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Monthly Archives: March 2010

Plutonian Thought

Look, I don’t care if you classify Pluto as a planet or not. But science has to be fair. If you do call Pluto a planet, then Eris (which is bigger than Pluto) is also a planet. Oh, and Charon should probably be included as well (It doesn’t actually orbit Pluto, they both orbit a [...]

Introversion

My brother-in-law -a man of many eloquent words who could make an hour long discussion on paper clips interesting-  recently posted an article from The Atlantic by Jonathan Rauch on understanding the introvert – in his case his wife. Growing up, my sister and I were never regarded as introverted – most likely because compared [...]

Rent-A-Spy!

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Eamon Javers www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Reform If I was humongo rich, I’d rent a CIA agent to find out inane information for me. (Quick, you have 10 min to discover the names of all the cats who [...]

Ivy League Intrigue, forest fire in a tailpipe, college admissions counselors and mortality [Blog Roundup]

Wesleyan frames a Cornell professor for murder. That’s unfortunate. [IvyGateBlog] A couple days ago, what I thought was a forest fire turned out to be a truck belching an inconceivable amount of smoke. I think just driving by it increased my chances of lung cancer so, anyway, this FAIL reminds me of that… [Fail Blog] [...]