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18 nigga & makin more than yo dad

Athletes Cheating + What Else Is New (double entendre)

So basically what happens is you are a big dumb jock who is good at x sport, but since you are a big dumb jock, you can’t get the NCAA minimum GPA to play collegiate ball. Enter University High School, “which has no classes and no educational accreditation, appears to have offered college players a speedy academic makeover.” Awesome. If only my stupidity paid as well as theirs. (ps go click google ads, i am seriously so hungry)

Bed bugs apparently really do exist. And their coming through New York City.

Life: the disorder. And I couldn’t agree more. Nothing is more nauseating then seeing people whine and complain and act like their knowledgable enough to make decisions about body chemistry, psychology, and education. Let’s all drive the minivan to the Adderall and Vicodin store, please!

The long march of Dick Cheney. Salon provides another interesting (but always slanted) look at Dick Cheney’s rise and grip on power in the current White House administration.

Some other interesting articles: LA Times article on evidence that humans affect climate change, Poland exposes Soviet-era plans to attack/counter-attack with nuclear weapons, and local journalists expose attempted cover-up of Chinese toxic spill.

And for the one bright spot: Wall Street Programmer: What are the hours? Well, hats off to anyone who works in Wall Street, whatever your field may be. Just know that your friends in Washinton DC are working a third of the hours and making the same money. But to each his own microcosm. And with that, good day!

Pictures: Europe, etc.

Pictures from Europe!

And some other pictures in general: http://photos.yahoo.com/nikeal5

Temporary hero

My hero: Bret Chenkin, a social studies and English teacher at Mount Anthony Union High School, said he gave the quiz to his students several months ago. The quiz asked students to pick the proper words to complete sentences.

One example: “I wish Bush would be (coherent, eschewed) for once during a speech, but there are theories that his everyday diction charms the below-average mind, hence insuring him Republican votes.” “Coherent” is the right answer.

To America’s National Pasttime: Shopping

1. consumer whore – n. Someone who makes fool-harty purchases, blind to the money-making scams of corporations.