'In The News' Category
Isn’t BP Wonderful?
Unless you have been living in a tent in the outback of Australia, I am sure you are aware that the BP oil company has been spilling 200,000 gallons of oil per day into the Gulf of Mexico from their wrecked oil platform. They have been trying various solutions including a seawater/oil separator from a [...]
Don’t Go Losing Your Head
This is for Beth and her friend Alexandra because I know that this is something that they care about… In this day in history: 1536: Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, beheaded for alleged adultery.
More on Facebook
I just received this email from my Senator, Charles Schumer and I wanted to share it with everyone: Every day, we entrust more and more of our private information to websites and online social networks like Facebook. So I take Internet privacy very seriously. That’s why I’m so concerned with the changes Facebook recently made [...]
Facebook Security
There was an article in today’s NY Daily News about issues with Facebook security. The issue is that Facebook is sharing more information with 3rd parties like Yelp and Microsoft. Facebook security used to default to protect their users but the default has been revised so that users need to opt-out of programs such as [...]
Jackson State
Today is the 40th anniversary of a lesser known incident that occurred on another college campus just 10 days after the murders at Kent State. At Jackson State College in Jackson, Mississippi students were protesting the war and against the racism that students had to endure from motorists who passed through the center of the [...]
In Memory of Jeff Miller
As I mentioned in an earlier entry, Jeff Miller, one of the four students killed at Kent State, graduated from the same high school that Beth is attending. The school put up a memorial to Jeff. I took a couple of pictures of it so you could see what it looks like. Click on the [...]
Kent State
Tin soldiers and Nixon’s comin’. We’re finally on our own. This summer I hear the drummin’. Four dead in Ohio. — Neil Young Today is the 40th anniversary of the killings at Kent State. National guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom [...]
Boobquake Day!
As you probably heard by now, the Boobquake results are in and there were no changes in the number of earthquakes we had vs. the number expected just because American women dressed in a sexy manner. What? You didn’t hear about Boobquake? It all started with a nut Iranian cleric by the name of Hojatoleslam [...]
Why does Mississippi have a problem with gay students?
First it was a young lady who wanted to attend her senior prom and now it’s a young lady who just wanted to appear in her yearbook. It started with Constance McMillen, an honor student from Mississippi who happens to be a lesbian, wanted to attend her senior prom with her date. Her school refused [...]
Why I Hate College Sports
Now that the Division I college basketball tournament is over, I can tell you why I hate college sports. Actually, I don’t hate all college sports, I just hate NCAA Division I sports. These programs represent the exact opposite of what a college should represent. A college is supposed to be about academics. These athletic [...]
