In a new 24-hour period, the United States Geological Survey most recently reported a 3.7-magnitude earthquake about 20 miles south of Alva at 8:01 a.m. Friday, about a mile and a half north of a 4.1-magnitude earthquake that occurred 25 minutes earlier. Those were preceded by a 2.7 quake 16 miles southwest of Medford at 3:54 a.m.
The article above was from January 8. They were right.
My personal definition of a good day has changed.
A good day is a day without earthquakes.
Source: Rare guitars owned by rock Gods, Clapton, Van Halen go on the block – Fortune
Memo to Family:
I am not interested in any of the vintage instruments up for auction. Please use the money to buy a house or two instead. I’m quite happy with my cheap guitar produced by underpaid workers in Indonesia.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A man has died after starting a Raleigh race in which contestants are supposed to also eat a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts midway through the competition.
Source: The Ivy league want students who’ve had meaningful experiences, not just achievements – Quartz
“Our youth’s values appear to be awry, and the messages that adults are sending may be at the heart of the problem.”
Interesting read.
So is the following article.
Source: The educational strategy that’s turning students into unimaginative robots – Quartz
Now add this to a generation who cannot detach themselves from a tiny computer screen. What do you get?
An absence of critical thinking skills and creativity.
Robots.
Should we choose to devalue Humanities we become less human.
Think about it.
Source: 2015: a year of fake outrage and the backlash that made us feel better – Vox
The real question is does any of this crap matter? If you’re truly outraged or deeply outraged by an outrage you just read on your phone, did you change anything?
Work towards fixing problems and not just adding to the noise.
The liberal arts school in Ohio found itself defending some cafeteria culinary options for students this fall.
Source: Food fight at Oberlin College: Is bad Asian food ‘cultural appropriation’? – CSMonitor.com
WTF ???
This article is a must read. Bad Asian food is simply bad food.
Why protest? Just don’t eat the stuff.
F. Perry Wilson, MD, takes a hard look at the happiness data
Source: Happiness and Longevity: What’s Up With That? | Medpage Today
Unfortunately the study was not a puppy based clinical trial.
Dr. Everett Piper, President Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Source: This is Not a Day Care. It’s a University! – Oklahoma Wesleyan University
TRIGGER WARNING
If you believe in trigger warnings this is your trigger warning. Don’t read this article because it will piss you off and make you hate me.
Update 03.25.16
The president of Emory University has met with 40 to 50 student demonstrators who said they were concerned and frightened after someone wrote ‘Trump 2016’ .
Source: Emory University students scared by ‘Trump 2016’ chalk signs | Daily Mail Online
It’s enough to make you root for Trump. Well, almost.
After the GOP front-runner’s name was written in chalk on a campus wall, students said they ‘feared for their lives.’ The school vowed to identify the taggers. But professors at the school are now pushing back.
Source: Emory University Students Think Donald Trump Is Out to Kill Them – The Daily Beast
“They’re living in a cocoon bubble, and the university is validating their fears. If these students are frightened by someone writing ‘Trump 2016’ on campus, they need to see a psychiatrist.”
Harvey Klehr professor of political science at Emory
We are starting to see some of these young men and women leave the bubble and figure out how to make it in this world.
From what I’ve witnessed psychiatry and counseling may not be enough to help these victims of a higher educational system gone awry.
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