McCain — Palin '08

october 22nd, 2008 at 9:18 am

I read an exciting article about election fraud in the United States. Rejecting spoiled ballots sounds like fun.

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A Cavalcade of Mediocrity

october 8th, 2008 at 8:35 pm

I just read a fun article about how most IT professionals suck.

I would generalize this guy's arguments to all jobs, hobbies, activities, etc.; it seems to me like standards are dropping across the board, but especially in education. If your child fails a class in school, it's not his fault, the teacher just expects too much of him. Even in some universities *cough* Michigan State *cough*, expectations are lowered because some students might not be able to handle the workload and would feel bad inside if they failed :'(. Well then, who shouldn't be going to college in the first place?

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America Makes me Sad :(

october 5th, 2008 at 12:06 am

Especially when I see stuff like the Presidential Prayer Team for Kids. Because praying for the president is totally going to make him do a better job. At first I thought this couldn't be serious, but then I remembered that I live in a country initially populated by religious lunatics expelled from Europe. :'( Check out the downloads section; they have a PowerPoint slide!

I did read some cool stuff today though:

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Let's Play a Game

september 25th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

Here's a fun game: I'll post some helpful writing tips, and you tell me what grade level the correspond to:

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Germany Sure Does Like Rules

september 18th, 2008 at 4:55 pm

I decided to do something productive during my African History class today so I read a bunch of Wikipedia articles. My favorite one was this one about German names. They have rules. Some of them make sense, like not being able to name a child after your favorite swear word, but some of them are pretty pedantic. For example, no new names. That seems kind of lame. I like the list of refused names though; these are my favorites: