Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Fail: Drunkest Man Ever Tries To Buy Beer - Geekologie
I saw this video awhile back and randomly came across it again so I thought why not post it.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Caution: Facebook poking could cost you jail time - Networking
Uncrate | The Buyer's Guide For Men
There pretty far off at this point but hey! We all like beer right? Beer can allow you to do all sorts of fun things you wouldn't do otherwise. Perhaps it will give you the balls to go up to that waaaayyy out of your league woman at the bar, or join in on tipping a car over in a restaurant parking lot after a long night of boozing...uhh ignore that last part. That never happened.
Canadian parents win court battle against homework | World news | guardian.co.uk
Usually it is the children, not the parents, who are loath to spend their evenings practising spelling and learning times tables. But a Canadian couple have just won a legal battle to exempt their offspring from homework after successfully arguing there is no clear evidence it improves academic performance.
Sherri and Tom Milley, two lawyers from Calgary, Alberta, launched their highly unusual case after years of struggling to make their three reluctant children do school work out of the classroom.
After waging a long war with their eldest son, Jay, now 18, over his homework, they decided to do things differently with their youngest two, Spencer, 11, and Brittany, 10. And being lawyers, they decided to make it official.
It took two years to negotiate the Milleys' Differentiated Homework Plan, which ensures their youngest two children will never have to do homework again at their current school. The two-page plan, signed by the children, parents and teachers, stipulates that "homework will not be used as a form of evaluation for the children". In return, the pupils promise to get their work done in class, to come to school prepared, and to revise for tests. They must also read daily and practise their musical instruments at home.
"It was a constant homework battle every night," Sherri told Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper. "It's hard to get a weeping child to take in math problems. They are tired. They shouldn't be working a second shift."
"Why were we putting our family through that stress?" she wondered. "If we don't want it all, we shouldn't have to have it."
Two years ago, Sherri began collecting studies on homework, most of which suggest that, particularly for younger grades, there is no clear link between work at home and school performance. Working with the staff at St Brigid Elementary Junior High School, she formed a homework committee. When no firm changes resulted from the committee, the couple began negotiating the legal document that decided the matter.
"We think it's a parent's right to choose what's in our children's best interests," said Sherri. "But we're thankful the school did the right thing."
I really wish I complained more when I was younger. This sucks!
Walmart Black Friday 2009 ads show early deals - Nov. 17, 2009
Great deals. Worth getting trampled by an overweight woman stampeding through the the front door at five in the morning? I'm just not sure.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Cold Day In Hell: Fox News' Sean Hannity Apologizes To Jon Stewart | TPM LiveWire
Hannity and Stewart still going at it. Wait, wait just one moment, wow. Cold day in hell for Fox News. Epic win for people who like trees and healthcare.
Is 'The Fourth Kind' Real or Another 'Blair Witch' Fake Out? – RopeofSilicon.com Movie News, Trailers, Reviews and More
FORA.tv - The Tyranny of E-mail: John Freeman
Don't send so many emails? Try writing letters and physically putting stamps on them you say? It's sensual to mail letters you say? The urge to reply to every message and to reply to the reply is an addiction? What is this trickery you bestow to us the masses?
Christopher Walken Poker Face Halloween
Christopher Walken speaking lyrics to the Lady Gaga song Poker Face, enough said.
Uncrate | The Buyer's Guide For Men
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice with zombies? This is a winning combination no matter how you look at it and for only 11 bucks. Or if you would like to go old school here is the Jane Austen novel.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Stewart mocks Hannity for inflating Bachmann rally attendance, trying to pass 9-12 rally footage off as Bachmann rally footage | Media Matters for America
Fox News, when will you ever learn that nothing escapes Stewart. Well done Hannity, well done indeed.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Avatar
The New York Times just went on to say that the 240 million dollar 3D movie by James Cameron actually cost the studio 500 million! This movie cost half a BILLION dollars to make? It just goes to show how much trust is given to a filmmaker like Cameron. The critics are coming out of the woodwork for this one, it is almost impossible for this movie to live up the price tag it took to make it. Will it be as good as the fanboys believe it to be? Or will it just be another Phantom Menace? Your thoughts?
Let me know what you think.
Avatar(genius, next generation of filmmaking?) or just a bad movie that cost too much.
Posted via email from John Muchel's Blog
Here is a link the the official site so you can see for yourself.