Well, this is brutal. Largely justified, but gratuitous nonetheless. Some snippets: On Duke and JJ Redick: “In recent profiles in Sports Illustrated, on ESPN, and probably in Cat Fancy, the whey-faced shooting guard revealed that when abuse from opposing fans becomes too heavy, he escapes by composing verse. ‘No bandage can cover my scars/ It’s hard living a life behind

Oh dear god. Just when you think human stupidity has reached the end of evolution, this comes along. [Credit: Thanks to Somerville Desk Chief Debby Levinson for inflicting this on me.]

You may have seen the new study by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida indicating that, among other things, 43 of the teams in this year’s NCAA men’s hoops tournament are graduating at least 50% of their players. (Press Release | Table of Gradiation Rates) I’m not going to rant about the

This oughta be fun…. _________________________ J/MC 410: Communication, Technology, & Christianity Midterm March 17, 2005 Instructions Answer four of the following questions. Be specific. Be thorough. Use examples where appropriate. And yes, your writing style counts. Postman’s three-stage model of economic development posits that contemporary America is the world’s first technopoly. However, class discussion has raised the question as to

Today is the day mizzillions of folks, some Irish and some just looking for an excuse to get soaked on bad beer with green dye in it, celebrate the Catholic St. Patrick, who is credited with bringing the message of God to Ireland. Obviously they see this as a Good Thing®. However, there is another way of viewing the coming

Two new entries worth noting from drdenny – one on gummit secrecy and the other on Gale Norton’s crusade to rape all of nature.

[celticmist found it first.] Mary sweet mother of Mergatroid – does anybody know a good way to remove tears of laughter from a keyboard? Jesus, I nearly wet myself watching this silliness. Be forewarned – this might ruin a song for you forever….

Boy, it’s a butt-ugly morning for America’s Captains of Corporate Shenanigans, ain’t it? First, we see that Bernie Ebbers is looking at spending the rest of his formerly rich-and-powerful days behind bars: NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – Bernard Ebbers, the former CEO of WorldCom, was found guilty Tuesday for his role in the huge accounting scandal that led to the largest

Well, we’ve all had these kinds of days, huh? [Credit: Thanks to Somerville Desk Chief Debby Levinson for this one.]

Well, yeah…. _______________________________ English Genius You scored 100% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 88% Expert! You did so extremely well, even I can’t find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don’t. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you’re not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!

Thanks to fikshun for passing this on – dear gods, I’m still wiping the tears away….

Well, my initial reaction at seeing Washington getting the #1 seed over Wake was pretty predictable – you have got to be kidding me, right? So I did some snooping, checking some ratings indexes and comparing schedules and so forth, and I have reached two conclusions. First, based on the math, Washington is the right pick. Now, a lot of

A few days ago Oprah did a show on the Peterson case (here and here are a couple relevant snippets). The ostensible purpose of the show was “why did Scott do it?” and the answer, best I can tell, is that “he’s a sociopath.” Glad we could clear that up. However, the show inadvertently raised a deeper question for me.

Today, on Sunday Morning, CBS News Correspondent Elizabeth Kaledin informed us that Barnard College is in the Ivy League. This no doubt comes as something of a shock to the folks at Barnard, to say nothing of those at Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale, who for all these decades have been operating under the delusion that

The battle continues to rage over Ward Churchill’s future at the University of Colorado: Regents balk at Churchill deal – Plagiarism allegation stalls buyout proposal… Meanwhile, I’ve been thinking lately on the question of how the hell this ever happened in the first place. As the Denver Post notes in an editorial from this past Tuesday, “Ward Churchill is a