too stupid to be fiction
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Think harder! Work smarter! Buy a stopwatch!
Matthew Stewart blows the lid off the MBA; he suggests a degree in philosophy might be more useful (and insightful). The strange thing about my utter lack of education in management was that it didn’t seem to matter. As a principal and founding partner of a consulting firm that eventually grew to 600 employees, I Read more
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It’s almost as if this Green Energy stuff was just one big scam
The latest analysis of wind power in the UK is not optimistic: Analysis of hard data from National Grid shows that wind behaves in a quite different manner from that suggested by study of average output derived from the Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs) record, or from wind speed records which in themselves are averaged. It Read more
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No yawning required here
I have plenty of students who don’t need the preliminary yawn in order to get their mouths stuck on open. Read more
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“Multicultural” has officially Jumped the Shark
A few years back, one of my hipper students cracked up a lecture when I started sketching a diagram using colored chalks. “Oooh, DIVERSITY CHALK!” she quipped, and the entire class–Black, Anglo, and (mainly) Mexicano–convulsed in laughter. Now the joke’s on her, with Crayola’s new line of “Multicultural” markers: With this product, I think “multicultural” Read more
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Selfish bastards
Think vegans are cool? Their stupid diets sometime starve their children to death. I know a lady here in Texas whose kids’ growth is stunted from being raised on a vegan diet. Idiot. Read more
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Try the new Totalitarian Diet
Hugo Chavez has a new anti-obesity campaign, “We are eating better, that’s been proven. We’re leaving malnutrition behind. It no longer exists in the country, but be careful with obesity.” Think it might have anything to do with this? Read more
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OK, what am I missing here?
American University is bragging about their sustainability director whose seem to be qualifications managing an eco-freako bed and breakfast and some serious craft brewing. But what kind of beer-drinker goes for this? In the bathroom, he showed off a spray bottle of green liquid that he picked up at a trade show; called “GoFlushless” and Read more
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Aieee! My eyes!
If Brooks Brothers’ Spring Collection is to be believed, the Metrosexual* is back: What’s really scary is that I found Mr Pinky Pants in an ad on National Review Online! Who knew they swung that way? *that’s PC-speak for “ghey.” Read more
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Wusses in Washington
Did I miss the memo about Senator Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) having his penis removed? Next thing you know, Harry Reid will be crying because some Tea Partier made a mean face at him. Read more
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Looking bad for the 2012 re-election
Jeez, Louise. If Barack-0 and his handlers can’t even drum up high school graduation gigs, how’s he gonna get votes in 2012? Update (9 March). It’s worse than I thought. Read more
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