June 2011
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Popcorn Reading Detracts from Comprehension,...
FAIRFIELD, IA—At Fairfield Elementary, a class of fourth grade students recently began reading Beezus and Ramona. While the students were relatively eager to read the story out loud during class, their excitement was instantly demolished. The sudden drop off can only be attributed to two words: popcorn reading.
Popcorn reading is a method enacted in many elementary and middle school...
Ellie McE: On Feminism in Comedy and Blowjobs →
elliemce:
Do we all remember a couple months ago when the founder of witstream wrote an article about women in comedy and the effect of twitter on softening the gender gap and all the follow up responses to this? Okay, good, because I need your help here.
I recently (very, very recently) tweeted a joke…
First, I’m totally with you on the whole ‘my parents read my Twitter’ thing. My mom...
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R.I.P. My @CNN Viewership
If you’ve never heard me rant before, or get angry, or even vaguely upset about something, and you’d like to, this is your chance. I like knowing about the news. In the morning, before work, I watch the first 20 minutes of the Today Show (the actual news part - time it, it’s exactly 20 minutes) and then I switch over to CNN, because for whatever reason, I prefer it to MSNBC.
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The Sarah Palin Chronicles: E-mail Release Edition
JUNEAU, AK—And we’re off. Over 24,000 printed pages of Sarah Palin’s e-mails from her former career-ish in politics have been released to the public. And in case that sounds like a normal sentence, let us emphasize PHYSICAL, PRINTED PAGES OF ELECTRONIC MAIL DOCUMENTS.
The fact that email is supposed to save paper aside, the e-mails are just… fascinating. Well, probably....
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Hesitance to Elect Mormon Pres. Based On...
MANCHESTER, NH—With two Mormon candidates now vying for the Republican nomination, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, the issue of whether or not Americans could elect a Mormon president has arisen once again. While social conservatism is seen as one hinderance to such contenders, a different issue seems to rise above all the others: what titles would a polygamist President’s wives assume?
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Hearing Different Than Listening, Local Musician...
CLEVELAND, OH—An hour after performing at local venue Happy Dog, lead singer and bassist Brett Retzler met with a group of friends at a nearby bar. While aforementioned friends seemed upbeat, Brett was less than pleased. After engaging with them for a short while, Brett remarked, “They come to my shows, and they say ‘yeah man, that was great’ but they’re not really...
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'He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not' Inaccurate Method...
LANCASTER, CA—James Hayes and Julia Price visited the nearby Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve this past weekend. Julia had planned a picnic, but at the last minute, she added an additional activity to the itinerary. “I was going to tell him I loved him.”
Julia went on to say that her decision to make such a grandiose gesture would be contingent upon the storied practice of picking...
