December 2011
40 posts
theCWhale: One teachers approach to preventing... →
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got…
"Parks And Recreation"
LESLIE (recruiting for her Model U.N. competition): I need a few more volunteers. Andy -- will you be Iceland?
ANDY: The bad guys from "Mighty Ducks 2"? Don't think so.
LESLIE: Okay -- how 'bout Japan?
ANDY: The bad guys from "Karate Kid 2"? Even worse. (Beat.) How about Germany? They've never been the bad guys.
LESLIE: Why don't you be Finland?
ANDY: Okay!
APRIL: And I'll be the Moon!
LESLIE: Nope. you're going to be South Africa or Pakistan.
APRIL: I'm the Moon or I quit.
LESLIE (irked): April.
APRIL: Moon or quit, man.
LESLIE: Fine -- you be South Africa and you can also secretly run the Moon.
APRIL: The Moon accepts your ridiculous proposal.
NY DAILY NEWS: The FBI will update the definition... →
inothernews:
That it took 82 years for this to happen is a crime in and of itself.
"Every morning when I was brushing my teeth I... →
inothernews:
An incredible story in today’s New York Times about a New York State employee who served as his native Somalia’s prime minister for eight months before returning to his job at the Department of Transportation.
Last week, virtually every Senate Republican voted against that tax cut. Now, I...
– —President Obama, in a statement today urging Republicans in Congress to extend the payroll tax cut (via barackobama)
Reblogging President Obama quoting President Obama talking about those silly Republicans.
(via inothernews)
Wherein Michele Bachmann is confronted by an...
desertmar:
cognitivedissonance:
And it’s just as fantastic as it sounds:
Watch the video:
The look of shock on her face is incredible. Elijah is brave little man, and I commend him.
Wow, bravo little dude, bravo.
I doubt many people seriously believe that the programmers behind Siri are out...
– Amanda Marcotte, on Siri (via greaterthanlapsed)
See also: Why all technology “for women” follows the “shrink it and pink it” strategy; because women are absolutely an afterthought in the tech world.
(via kataroo)
I’m so fucking glad I get to work with women at Microsoft.
(via spiralofbees)