a salon author takes a look at imsa (the illinois math and science academy) in the article, perfect high. it notes, among other things, that imsa spends about $20,000 a student per year. this is considerably more than what even schools in the most affluent communities in illinois spend–which is around $13,000/student/year. and nearly three [...]
if you find ranking people on a scale of 1-10 at am i hot or not too stressful for you, try pick the hottie where you only have to choose a winner from between two pictures at a time.
reuters reports that the letter “w” is now missing from keyboards in the white house. those wacky dems…
in somewhat related news, a review of the dubya’s cabinet members reveals that the majority of them are millionaires.
um… ok, here’s something you don’t see everyday: this is an ap photo of a guy pulling a snake through his nose and out of his mouth.
this is almost as bizarre–alright, it’s nowhere near as bizarre, but… those crazy brits are making a film (ok, maybe we should call it a movie) called thunderpants. it’s [...]
the chicago sun-times recently ran an article attempting to further illuminate some of the folklore surrounding frank lloyd wright’s creations. the author gives his opinion on whether lloyd designed houses are worth owning considering some of the many quirks that come with owning a lloyd creation (e.g. that the cost of maintaining a lloyd house, [...]
my dec 9, 2k post was featured at sooperficial.com (the best of blogs). this resulted in a modest increase in traffic to my page. thanks!
so how does it feel to be reviled more than saddam hussein and just a little less than hitler? well, you can ask oasis’ lead singer, liam gallagher, what it feels like; since, that’s where a survey by madame tussaud’s placed him among the ranks of the most-hated personalities. read the reuters article
i always thought people must be a little nuts to like the drivel that passes for pop music these days… now italian researchers think that dementia may lead to an increased appreciation for pop music. while this article doesn’t exactly give what can be called conclusive scientific evidence to this fact, it’s sure freakin’ funny! [...]
baytsp is attempting to curb internet piracy by trying to match the bits on every file that makes it over the net with known files–yes, this is an idea that’s not likely to work… read the wired article about it: Pirates Beware: We’re Watching
ian rothkerch takes a scathing look at what’s wrong with hollywood in this salon article: The 10 most disturbing trends in Hollywood
