Mistakes Were Made (Really?)

How often have we heard this line in the past couple of years, or at least a variant of the same thing?  It feels like quite a bit, especially most recently in several news items involving the current administration.  Wanna recap?
 - Here’s President Bush commenting on his displeasure with the federal prosecutor dismissals, and hey, here’s [...]

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Hard Times at West Philly High

It seems that West Philadelphia High School is making the local headlines often lately, and for all of the wrong reasons.  It’s a scary scene that some of us are all too familiar with; schools that seem to have fallen into disorder and disarray as students rebel against the authorities therein, feeding the growth of a [...]

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Old News & New Gadgets

It’s been a while; a thousand apologies for my lack of posts.  I’ve been busy with tutoring, looking at houses and being a lazy ass.  I do have some stuff planned soon, though, so check around a bit later.  But before signing off, I shall post a picture of my favorite new treat.  I actually came [...]

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Trivial Trivia

Instead of one of my insane trivia questions, how about a bunch of insane anagrams?  Below you will find an anagram for both a famous person’s real name and their infamous nickname.  If you can get one, you should be able to get the other!  Obviously, ignore the punctuation marks. 
Pee Store? – It’s A Leech (*Hurl*)! 
Mr. Mojo [...]

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Stop the Presses

Some people who could use more than a little less press coverage than they already receive:
In Philadelphia:
 - Milton Street:  The fact that he is the Mayor’s older brother and that he is an amusing nutbag are the only real reasons why he gets so much press.  He plans on running for Mayor or City Council, depending [...]

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Get ‘em While They’re Young: A Review of “Jesus Camp”

On the recommendation of a couple of friends, I decided to “Netflix” (oh man, it’s becoming a verb like “Google”) the documentary “Jesus Camp”, which follows aspects of the American evangelical movement as highlighted by the “Kids on Fire” Bible camp.  Speaking first about the quality of the filmmaking, I founded the film to be [...]

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