Anybody can be a prop class clown.

Xander ,'Touched'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sophia Brooks - Jun 03, 2009 5:05:35 am PDT #22507 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

My IT person at work told me to let it dry for three days before turning it back on to give it the best chance-- I am pretty much resigned to it not working. The harddrive memory look fine, but the on/off switch got the most of the coffee.

Thank you for asking.

I also have so much work to do that I feel like my head is going to fly off, and that spreadheet seriously took 8 hours of time (we have 30 classes, each with individual expenses, instructor payment agreements, etc, and then I did a summary sheet that shows all the salaries and changes when you change the number of students on the individual sheets for each class).


tommyrot - Jun 03, 2009 5:19:49 am PDT #22508 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I'm at home today.

The hold on my account for the $3000 has gone away. Yay Apple store!


Tom Scola - Jun 03, 2009 5:21:41 am PDT #22509 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

America needs more insane tennis parents.


tommyrot - Jun 03, 2009 5:27:37 am PDT #22510 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

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tommyrot - Jun 03, 2009 5:35:34 am PDT #22511 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Women Now Dominate Higher Education at Every Degree Level; The Female-Male Degree Gap Grows

It's college graduation season, and according to data available from the U.S. Department of Education, an estimated 3,092,800 degrees will be granted this academic year (2008-2009) for Associate's degrees (714,000), Bachelor's degrees (1,585,000), Master's degrees (647,000), Professional degrees for MD, DDS and JD (91,000) and Doctor's degrees for Ph.D and Ed.D (55,800).

Of the more than 3 million college degrees for the Class of 2009, women will earn close to 60% of those degrees (1,849,200), or almost 149 degrees for every 100 degrees earned by men.

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For all levels of higher education, women have earned more college degrees than men in every year since the Class of 1982, and the degree gap has widened in every year since then, and is expected to widen in the future through the 2016-2017 year (see chart above).

I blame... I dunno... video games.


tommyrot - Jun 03, 2009 5:35:35 am PDT #22512 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Gudanov - Jun 03, 2009 5:43:11 am PDT #22513 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

I blame... I dunno... video games.

I don't know for sure. If I were to have a guess I would say that there are more opportunities in traditional male occupations for people without higher education. Also, I think there is less anti-academic achievement pressure for girls than for boys. I think there is a view that being good at academics is wussy.


Jessica - Jun 03, 2009 5:51:12 am PDT #22514 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

This just in: I hate appraisals!

More specifically, I hate evaluating my performance on last year's Personal Development Goals. Ick ick ick.


Gudanov - Jun 03, 2009 5:53:47 am PDT #22515 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

More specifically, I hate evaluating my performance on last year's Personal Development Goals. Ick ick ick.

Oh that sucks. I just did the self evaluation phase a couple of weeks ago and thank god there was no personal goals stuff. The self evaluation form changes every year.


amych - Jun 03, 2009 5:54:11 am PDT #22516 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Dear Jessica's Boss: She kicks so much ass that those "goals" are as tiny specks in the dust she leaves in her trail. Also, snacks are better than goals.