From The Local A recent poll of 1,000 Swedes conducted by the Swedish Institute for Opinion Surveys (Svenska Institutet för Opinionsundersökningar, SIFO) found that Swedes find the regional dialect spoken in the western town of Gothenburg to be the sexiest of all Swedish dialects. Read phoneticall[...]
Archive for May, 2011
May 25th, 2011 - 6:11 am § in America
HUMOR: What right does Safeway have to call me by name in public, when all I want to do is exchange some money for a head of lettuce and a box of Cheerios?
From Found in Translation by David M.. Maal … Maalik … Malkowsky! …….You’ve probably had that experience too. You exchange pleasantries, swipe your Safeway card and then your debit card (or, heaven forbid, hand over your cash), have your groceries bagged, and what remains[...]
May 24th, 2011 - 11:42 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Joel Connelly on Cliff Mass
Science is more important than marijuana ….. from the PI The attitude at KUOW seems to have been, “Would someone rid us of this troublesome pedagogue?” Cliff Mass was making waves. He was having the nerve, the gall and the presumption as a scientist to communicate directly with the[...]
May 24th, 2011 - 3:11 pm § in America
When good folks can not run, what do we get in Congress?
Why Jim Webb decided not to run again. Sad commentary on American politics.[...]
May 24th, 2011 - 9:43 am § in Uncategorized
Fox on The AVE: Radical Rhetoric
Fox. all the news porn that fits.Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com[...]
May 24th, 2011 - 8:27 am § in Misc.
Cliff Mass Replies
More on KUOW and Cliff Mass from his blog and from the listserv Finally, let me comment a bit on the whole flap about me be kicked off KUOW Weekday. Update (some kind folks have created an online petition asking KUOW to reconsider: found here: http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/cliffmassonkuow ) [...]
May 24th, 2011 - 8:21 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: New date for the Rapture:
Date has been revised. .. Oct 21 .. time to be announbced. Harold Camping Calls May 21 An ‘Invisible Judgment Day,’ Says October 21 Is Real End-Of-World Date[...]
May 24th, 2011 - 1:18 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: NATO Helicoptors to Invade Libya. Will Prince Harry be the man to get Gaddafi?
Britain and France are sending Apaches into Libya. Apaches are attack helicopters that can attack small targets, representing significant escalation of Libya conflict. .. The Guardian. One possible outcome of this is the possible heroic role of the 26-year-old Prince Harry. The Prince recently c[...]
May 23rd, 2011 - 8:45 pm § in Misc.
Selling online education, WGU style
Aside from the question of ACADEMIC standards, I have serious concerns about the PROPRIETY of how WGU and the associated online “industry” advertizes its services. Here are a few clips I made from online WGU ads as well as a recent generic video promoting the onlne ed industry:[...]
BREAKING NEWS: WGU Can Now “Upgrade” Any Associate Degree to a Bachelor’s or Master’s for $12,000
WA state’s public colleges and universities have high standards that are recognized across the nation. The UW is rated amongst the elite, small group of public Ivies . WSU is a premier state university while WWU and Evergreen regularly rank at the top of national surveys. Our other regio[...]