December 2011
58 posts
Study Links Winning Football and Declining Grades →
infoneer-pulse:
When a college football team is successful, students put down their books and pick up some beers.
At least, that is the case made by three University of Oregon economists whose study was released this week by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
In examining the grade-point averages of the Oregon student body and the performance of the Ducks’ football team, the...
“The second great thing is that television looks to be an absolute godsend for a...”
– David Foster Wallace, E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction (via synecdoche)
I keep seeing DFW say things that demonstrate that I need to be reading him. I really should drag ass less on that front.
"How to Get Lucid"
jvc replied to your post: Winter Break Goals
lucid dreaming! show me the ways
This is the set of advice I’m starting with (courtesy of newscientist.com)
“How to get lucid
1 Get into the habit of questioning reality. While it might seem odd to do this during the day, it is exactly what you need to be doing in your sleep to realise you are in a dream.
2 Plan how you want your...
Winter Break Goals
-Get lots of research done so I know what I’m doing with my senior creative thesis
-Make my way through Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of The One
-Finish everything I need for my next D&D campaign
-Get serious about lucid dreaming
-Finish this Pokemon run-through
-Watch all 6 episodes of Josh Kirby Time Warrior with the Midnight Chef’s Society
-Demonstrate unto...
Download 20 Popular High School Books Available as... →
occupyeducation:
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“Yo, is the death of Kim Jong-Il giving normally not-racists a free pass to make...”
– Yo, Is This Racist (via reticent-volcano)
Your current number of followers is the number of...
prawnmael:
#432 This is something called Purugly and I have no idea what it is but I love it.
Abilities: Thick Fat: Halves damage from fire and ice moves. YESSSSSSSSSSS.
Awwwwww yeah
Why Are the Rich So Interested in Public-School... →
occupyeducation:
Thinking structurally about social ills, rejecting excessive individualism for community-based, it-takes-a-village-style responsibility, has been out of favor in America for a long time. In education reform, what’s been in style instead is vilifying teachers and their unions. For some schools, making the grade has meant cooking the books to show results. Let’s hope that the time...
Post: i hope people don't actually like enid... →
lookuplookup:
garconniere:
lionza:
because she’s more of a representation of “look how fucking shitty people can be when they are an adolescent because of their insecurities; and yes we’ve all been there and shouldn’t go back” than “lololol she is so cool for making fun of…
BABIES TASTING LEMONS FOR THE FIRST TIME
lovestampede:
loonachic:
iamcup:
too awesome not to share.
I’m not one to reblog babies, but they all look like a bunch of old drunks.
The Internet Reassures me that Young Danny...
from Michael “Big Pete” Maronna’s reddit IAmA:
“You guys filmed for awhile in Cranford, NJ where I grew up. One day me and my idiot friends harassed you guys when you were filming at the local pizzaria, Pizza House. We kept asking the Pete’s to sign our ‘Pete-sa boxes’.
We were absolute morons and I’m sorry.
You were nice and signed our pizza...
I love D&D because it makes me research shit like... →
“One factor for the association with astrology was Zoroaster’s name, or rather, what the Greeks made of it. Within the scheme of Greek thinking (which was always on the lookout for hidden significances and “real” meanings of words) his name was identified at first with star-worshiping (astrothytes ”star sacrificer”) and, with the Zo-, even as the living star....
“Irrespective of how well they had been doing in school, students were...”
– Grading & Commenting (via world-shaker)
Cern scientist expects 'first glimpse' of Higgs... →
YEAAAAAAAAH SCIENCE GET OVER HERE
