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Death by Toilet Paper

February 21st, 2006 · No Comments

I hate to say it, but I’ve been close to doing such things myself…
Fla. Man Kills Roommate Over Toilet Paper

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Tags: humor · news · offbeat

Me, me, me, me, ME!!!

February 21st, 2006 · 6 Comments

Excellent article in today’s NYT about teaching undergrads.
Since I’m currently teaching a class of 60 (count ‘em!) undergraduate brats - and, coincidentally, giving them an exam tomorrow - this could not come at a better time.
Having received emails like:
should i come to class tomorrow?
and
what’s on da exam?
from email addresses ranging from imsosexy2362@… to snoopdawggydawgg@… I [...]

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Tags: academics · me · personal life · rant · teaching

Thomas Friedman on the Iraq War

February 21st, 2006 · 1 Comment

For those of you who follow these things, Friedman was a supporter of the war in Iraq. Here, he defends his position by starting off saying that he’s not a neo-con, but a neo-liberal…
The guy consistently writes intelligent, well-informed articles about many world issues. And you probably don’t know this, but he wrote an article [...]

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