Found These Modern Socks

“ From the overweight housewife who eats bag after bag of reduced-fat Ruffles, to the school board that bans Huckleberry Finn for using the word ‘nigger,’ to the Manhattan stockbroker who uses recycled-paper checks to pay for gas for his behemoth SUV, the tendency of Americans to really just not get it transcends all boundaries of class, color, religion, sexual orientation, and political persuasion,” said Dr. Ronald Shaw of Georgetown’s Center For American Studies. Polling nearly 8,000 Americans on a variety of subjects, the study found that only 21 percent of those surveyed had even the slightest clue.

— 79 Percent Of Americans Missing The Point Entirely | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source (via lkm)

“ Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that “our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over.

— The Onion, January 17, 2001 (supposedly a satirical magazine) (via lkm)

datn:

Fifth-grader Jordan Hood thought the bloody vampire he drew in art class was scary, but he had no idea it would elicit a horrifying response from one of his teachers. Tuesday morning, Jordan was assigned to draw a scary Halloween mask in art class. By the end of the day, Jordan was being told he could not return to Pooler Elementary School until he passed a psychological evaluation.

It seems like someone overreacted. I can understand if you asked him to draw his family and this is what he submits or he keeps drawing the same images, but he was asked to draw something scary. I think he met the objective.

Kids Halloween Candy Code

» Like an unwanted T-shirt, dancing to MC Hammer

I don’t know anyone else that likes Jonathan Goldstein or Wiretap, but I’m okay with that.

Interesting way to sign up for a website. I signed up for HuffDuffer account so I can make a podcast of recommendations for my wife and her new new ipod.

via slantback

» Daily Show Flashback: McCain is a "socialist", too! | Crooks and Liars

Gunman Kills 15 Potential Voters In Crucial Swing State | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source

Might not be in the best taste, but in a world of 24 hour news we have to cover everything.

5th Grade Reporter Interviews Senator Joe Biden (via CanalPointKECTV)

I sure wish I had a class of my own so I could help with a media club again.