Words of wisdom from a combustable amphibian.
From an entertainment standpoint, there’s something enticing by the idea of a clever criminal. We could blame it on “the media”, but it’s certainly not a new phenomonon. Remember that Sherlock Holmes matched wits with some of England’s most cunning evil-doers, and one can easily draw on dozens of other early literary references. Today we simply carry on the tradition. Just remember that the image [...]
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There’s a saying that goes “Those who beat their swords into plowshares will be ruled by those who don’t.”
I was recently reminded of this when reading Monday’s Penny Arcade post, which in part relates a friend’s experience in a business school course on negotiation. The story is a short five paragraphs, but it’s one that manages to [...]
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There’s no such thing as leveling. You just spend your points on loot.
World of Wifecraft indeed.
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Sure, I was going to post photos of my new computer with dual 21″ wide-screen monitors…but this music video has that beat hands down.
var FO_1391 = {movie:”http://clipaday.com/flvplayer.swf”,width:”425″,height:”350″,majorversion:”7″,build:”0″,bgcolor:”#FFFFFF”,allowfullscreen:”true”,flashvars:”file=http://media1.clipaday.com/embed/m_videos/upload_1212602954.flv.flv&image=http://media1.clipaday.com/embed/m_videos/thumbs/upload_1212602954.jpg&lightcolor=0xF6C230&backcolor=0×000000&frontcolor=0xCCCCCC&logo=http://clipaday.com/images/playerlogo.png&link=http://clipaday.com” };UFO.create(FO_1391,”bo-burnham-new-math”);
Edit: Link added for LJ’ers who can’t see the embeded vid.
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Here’s a little popular inbox humor. Author unknown. Remeber that it’s only funny because it’s all too true. Anyone else feel like we’re on the cultural downslope of the Roman Empire?
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Subject: Changing times
High School
1957 vs. 2007
Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1957 - Vice [...]
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