Ready for Lent?
Well, I’ve completely abused this Fat Tuesday: two Mountain Dews, two candy bars, chips, and other food. But no beer or wine. It just didn’t fit into the schedule …
Month: February 2006
Field Trips
Remember my rant against school field trips? Here’s a story that corroborates my view. Excerpt: A 12-year-old visitor to the Detroit Institute of Arts stuck a wad of gum …
Creative Writing
A page of creative writing prompts. When I first heard about it, I snickered, but after checking it out, I think this could be a great page for young …
Kaufmann
Friction makes the mind sharper. The youthful Chesterton became a Christian after reading all the avant-garde heretics of his day and concluding, “These guys are idiots” (loose paraphrase–GKC didn’t …
Bosnians Gone Wild
A teenage Bosnian entrepreneur has been caught selling films of female athletes showering that he recorded on his mobile phone. The 14-year-old, from Banovici, unnamed due to child protection …
Get Smitty
For nearly three decades, hip-hop relics such as vinyl records, turntables, microphones and boom boxes have collected dust in boxes and attics. On Tuesday, owners of such items–including pioneering …
4 billion
“Analysts predict that the number of global mobile phone customers will double to four billion in five years.” That’s from the New York Times. That’s remarkable (there are only …
Beckham
Soccer superstar David Beckham, whose mental agility has been questioned before in the British media, has said his six-year-old son’s maths homework leaves him baffled. The England captain and …
What To Do in a Terrorist Attack
One of the funnier things I’ve seen this year. PG-13 and occasionally juvenile.
Cuomos and the Homos
Hoping to boost his support in the gay community, attorney-general hopeful Andrew Cuomo picked up the endorsement of City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. “We could do no better in …
“Let Us Build the City of God . . .”
Horrible song, but I like the plan: A FORMER marine who was raised by nuns and made a fortune selling pizza has embarked on a £230m plan to build …