Ha.

This may well be right, though I think in the 14th century I’d be a blind, dead, once-asthmatic peasant. Most people were peasants, and I’m well aware of the kinds of health care that wasn’t available then… still, this amuses me:

Your Score: The Monk
You scored 18% Cardinal, 61% Monk, 41% Lady, and 40% Knight!

You [...]

Sufficient Cause

I want a pissu.
Huh? Go read this story by my classmate Tina.  And while you’re at it, go read my classmate Ben’s sister Stephanie Burgis’s story, Crow.

Doctors to the Dead

You know, I just wrote a story eerily lime like this… but with zombification, instead of proper rescusciation:
Docs Change the Way They Think About Death
Via Fragment of the Day

Speechmakers of Korea, beware!

Immediately on arriving in Korea, I noticed how
(a) so many people seem to think that speechmaking is absolutely necessary for any function, gathering, or context, and
(b) so many people seem to be bad public speakers, not making any attempt to deliver speeches that interest, involve, or relate to the audience except as something to be [...]

Uncle Ben, CEO?

Uncle Ben, CEO?
A slideshow of racist advertising Alexis linked to.

They Didn’t React As Expected

In this fascinating piece titled Pearls Before Breakfast is discussed an experiment conducted by the Washington post regarding how people perceive music in public spaces. What happens when one of the best classical musicians in America puts on a baseball cap and goes busking in Washington, D.C.?
The article raises some really interesting questions about American [...]

The Lady Down the Hall

A lady was in the building the other day, and one of the Housing guys was showing her around, apparently to give her a choice of rooms. He actually opened my door to let her look around, and then realized we’ve occupied this room, and then hurriedly apologized — to her, not to us — [...]

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