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So a recent study that compared education systems around the world reccommends that the United States do more to increase teacher status, pay, mentoring and more (see http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/education/16teachers.html for details) while we’re seeing teachers losing status in a number of…

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THIS IS THE LAST DAY . . . ONLY ONE DAY LEFT! TOMORROW THE WEBPAGE GETS CHANGED AND THE SALE BECOMES A THING OF THE PAST! SO, ACT NOW OR MISS OUT! You still have a little time but if…

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See http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html for an interactive feature that shows just how devastating the damage from the earthquake and tsunami is . . . move the sliders on the images left and right to see the before and after perspectives from the…

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In light of recent events with Charlie Sheen, Movie Line has an illustrated piece that gives an overview of actors who have been fired from their own television shows. See http://www.movieline.com/2011/03/a-brief-history-of-actors-being-fired-from-their-television-shows.php for a trip through television history. Some of the…

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You still have time but if you don’t act NOW, you will MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY! Right now you can get the HYP-NO-SLEEP program at a very special pre-release deal but after March 15, the price goes WAYYYYYY UPPPPP! A LOT…

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As you probably know a tsunami has hit Japan . . . the 8.9 earthquake has caused extensive damage in Northern Japan and aftershocks still coming. A number of countries in the region are preparing for the waves (http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=211720 and…

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“Me and Bobby McGee“ is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller, and later by others including Kristofferson himself, and also Janis Joplin, who topped the U.S. singles chart with the song in…

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Seriously, she didn’t even cry when Wash died? That’s just wrong wrong wrong. – Brian

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Today is International Women’s Day . . . or . . . San Ba . . . the international event was first celebrated in 1909 in the United States and spread worldwide soon after. Coincidentally, the date March 8 is…

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So far, seventeen men and boys have been charged with the gang rape of an eleven year old girl. That number is very likely to go up to twenty-eight. The assailants range in age from a junior high school boy…

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The New York Times has an intriguing piece on the recent controversy brought about by Rob Bell with the promotional materials for his new book . . . http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/us/05bell.html . . . Bell has really pissed off a whole slew…

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Okay, this is really nifty . . . odd, quirky, and interesting . . . what was Star Trek fandom like almost forty years ago? Here’s a featurette of folks at a Star Trek convention in New York City from…

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