NuSTAR's first image of the sun...
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We (the US) signed this UN agreement on torture...
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The disgraced
cyclist, Lance Armstrong, who admitted using performance-enhancing drugs on his way to seven
Tour de France wins, says he is drawn to Golf because of its deep code of
honor.
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From a professor I know, this email:
"Hey Professor XXXX
I saw
you grading the XXX XXX finals earlier today and wanted to talk to you in
person but I know you were busy and I really don't know what to say. I have not
been putting in any work in this class and it reflects quite heavily in my
grades. After the second test and a week before the third test I made the
decision to retake the class because I was doing poorly and I needed time to
get myself together. I wanted to do this class right and prove to myself that I
can indeed comprehend the material. This in mind, I didn't study much at all for
the 3rd test and got much worse than what I got on the second test, a score I
am extremely ashamed to say. I know I deserve the grade I am going to get but I
am asking if there is anything I can do about it. I had three finals today, XXX
XXX in the morning, XXX conflict in the afternoon and XXX XXX in the evening. I
did not study at all for the XXX XXX final because the other two were more
important and I already knew I was going to retake this class. I only realized
that I had three finals on the same day and I could reschedule one, but I
figured it was too late. I went to the conflict at 1:30 and did the first
couple problems I could do and left to get some sleep and so I can keep
studying for XXX XXX. I am asking if there is any way I can take some sort of
conflict specific test for me on Monday or sometime next week? I know this is
crazy and I already saw the questions on the final but I don't know what to do.
I am going to be fine with the grade I get but I know I am significantly better
than what I showed. Thank you for your time.
Sorry
for the inconvenience."
I inquired if this kid was just a nut case and I got this reply?
"Kids
these days have changed. One emailed me at 2:30 in the morning (not even
in my class) wondering if I could sign a form for him first thing the next
morning before he left town since his own professor was already gone. (I didn't
even write back.) Another emailed me halfway through the exam saying he
couldn't find the room and could he just take the conflict on Friday instead?
(He got a zero.) These kids aren't crazy, they're just immature and desperate
to solve problems their negligence has created. One actually got deported
once because he was already on academic probation when he never came to class
and failed all of his exams and was finally kicked out of school so that his
student visa was voided. I bet his parents were furious."
TomTato Plant Grows both Tomatoes and Potatoes
They should announce a sequel to Groundhog Day and then just re-release the original.
Metallic Dog...artist unknown...
I have enlarged images on a wall every way one could enlarge an image. My method of choice is to just project it onto the wall at night and trace it.
This was what America was like when I was growing up...
Damage to
the Empire State Building from a Plane Collision, NYC, 1945
In twenty years, us Americans will look back on the way we educate young people with embarrassment...
I have never said that I wrote the great American novel, but my twelve books were something that had to be done. I refused to be that man above...regretting never trying.
The solution to my question...
How long will it take before us humans are not needed?
I read a short article about a weather phenomenon called "Frozen Fog" and this looks like one of the things it can cause...
That's extraordinary.
Now we know why Lady Bird always had that smile...
You can't make this stuff up...
Five-foot crucifix taken from church named after patron
saint of lost and stolen items
If Sartre was a football coach...
That pretty much nails my philosophy.
Pornhub collected some data...
And then they came up with this...
Spacetime curvature placemats...
This happens with great frequency, all over the world, but I have never witnessed one first hand...
Biology –
the only science where multiplication
and division mean the same thing.
For my nephew....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
One Of My Very Own...
I call it a cheap plot device that in every movie where a fire is desperately needed, the character only has one match...
From a list of most expensive things...
I've never hit my wife, but this is the way I look when I'm thinking about it...
Had a
fever of 104.2, hallucinated, and pissed myself, but I’ve had time to catch up
on all my favorite shows, so I’ve got that going for me.
Quality Humor - It's our motto here at Folio Olio.
City officials in Brooklyn, NY have welded merry-go-rounds
and other playground equipment to make them immobile. They said it was
necessary to keep kids from injuring themselves.
I will state again, children learn very valuable physics lessons from "dangerous" equipment like that.
This is very close to tool use...
Case Ma'Claim
You can't be enemies forever...
Aerial photo looks like a painting...
From 2014 Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar
HUBBLE...I mean, damn...
From a tiny dark spot in the sky...
How could anyone not be in awe with this...
My friend, Kent, grew up in England during the war and remembers this...
Justifiable Homicide...
Turn on a black light in any motel room and it would look
like a Jackson Pollock painting.
Four letters: _ _ _ _
A US city that becomes another US city by moving the last
letter to the front.
[ MESA (Arizona) becomes AMES (Iowa) ]
highlight between brackets-
A ball girl with two gloves. _ _ _
[ DEB ]
For people with too much time on their hands...
...like me.
You think
Vikings drove Fjord Explorers?
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