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By Walter Bowne I Down the hall, down the hall, Half a hall onward, All into the Classroom of Death Strode the six hundred. “Forward, the Teacher Brigade! “Charge those iPads!” he said. Into the Classroom of Death, Strode the six hun... More »
by Jeffrey Meyers Family fights are the worst; they leave the deepest wounds and cause the greatest pain. Since everyone’s version of what happened was contradictory and self-serving, it was impossible to know what actually occurred. The clash of volatil... More »
By Martin H. Levinson When I entered the Woke Street Café—a hip new restaurant that caters to the woke, those wanting to be woke, and individuals curious about the idea of “wokeness”—I tried to check my privilege at the door but was told unless I agre... More »
Michael Opest Research Essay -7-9 pp. double-spaced; plus Works Cited -Draft Due: 11/19 -Peer Workshop: 11/21 -Final Draft Due: 12/3 Prompt: Write a 7-9 page argumentative essay in response to Farah Stockman and Carlos Mureithi’s article “Cheating, Inc.: H... More »
Introduction The competition to become a top corporate manager has never been fiercer. While old school corporate management values such as efficiency and vision still have their place, studies in several countries have shown that sociopaths and psychopaths ar... More »
(a Play in One Act) by Mollie Fermaglich Cast of Characters Barack “Barry” Hussein Obama. . . .President of the United States of America Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu . . . .Prime Minister of the Jewish State of Israel. Sol, a Waiter . . . .An older Jewish... More »
The first time I lost a kid, I felt real bad about it. I’d seen him treading water, of course, but there were others in worse shape. I saw him go under but by the time I got there, he was gone. He’d settled slowly to the bottom and there was no bringing hi... More »
Abstract This paper uses analogies to establish visualized connections between football and citation analysis as used to compute impact factor in academic publishing. Shaolin Soccer (2001), the comedy film written and directed by Stephen Chow was particularly ... More »
By Dan Geddes If the recent leaks about the NSA’s surveillance of all worldwide electronic communications have left you upset or confused, then you may be experiencing one of the five stages of NSA surveillance grief. Much like Kuebler-Ross’ Five ... More »
Computer Gamer Mourned on Facebook By Dan Geddes TOLEDO – Zed Rigby, 65, a life-long computer game enthusiast, died in his home in Toledo, Ohio last Monday. Mr. Rigby leaves behind no actual family or friends, but a number of his virtual friends are now ... More »
By Dan Geddes 12 September 2006 Are you a conspiracy theorist? Please take this self-test. If you frequently read internet news, then you may have unwittingly become a “conspiracy theorist.” Test Instructions Please check the box of the answer that... More »
Claude Roget: Philosopher or Fraud? Imaginary review by Dan Geddes Works Discussed Claude Roget: Montmartre Mountebank by Louis Bloch Order Is Terror by Claude Roget Literature and Vacuum by Claude Roget “Uncommunicative Modalities In Roget’s Anti-T... More »