NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell
(Source: nasawatch.com, via spaceinperspective)
“Not true? Terry Forcht knew otherwise. He’s the wealthy nursing home executive in Kentucky whose establishments is being prosecuted by Attorney General Jack Conway for allegedly covering up sexual abuse. Conway is running for the Senate. Forcht has spent more than $1 million to defeat him. Would you believe that Forcht is the banker for one of Karl Rove’s two slush funds, American Crossroads, which has spent nearly $30 million to defeat Democrats?”
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Bill Moyers’ take on the corruptive money dumped in Conway’s race and others
via Blue Bluegrass
“Up Mill Creek in Knott County - A Pack Horse Librarian approaches the home of a young mountain couple. The wife has received a grade school education on the ‘outside’ and is one of the best Librarian’s customers.”
Big hardbacks of Roger Dean’s work are the only coffee table books I would see fit to display and own
Classical Composers and Their Maladies
spoiler alert: everyone had syphilis
more interesting spoiler: Schoenberg was a triskaidekaphobic
jealous
look at this frog that was on our back porch.
look at him
:3
When We Say “College,” We Don’t Mean You…
Sigh. The New York Times strikes again. This time it’s with a four-part colloquy of important people discussing “why are colleges so selective?”
How is someone at a community college supposed to read the question “why are colleges so selective?”
a. ironically
b. as a direct slap in the face
c. as yet another indication of just how provincial the New York Times is
d. all of the above
To explain the Times’ thinking, I’ll trot out my old friend, the syllogism. Colleges are selective. Community colleges are not selective. Therefore, community colleges are not colleges.
