thanks mallory!
Friday, March 30, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
GOBBLEDYGOOK
i am LOVING the word choices in this article!!! news just keeps getting better and better.
UK universities are teaching "gobbledygook" following the explosion in science degrees in complementary medicine, a leading expert says
Professor Colquhoun, of the university's department of pharmacology... said the teaching of complementary medicine under a science banner was worse than "Mickey Mouse" degrees in golf management and baking that have sprung up in recent years as "they do what it says on the label".
UK universities are teaching "gobbledygook" following the explosion in science degrees in complementary medicine, a leading expert says
"That is quite different from awarding BSc degrees in subjects that are not science at all, but are positively anti-science.
"Yet this sort of gobbledygook is being taught in some UK universities as though it were science."
i wonder if there was a tense moment in the BBC newsroom re: the spelling of "gobbledygook" (i always thought it was "gobbleygook" !!)
Monday, March 19, 2007
So we've already established: Australia's camels 'driven mad' by drought. But NOW...
Australia is urgently looking to establish a "wild camel management plan" as the country's severe drought is sending camels stampeding into settlements looking for water.
And by wild camel management plan...they mean "culling."
Camels were introduced to Australia in the 19th century...interesting...
Australia is urgently looking to establish a "wild camel management plan" as the country's severe drought is sending camels stampeding into settlements looking for water.
And by wild camel management plan...they mean "culling."
Camels were introduced to Australia in the 19th century...interesting...
Friday, March 16, 2007
Now the "wild" camels are "mad with thirst" - i LOVE it.
They helped to build the Australian nation and had a cross-continental railway named after their handlers. But now the camel population here is wreaking havoc in the desert and remote communities because a desperate lack of water.
Wild camels, descendants of the beasts that helped early explorers to open up the country's vast arid interior, have rampaged through a settlement in Western Australia, trampling toilets, taps and air conditioners in a frenzied effort to find water.
A severe drought has exacerbated the problems posed by the animals, which cause damage to the environment, agriculture and property. They are "mad with thirst", according to Glenn Edwards, of the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Service.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
"PLEASE DON'T READ THIS! the phenomenon ..."
Mr. David and I have been following the youtube chain-letter-ish phenomenon to the point where I think some kind of study might actually be interesting. Wikipedia's entry on chain letters mentions youtube. . . and apparently it's on myspace as well. Mr. David's blog says more. For example, the video I am currently (and just as strangely) obsessed with usually has some gems - there are many varieties. The typical one:
In 1876, a young girl named Jenn was walking down a river, an insane man killed her by stabbing her in the back, raping her, and then hanging her in his closet. While he hanged her he said Bukakke Bukkake.
Now that you have read this message, she will find you and her dead body will haunt your house for 5 years. Every night you go to sleep she will appear in your closet, hanging their with her glowing red eyes.
repost 3 times to be saved. sorry
BUKAKKE BUKKAKE. WHAT????????
Here's a new one:
Read this.
There are 20 angels in this world.
10 are sleeping.
9 are playing.
1 is reading this post.
Put this on 4 other video comments within the next 15 minutes.
If you do, someone you love will suprise you somehow.
If you don't, you shall lose your dear beloved. =(
with an alternate version:
read dis
There are 20 angels in this world
10 are sleeping
9 are playing
1 is reading this
put this on 4 video comments within 15 mins,if u do, sum one u love will surprise u sum how!! If u don't , u will lose ur love.!!
and a pretty strange one - why would anyone believe this?
this is a true thing that happens! its not a chain letter! its kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo wierd
there are even misinformed activist posts...
Watch a clip on YouTube: Dolphin Massacre In Japan
Most people in the world don't know about it, so tell your friends & family about it to raise public awareness for our ecosystem.
SPREAD THE WORD!
Dolphins are an ENDANGERED SPECIES.
The Japanese EAT 23,000 dolphins every year for sushi & sashimi since 400 years ago.
Dolphins are migratory mammals, therefore they belong to the world, NOT to the Japanese alone.
The Japanese have NO right to eat them to extinction.
Some dolphin species ARE endangered...but not most. Interestingly, I also found the first "response" today by HermyH:
coolgirl1751 also got upset:
and THIS is an actual example of comments left on a page:
I'm going to think about this...more later.
In 1876, a young girl named Jenn was walking down a river, an insane man killed her by stabbing her in the back, raping her, and then hanging her in his closet. While he hanged her he said Bukakke Bukkake.
Now that you have read this message, she will find you and her dead body will haunt your house for 5 years. Every night you go to sleep she will appear in your closet, hanging their with her glowing red eyes.
repost 3 times to be saved. sorry
BUKAKKE BUKKAKE. WHAT????????
Here's a new one:
Read this.
There are 20 angels in this world.
10 are sleeping.
9 are playing.
1 is reading this post.
Put this on 4 other video comments within the next 15 minutes.
If you do, someone you love will suprise you somehow.
If you don't, you shall lose your dear beloved. =(
with an alternate version:
read dis
There are 20 angels in this world
10 are sleeping
9 are playing
1 is reading this
put this on 4 video comments within 15 mins,if u do, sum one u love will surprise u sum how!! If u don't , u will lose ur love.!!
and a pretty strange one - why would anyone believe this?
this is a true thing that happens! its not a chain letter! its kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo wierd
there are even misinformed activist posts...
Watch a clip on YouTube: Dolphin Massacre In Japan
Most people in the world don't know about it, so tell your friends & family about it to raise public awareness for our ecosystem.
SPREAD THE WORD!
Dolphins are an ENDANGERED SPECIES.
The Japanese EAT 23,000 dolphins every year for sushi & sashimi since 400 years ago.
Dolphins are migratory mammals, therefore they belong to the world, NOT to the Japanese alone.
The Japanese have NO right to eat them to extinction.
Some dolphin species ARE endangered...but not most. Interestingly, I also found the first "response" today by HermyH:
HermyH
Read this.
If you're reading this you're going to die tomorrow unless you tell your mum you're pregant, if you're boy, tell her you have sif.
OH C'MON SPAMMERS, stop doing that, no one believes it... Just stupid people believes it.
If you're reading this you're going to die tomorrow unless you tell your mum you're pregant, if you're boy, tell her you have sif.
OH C'MON SPAMMERS, stop doing that, no one believes it... Just stupid people believes it.
coolgirl1751 also got upset:
Please Read!
In 2007 a bunch of Dickheads planned to send chain mails and if they keep on doing it they will get banned forever.(retype this to 3 other videos to stop the dickheads from making us believe that the chain mail are true)
In 2007 a bunch of Dickheads planned to send chain mails and if they keep on doing it they will get banned forever.(retype this to 3 other videos to stop the dickheads from making us believe that the chain mail are true)
and THIS is an actual example of comments left on a page:
this is a true thing that happens! its not a chain letter! its kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo wierd!
this is a true thing that happens! it's not a chain letter! it's kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo weird!
this is a true thing that happens! it's not a chain letter! it's kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo weird!
this is a true thing that happens! it's not a chain letter! it's kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo weird!
this is a true thing that happens! it's not a chain letter! it's kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo weird!
this is a true thing that happens! it's not a chain letter! it's kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo weird!
this is a true thing that happens! it's not a chain letter! it's kinda scary at first but it really works!! paste this message into 3 comments and press ALT F4 and your crushes name will appear on the screen!!! its soo weird!
I'm going to think about this...more later.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
baby sloth.
to go along with other cute baby animals. . .
in an effort to smile while on crutches!!!!!
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