing something good for the environment.
I don't understand the whole circumsision (nor apparently can i spell it) debate. I'm half jewish, and I thikn one of the grosset things ever was finding my older brother's foreskin in a little silver capsule in my dad's dresser. Ew. I've seen boys who were and boys who weren't, and I thikn the boys who were are a bit more attractive "down there". I also know that though yeast infections are rare for men, men who still have their foreskin CAN get yeast infections there...and that's just plain gross. Furthermore, if the kid wants it done for medical purposes...LET HIM HAVE IT DONE! I don't really think that type of surgery should be done beyond infancy under normal circumstances (especially disturbing was the story of a 30-something convert who had to have it done). I also have issue with the whole Bris thing, but part of that is rooted in feminism, and this isn't the place for that discussion. Anyway. I feel badly for the kid. he's in pain, and because his dad is an asshat he can't get rid of the pain.
Hmmm. maybe it took me 5 years to graduate becuse I was a reader and a creative person. Never really looked at that as a "Bad" thing, though. (nor the 5 years, really. I blamed it on Penn State not educating Freshmen. Sure, you *can* take only 12 credits per semester, but it'll screw you over later!)
oh,and I LOVE the yarnmobile. Yeah. I want to cover my car in yarn....