1984

Now I know where to get the coolest Che Guevara t-shirts–Che-Mart! Thanks to K-Lo at The Corner for the tip. Read more

Some progressive  Brits want to ban the word "fail" in assessing their students, replacing it with the the more optimisitic term "deferred success."  Too bad "deFerred success" won’t fit in our online grading forms here at school.  I’ll just abbreviate it with an "F." Thanks to Kim Sygert and Joanne Jacobs for the heads up. Read more

Another reason I refuse to go back to that overpriced carnival called Disney World. Read more

As usual, Mark Steyn says everything I think about the proposed amendment against flag burning, only better. However…. the folks most incensed by the amendment call this racism: they call this facism: and they call this well-reasoned protest: Speech it may be, but none of these folks are nice people. UPDATE: Cox and Forkum share… Read more

This puts my blogging host in an ethical bind. I thought it was bad that MSN Spaces wouldn’t allow < IFRAME > tags in blogs, but "democracy?" That’s a bit much. UPDATE: Roger Simon isn’t the only one who’s disturbed by this. Mark Steyn nails the whole problem in this devastating column: China hasn’t invented… Read more

Look at this doofus. Ain’t ze something? I suspect he gets awful headaches if the suspender is adjusted too tight. Read more

Some folks at the University of Oregon are cooking up new pronouns. ze and hir. Linguistics major Pira Kelley describes them this way: "For those who are not familiar with ze/hir, it is used rather than she/her or he/him/his for some people who identify outside of a man/woman dichotomy." I, for one, welcome this addition to… Read more