March 2012
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Who Said It? Rick Santorum or Ayatollah Khamenei →
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February 2012
65 posts
thedailywhat:
One Million Moms, the conservative group which previously targeted JCPenney for hiring Ellen as their new spokesperson and Clorox for its “sexual” Liquid-Plumr ad, has extended its not-quite-one-million talons in the direction of Toys R Us, calling for a boycott of the chain over its stocking of an Archie comic featuring the same-sex marriage of character Kevin Keller.
The...
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my Team Zissou adventure kit? Ok you asked for it…. Shirt - which I made myself, complete with badge. Adidas Zissou sneakers Red toque Team Zissou insignia ring that I made - also note: the buttons I sewed on to the epaulettes have seahorses on them (which you can sort of see in the close up) Not Pictured: I also have a navy zip-up with a Z on the front and a diver on the back Oh and I had a...
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The myth of the eight-hour sleep →
In 2001, historian Roger Ekirch of Virginia Tech published a seminal paper, drawn from 16 years of research, revealing a wealth of historical evidence that humans used to sleep in two distinct chunks.
His book At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past, published four years later, unearths more than 500 references to a segmented sleeping pattern - in diaries, court records, medical books and...
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Wealthy most likely to receive scholarship →
Georgia’s newest public scholarship was intended to benefit all of the state’s best and brightest college-bound students. At least that was the plan when Gov. Nathan Deal created the Zell Miller Scholarship last year.
Instead, it favors those students who live in Atlanta’s affluent suburbs.
Those most likely to afford college without the state’s financial help are benefiting the most from the...
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A Patron just called to renew a book over the...
keylimepie:
Me: Okay, I’m looking at your account and you have NO books out. Patron: That’s what I thought… Can you renew it? Me: What? Patron: Can you renew the book? Me: …I thought we just agreed you didn’t have a book out? Patron: I don’t, I returned it. But I got an e-mail saying it was going to be due soon, so can I renew it? Me: There was probably a...
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Lessons learned →
High expectations are not the answer. I thought they were back when I knew nothing about the community I’d be teaching in. “High expectations” was a mantra I could get behind because it fit into my misguided view that minority students were underperforming as a result of the internalized racism of teachers that caused them to, subconsciously or not, lower their expectations for kids of those...
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Why Alleys Deserve More Attention Why Alleys... →
Why is it important that alleys in America be better used?
It depends on the city and the time. I don’t think our population densities can afford doing that to every alley in America, but in cities that do have a strong alley collection, we should start addressing all of that space. Chicago has a program that’s turning some of them into greenways. And even in Detroit, there’s...
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Unarmed grandfather shot in the head by police... →
Loxas was standing outside of his home with his grandchild still in his arms when Officer James Peters fired one shot to the head, killing the suspect.
Police say the 9-month-old boy was not injured during the shooting.
Officers also escaped unharmed.
Some neighbors are now questioning the officers actions.
Investigators say the officers on the scene thought Loxas was holding a...
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ryanetics:
“[Contraception is] not okay because it’s a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be.”
— Rick Santorum
Bypass surgery is not okay because it’s a license to do things in the medical realm that are counter to how things are supposed to be.
Human flight is not okay because it’s a license to do things in the mechanical realm that are...
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lizsnodgrass answered your question: I keep having a problem with my Macbook connecting…
Make a genious bar appt! It’s kInd of a pain, but they’ll tell you what’s wrong and how to fix it.
I should do that, BUT the problem is that it’s spotty. It only happens sometimes. I took it to PeachMac the other day, but it worked fine there of course.
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kicksandgiggles answered your question: I keep having a problem with my Macbook connecting…
Yep. Happens to me also. But I still love my Mac a zillion times more than any Dell I’ve ever owned/used.
Same here. I love my Mac! This is really the only problem I’ve ever had with it.
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eleonorafrog13 replied to your post: eleonorafrog13 answered your question: I keep…
Me too! I’ve even had the school computer person check it out and she had no suggestions….? What the heck?!
I think that part of the problem is that this issue is sort of hard to explain. There’s not an error message associated with it. It’s hard to google, you know? If I ever find a solution,...
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eleonorafrog13 answered your question: I keep having a problem with my Macbook connecting…
This happens to me pretty much weekly. Sometimes I need to restart or leave it alone for a class period does the trick.
It drives me insane that so many people have this problem and there doesn’t seem to be a real fix for it.
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apoplecticskeptic answered your question: I keep having a problem with my Macbook connecting…
definitely run System Update and see if there’s anything new waiting for your machine, that’s a solid first step.
I usually do my updates and this has been happening on and off for about a year. But I’ll definitely make sure my stuff is up to date. Thanks!
I keep having a problem with my Macbook connecting to the internet. I think it must be a problem with the computer because it happens at different places. Usually turning off the AirPort and turning it back on fixes the problem. But not always. Sometimes time is the only thing that solves it.
The indicator in the Menu Bar shows that I’m picking up the Wifi signal, but there’s no...
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Obama's "compromise" on the birth control mandate... →
That’s the nitty-gritty. The fun part of this is that Obama just pulled a fast one on Republicans. He drew this out for two weeks, letting Republicans work themselves into a frenzy of anti-contraception rhetoric, all thinly disguised as concern for religious liberty, and then created a compromise that addressed their purported concerns but without actually reducing women’s access to...
seriouslythoughman:
My wife and I (mostly her) have this super conservative couple as friends. The man is the head of the house and the wife is his servant kind of shit. We recently learned that they don’t want their children calling their genitals by their typical names. Apparently they are too vulgar.
We will start with their daughter since she is the oldest. They want her to call her vagina...
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Shelving books
annaslibrary:
One of the annoyances about being a librarian is the shelving. It’s not necessarily difficult work, but it sure is tedious, especially when I have other things to do, like grading. The tedium is compounded when students, and not just the really little guys, don’t put books back in the proper place. I know they know how to do it, but they’re just careless. If it was just a matter of...
