You’re f**king who?

See what Amy found (I know, we’re probably like six months behind the rest of the internet…but this is damn funny). Oh yeah, we are HUGE Josh Groban fans…

And, of course, the original…

Stuff White People Like

Heard about this three times from three different people today (all white, by the way), so figured it would be worth checking out.

Spin this Black Circle…

A new addicting game to play. And blow up. And play. And blow up.

American promsies and realities

Gotta love the Boss man…this blog quotes Bruce in a USA Today interview. Here’s my favorite line: “We’ve lived through such ugly times that people want to have a romance with the idea of America again, and I think they need to.”

Junior High? Guess I’m writing for the Lowest Common Denominator

Phew! Check me out. I’m smarter than a 5th grader (“I thought Europe was a country”).

I actually came across something like this earlier in the year for our school newspaper. The reading level is determined by the length of your sentences and the “bigness” of your words (I think…if I’m wrong, someone please correct me). Looks like, if you teach 11th grade long enough, you internalize “simple.”

Hey, I don’t need to feel smart. More people should “get” what I write. (I hope.)

Challenging Education Week on Journalistic Standards…

I haven’t read the whole letter yet, but I applaud those who are not afraid to stand and and call “entities” on their mistakes. It’s about time.  Thanks to James Crawford for his post.

Virgin Births? Dragons? Huh?

An editorial observer in today’s NY Times discusses the abilitites of some females to “reproduce” without a male partner, and then poses the (obvious?) question: So, if they can do this, who needs males? (Don’t worry, an answer is given.)

AN interesting read about biodiversity and reproduction. And dragons. Don’t forget the dragons.

Do we need to restructure education?

A very interesting article from Malaysia. This “academic” has re-thought the educational process top-to-bottom. Contrary to what I’ve read elsewhere, the author de-emphasizes science and math skills early on in favor of encouraging creative thinking and a joy of learning.

An Ex Libris Challenge for all of us?

I have always wanted to “expand” my reading horizons, and I stumbled across this “contest” that seems to fit the mold perfectly! The site contains a reading list…

clipped from exlibris.typepad.com The Neustadt Challenge Alisia of Book Haven is hosting The Neustadt Challenge.  This challenge focuses on the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, which awards a prize every two years to novelists/poets/playwrights from any country.  Beginning  May 1 and running through August 2008, the challenge is to read either three novels/plays/essays/poetry by one of the winners, or by three different winners:

Our first four dog’s names

Amy and I have dog names planned out (aren’t you excited?):

1. Dingus (found on Trivia Pursuit card for Jesse James – it was his nickname)
2. Ginger (pronounced like “finger”)
3. Murfin (evidently a street in Ann Arbor)
4. King Babbot (the director of photography in the really bad, but totally influential childhood movie, The Last Starfighter)