50 Things we know now that we didn’t know this time last year
The Princess Bride had it right all along. There really are R.O.U.S.s (see #36 below). Jeff Houck, a reporter for the Tampa Tribune suggested an award for best quote of the year be given to Richard Fisher (director of NASA’s Heliophysics Division) for a response he made when being interviewed by NPR (October 2009) about [...]
Christmas Plans
From xkcd: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. (via @BoraZ RT@alanpdx)
Ho! Ho! Ho!
sANTa is coming to town. From the good folks at Myrmecos.
If you are at a loss for words…
here’s a few to try while traveling over the holidays: An International Christmas Tree “X” “XXX” "XXXXX" “GOD JUL” "BUON ANNO" "FELIZ NATAL” "JOYEUX NOEL” "VESELE VANOCE" "MELE KALIKIMAKA" "NODLAG SONA DHUIT" "BLWYDDYN NEWYDD DDA" """""""BOAS FESTAS """"""" "FELIZ NAVIDAD" “MERRY CHRISTMAS” "KALA CHRISTOUGENA" "VROLIJK KERSTFEEST" "FROHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN" "BUON NATALE-GODT NYTAR" "HUAN YING SHENG TAN [...]
No Distractions
In doing some searches in Accordance, I happened to notice that there are no distractions in the Hebrew bible. No Hebrew word is translated by ESV, NIV, NRSV, NET (or many others) as “distract,” “distracted,” or “distractions.” The KJV does translate אָפוּנָה found in Psalm 88:15 as “distracted,” but this word is found only here [...]
Foamed Saccharides with Protein Inclusions
Time for a Christmas tradition and science mashup. Try this “experiment” in your kitchen with your kids. Foamed Saccharides with Protein Inclusions Discussion In this experiment you will produce a solid mixture composed mainly of various monosaccharides, disaccharides and polypeptide compounds. Since a great deal of heating is necessary to bring about the desired chemical [...]
Divine Texting
Sorry, folks. I know these have made the rounds for some of you, but I just couldn’t resist. GOD TEXTS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS by Jamie Quatro (found here HT: Neil) 1. no1 b4 me. srsly. 2. dnt wrshp pix/idols 3. no omg’s
Button Mania
Be on the lookout for the recipients of these buttons.
In the category “I want this”
This was snapped as I walked through the faculty offices hallway at Calvin Seminary.
Letting the message be discovered
Commercials from EDS illustrate messages that we can use in our classrooms. And they are hysterical. And will be remembered.
Jim West’s International Influence
We all know that Jim has been ranking high in the blogosphere numbers over in New Zealand. Little did we realize that the Kiwis’ affinity for West’s profundity would have such an affect on their national integrity. Read here for details about the ranking of New Zealand as the least corrupted country in the world. [...]
Great use of youtube in seminar session
Best use of video for beginning a presentation on language pedagogy:
Public health announcement for the day
The “Please wash your hands” signs are getting quite interesting these days.
When you need a distraction…
… try these: And when you get tired of these, click here and “feed the head.” You just have to explore and figure it out! Be sure to click on the other items in the footer of the main page. There are also versions for your iPhone. And, hey, this is serious stuff. Your brain [...]
