Here's a novel approach -- let everybody be the star:
The stage was set, the lights went down and in a suburban Japanese primary school everyone prepared to enjoy a performance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The only snag was that the entire cast was playing the part of Snow White.
Here's a novel approach -- let everybody be the star:
The stage was set, the lights went down and in a suburban Japanese primary school everyone prepared to enjoy a performance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The only snag was that the entire cast was playing the part of Snow White.
The 20 funniest headlines ever. Well, maybe not, but pretty good. My favorite:
DOE to do NEPA's EIS on BNFL's AMWTP at INEEL after SRA protest
Had my EIS done last week and didn't hear a peep from SRA.
Well, by God, it's the least you can do to save the environment:
Better insulation at home, less use of the car and even giving up an electric toothbrush can help people in rich nations halve emissions of greenhouse gases, a U.N. report said on Thursday.
Another reason to like Angelina Jolie:
If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I've no problem shooting them." That's Angelina Jolie, revealing her up-with-the-Second-Amendment maternal instincts to Britain's Mail on Sunday.
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Never mind all that political blather -- this is important, and almost unbelievable:
Bortscheller, president of the Elk Point City Council, had invited about 250 supporters to an outdoor barbecue Tuesday to await the returns for arguably the most important election in Union County's history. The big crowd didn't leave disappointed.
So this silly high school kid gives his valedictory address, which turns out to have been plagiarized -- from the Onion! But I read the speech, and there wasn't anything remotely funny about it. it sounded like every graduation speech ever given:
This is big news?
Regular wiping of student desks and use of hand sanitizers during the school day can significantly reduce student illness and absenteeism, a new study shows.
Now, this punishment I like:
Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment.
Using "The Road Not Taken" and another poem as jumping-off points, Frost biographer Jay Parini hopes to show the vandals the error of their ways -- and the redemptive power of poetry.
Athletes aren't the only ones who take performance-enhancing drugs. A growing number of college students (as well as their professors, apparently) are taking drugs such as Adderall and Ritalin, which are typically used to treat Attention Deficit Disorder, as "study drugs" to stimulate their memory, concentration and focus. Alarms are being sounded over this "drug abuse" crisis, but Reason magazine wonders what the big deal is:
