May 2008
Best entry-level salaries for new grads →
I like this article… it says that not only do I make more than the average for people with my degree, I make more than my ex-girlfriends :)
“The conviction that everything that happens on earth must be comprehensible to...”
– Hannah Arendt
gfmorris: Times drinking discussed : times alcohol... →
April 2008
textism: I’m sorry, I thought this was 2008 - let... →
sillygwailo: #how #long #before #we #all #hashtag... →
gruber: @wii Mario Kart 3351-4553-6568 →
ddmeyer: Realized today I have never had an... →
Thrown under the bus... →
A rough history of the phrase.
AmyJane: Saw an alcoholic (on TV) whose drink of... →
16 Theories of History →
This is definitely going to be used in class.
“If this be an honorable campaign, I wonder what McCain would consider the gutter...”
– Joe Klein, Swampland’s resident McCain supporter.
2006 Pearl Harbor Workshop →
A solid document based writing prompt.
Olympic National Parks Campgrounds →
For use this summer.
Why Iron Man is an action magnet for liberals. →
This thesis really works for me.
What Matters. →
From A Schoolmaster of the Great City:
What the school system needs to understand is that its strength lies, not in the strength of the central organization, but in the strength of the individual…
Shoot threes and foul
Adam: May 6th
Adam: I can dream, right?
Richard: I can has dream
Adam: Evidently, Bill's playing the role of cheerleader and strategist in chief now
Adam: he's been telling her " we are not quitters!"
Adam: isn't that cute!?
Richard: sounds very American (I don't mean that as offensive)
Adam: I don't take it as such
Richard: the thing that always struck me about professional sports teams (it's true in Canada too) is that 2 goals down or 10 points behind with 2 minutes to go is not a reason to quit
Adam: exactly... although in those situations changes in the lead are statistically possible, albeit not likely
Richard: so yeah, she needs to score 11 points and the opponent has to score none
Richard: in basketball you shoot threes and foul
Adam: well, to be honest, she just needs 83% of the points from here to the end of the game
Adam: so, yes, I think that shoot threes and foul is an excellent analogy.
Death of the sitcom frees up 2,000 Wikipedias... →
An interesting proposition from Clay Shirkey, and some interesting analysis in the comments.
Ihnatko: Men are from Mars, woman are from Venus,... →
Free Ride: Media Myths of McCain →
It’s a hit piece, but it is at least critical all the way around.
“I think I come at that as a historian of religion. That we are miseducated as a...”
– Jeremiah Wright Amen. Amen.
University of Central Florida students freak out... →
Ask 26 students to go five days without using technology. Evidently, 24 cheated.
The politics of obliteration →
(In which I’m link-checked… I love me some MSM.)
“Roughly a third of all American high school students drop out. Another third...”
– Clueless in America
Liliputing: Comprehensive list of low-cost... →
On Being Neutral →
Mr. Moses suggests that neutrality in the classroom is a fallacy because neutrality is a fallacy and pretending not to have an opinion is just going to inspire a lack of opinion if your students.
“It’s a teachable moment,” said Amanda Lenhart, senior research...”
– BTW, teen writing may cause teachers to :(
“I also think that my party can be smug, detached, and dogmatic at times. I...”
– Barack Obama (via azspot) (via marco) (via jakoblodwick)
sillygwailo: Did you hear that politics sought a... →
The Low Road to Victory →
As Clinton leads the charge, all the way to the bottom.
David Weiss: Metacognitive Miscalibration →
Good observations.
Border Patrol "spot checks" on ferries provoke... →
If you like your *intra-state* travel to be hijacked by the US Border Patrol, move to Washington State! Thanks McBush!
PITCHf/x tool by Josh Kalk →
Bitter Patter →
If Clinton is running to the bottom — ABC is pulling the rest of us down.
Amnesty International launches advert protesting... →
Unsubscribe me as well.
Ten typographic mistakes everyone makes →
Guilty as charged. Worse, I knew better in many cases.
Mac Mini Media Centre →
I’m going to build me one of these. Oh, yes, yes indeed.
My Life in Forbidden Lhasa →
Escaping from internment in India to the sacred capital of Tibet, an Austrian became the Dalai Lama’s trusted tutor.
More on How Gaming Promotes Reading and Library... →
Libraries Lure with Video Games
“‘Bellevue’s library, near Bellevue East High School, hosts a game night twice a month. About two dozen teens take turns thwacking virtual tennis balls or…
Hip Hip Hooray! →
Just the other day in my second grade classroom, cheers poured out into the hallway. This spontaneous eruption occurs nearly every time I announce to the students that at the end of our lesson…
When We Were Kids... We Went to War →
If we don’t have this already, I need to order it.