February 29, 2004
Edumacation
Posted on Sk8 by Jim Massey; taken verbatim because nobody can say it better than Jim:
Advanced Students Are Really A Bit Dim
Fastest growing high school courses: Advanced Placement for college credit.
Fastest growing college courses: remedial math and English for Mary Smartypants and Billy Cleverbritches, who are in such a hurry to enter the collegiate life they forgo a little thing called learning.
February 28, 2004
Stretch Break
My friend Jenblossom reminded me to go back and check for this piece of software, i was waiting for the OS X version.
A friend at work had a consultation with an ergonomic specialist on the faculty who designed this cool software to remind you to stretch. (It is for people with RSI problems.) You can set it for how frequently you want to be reminded. It also works as a good way to notice that you have been on-line too long.
It is called Stretch Break and is $45 commercially, with a free 10-day trial:
But there is also a kids version that pretty much does the same thing for free:
http://www.paratec.com/sbform/kidsform.htm
There is a pretty good description there.
Mufflig
Bavarian for Sourpuss, but she is really my heart. Sadly, she is about half this weight right now. Her temperment is now strangely sweet as sugar; this worries me deeply.
Roscoe
Yes, he is good-looking, but the problem is that he knows it. A big, dumb, sweet puddy, but when he wants something, for God's sake give it to him.
Those bastahds!
Wow, i doubt Dorothy Gay Kelly ever did anything this bad. Also stolen from BoingBoing.
Tickets, not flakes, pile up in Somerville
By Brian McGrory and Laura Levis, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent, 1/29/2004
Mayors in northern cities the nation over live in fear of the havoc that a snowstorm might wreak, not so much on their cities, but on their political careers.But in the city of Somerville this week, it took a decidedly different turn. Though the storm never came, the towtrucks and metermaids did show up, and the lack of snow has left a newly elected mayor explaining his actions to thousands of irate residents whose cars were ticketed or towed.
In short, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone declared a snow emergency early Tuesday evening even while the skies and the forecasts were in flux. Within hours, with nary a flake in sight and barely any on the way, 3,000 cars were ticketed, and an additional 200 were towed. The tickets cost $50, and the tow jobs $145.
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Urban constellations
i am sure that most of you saw this on Mr. Gaiman's journal, but it is so damned cute!
http://www.animalsontheunderground.com/index.html
The Animals, made up using tube lines, stations and junctions were spotted by Paul Middlewick some 15 years ago. The original Animal, the Elephant' was 'discovered' while Paul was staring at the tube map during his daily journey to work.
Too bad the T map is not quite as rich with possibility. Nor is BART. NYC subway maps have promise.
February 27, 2004
Dietschy!
Maybe you have seen this...it immediately made me think of you.
Antique maps of Boston, New York, and San Francisco, from The Map Room, a favorite blog of mine.
February 25, 2004
Orkut
Orkut is the new Friendster, except maybe it works. It is still in beta, so you need to be invited; drop me a line if you are interested. www.orkut.com
February 23, 2004
February 21, 2004
Friendster redux
Well, for some reason i e-mailed another Friendster person. http://www.friendster.com/user.jsp?id=1675309
What possessed me i do not know, but i bet you can guess what the hook was!
Einstein exhibit!
This would be fun! MoS volunteer job Friday nights? http://boston.craigslist.org/edu/24552137.html
Sure, i am bossy, but...
...not this bossy, i don't think (From craigslist):
Some indications that you might be a NADW [Non-Acknowledged Dominant Woman] – and not even know it!
Curious, intrigued or want to know more?
I’m a fit, outgoing, single, white professional man. I’m 31 years old, 6’3”/200lbs with dark hair and remarkable eyes. Women find me to be charming, funny, sexy and desirable. However, I’m looking for a special partner – who appreciates what a really wonderful submissive man brings to a partnership.
February 19, 2004
February 10, 2004
Antidote
From, of course, Mikey:
A nun was going to Chicago. She went to the airport and sat down waiting for her flight. She looked over in the corner and saw one of those weight machines that tells your fortune. So, she thought to herself, "I'll give it a try just to see what it tells me."
She went over to the machine and put her nickel in, and out came a card that said, "You're a nun, you weigh 128 lbs and you are going to Chicago, Illinois."
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February 08, 2004
Out Nagl-ing Nagl
Nagl thinks he is the only one who can sicken us with cute pictures. HAH!
My secret weapon? My mom.
February 04, 2004
'Visited States' Map
Sorry i have been delinquent. PLEASE don't ask about the gym. :( Suzi and mom sent some good stuff; i will come back and post that when i can. Work is NUTS.
Jenblossom posted this, which is way fun. i used her criterion of having at least eaten a meal there, and i decided meals on AMTRAK do not count. Though i think i have done more of these states across the top. VA and WV, too. i am probably better than 66%, but those little states in the NE region still confuse me. That's what happens when you are a kid out west, you run out of steam when you get up into the corner ;)
Create your own visited states map.