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Jun30
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I was stationed in Coronado for a while when I was in the Navy...studied Surface Warfare before going off to serve in Japan. One morning I went for a run along the beach in La Jolla. I kind of looked up ahead and saw what I thought were a couple of hundred people running around....without clothes on...naked, nude, that sort of thing. It was 20 years or more ago and I was a Midwestern Bible-belter and naive to say the least. I had never heard of nor thought of there really being a nude beach. But...I had heard that California was different. So, I decided to run on up a bit closer to make sure it was a nude beach. It was. People playing frisbee, naked. Playing vollebyall, naked. Running, naked. Having lunch, naked. Swimming in the sea, naked. I could tell who the rookies were, they were bright red in all the wrong places and facing some serious hurt
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Jun30
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My dad told me before he died that he bought that house as an investment. Development was happening in the area and it was just a matter of time before the investors came knocking and Pop would make a mint,...
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Jun29
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With friends like this...Or...How in the world did an 11-year old come up with such an idea? An 11-year old in Gansu Province talked three of his classmates into buying three bottles of rat poison. They then mixed it with three...
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Today is the last day. I have not eaten anything solid for 10 days...except ice at the restaurant last week. At around noon today I will finish this master cleanse and start breaking the fast. It's at this point...
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My “one armed” sister, Della, seemingly couldn’t escape the spells of the house either. There was a long staircase with a dark brownish-red mahogany banister between the two floors of the house. It was a sliding kind of banister...
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Takeru Kobayashi trains himself to be a bigger eater....especially before championships such as the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest held every fourth of July.So, how does this eating machine train himself to gobble up/down more food than anybody else in...
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Jun28
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Wisdumb ... the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Try and out run the cops. Take this man for a ride in your beautiful balloon.Wear your waders when cleaning the golf pond. Hang out...
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My kids grew up on Legos. The oldest is 25 and still talks about what he did and what he would like to do with the little bricks.When it comes to toys, toys that teach, toys that kids can learn...
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I know I qualify, so commenters can spare the effort.A teacher in Italy forced a pupil to write "I am a retard" 100 times because the 12-year-old boy blocked another boy from going to the toilet and then called him...
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How about getting an MBA, er, an NMMBA, uh, a degree at the NMMBA?The Taiwan Institute of Marine Biology held their first graduation at the National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium in Pingtung, Taiwan....underwater.The Taiwan Institute of Marine Biology...
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I am still fishing for a good title to these posts. Suggestions?How NOT to Parent? Boring.SPA - Stupid Parent Awards. Potential.----While doing my morning reading to see what it is I want to comment on that day at my posts,...
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When my kids were little, they had no concept of time. They did, however, know what it means to go to bed and wakeup. "When are we going to the beach, papa?" "In 5 more wake-ups." They measured time by...
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My oldest brother, Lennie, was eaten by a bed once. My parents lost him one day when he was an infant. How hard can it be to find a baby? Several hours later he was found pinched between a bed...
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Jun27
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Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization is going looking for Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Gigantopithecus in eastern Marquette County in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.If you ask me, the guys and girls are just looking for an excuse to go camping.The leader of the expedition, Moneymaker...
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I'd do almost anything for my kids, too.Thirteen public and private high schools in Yangzhou began accepting applications and answering questions to wannabe students and their parents.Thousands showed up, squeezed in, crowed out one another, and just plain fought for...
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Some of Colorado State University's 674 parking meters had a flaw.The meters confused older pennies, those made before 1982, with quarters.Consequently, students were able to park 30 minutes for a penny.I wonder who first thought to try a penny to...
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I wrote at A Funny Way to Face Death about a guy who planned to tell a joke right before they executed him.He received as many as 1,300 proposals, some 20 a day, that he used to keep his fellow...
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Nobody, not anybody can accuse Nike of not knowing how to make money.I can be pretty creative if I put my mind to it...think hard enough about something...and I can come up with some ideas...mostly bad, but a lot of...
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I have heard it said in jest that God should have installed a switch on people's reproduction parts when they were created.Then... people should be required to pass a test before they are turned on.I came upon five reasons just...
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Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Forget to put the car in park when you step out to take a leak. Beat, throw, kick, shake your four-month old.Pay your taxes.Go to...
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Day 8 is supposed to be the day of enlightenment. Enlightenment, ensmightenment. It has something to do with day 7 being the hardest and the best of feelings always follow the worst. Uh...I am still waiting for the calm...
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The unwelcome intruder Chrissy saw was the White Man; she heard his labored and lustful breathing. She shivered violently yet remained motionless protected by a hand quilted bedspread made by someone more loving. The White Man didn’t see her for...
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Jun26
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Somebody should tape this mother's mouth shut so she can know what it feels like.A woman was charged with manslaughter in the death of her 4-month old boy after she taped a pacifier to his mouth to keep it from...
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A 12-year old's dad is in jail for threatening to shoot his (the son's) baseball coach for not letting him (the boy) play more innings.Swearing and threatening and accusing and lots of he said she saids...but in the end, the...
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President Bush has his hands full fighting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq...no doubt.But there's a reason and it is vividly illustrated by the account of the little 6-year old boy who was told to 'throw his body' at Americans and...
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I am not sure how the mother got a sign around her 13-year old daughter's neck when she couldn't get the young lady to listen to her otherwise.However, the mother decided to publicly humiliate her not so little girl because...
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The number of primary and middle school students learning Chinese in the United States has grown from 33,000 in 2002 to 50,000 in 2006 says the U.S.-based Society of Modern Language Research.At an exchange program on Chinese language teaching, some...
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I have been telling myself lies since I started this Master Cleanse. It makes me wonder who else I will lie to and what other character flaws I have. 1. I tell myself I am NOT in this to lose...
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My oldest sister, Chrissy, seemed to experience the wrath from the house the most. One night, she saw an uninvited visitor standing in the upstairs hallway while she lay in her bed. It was not a specter or some figment...
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Jun25
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Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might not want to:Give your kid 25 middle names. Freak out, even virtually. Kick the girl, er, guy, er girl, er....out of the mall for wearing pink.Stop in Egypt on...
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An 11th year student in Vancouver was suspended then expelled at the 11th hour (almost) for a prank she posted on Facebook. "If 200 people sign this, I'll kick (teacher Pat Mullaney) in the box." (Box? Canadian for?)More than 200...
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A woman set out to prove that Washington State voter registration laws are flawed, making it too easy for noncitizens to vote.Here's how she did it. 1. She put her phone bill in her dog's name. Duncan.2. She used the phone...
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This little girl will surely wish she could have chosen her own parents the first time she tries to buy a house or sign some other major contract and the lawyers say - please sign your full name on all...
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Why does beer go through your body so quickly? Answer at the bottom.I never acquired a taste for beer, but a whole lot of people have...from new college students on up...and not a few high schoolers who got a head...
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6 days without solid food...make that 6 days without anything except freshly squeezed lemons, maple syrup, senna leaf tea and cayenne pepper. In the process thus far, I have discovered a few things. 1. There are other ways for...
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From this cave we could see down the tall buildings and bright lights of Cincinnati. The lights of Crosley Field, home to Cincinnati Reds baseball, teased us. We saw the perfectly groomed green outfield grass and the dark brown infield....
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Jun24
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Japan's Automobile Research Insitute has unveiled a model street.Reason...to study road conditions for traffic accidents.The street is 260 meters by 120 meters. It will also employ state-of-the-art communications devices. Media and industry-related workers were invited to view the street, complete with...
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If misery loves company then I wonder where my company is. Yesterday was pretty miserable. I'd like to know where I read or heard that it would get easier after three days...because it's not true. I was hungrier yesterday...
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The house had more rooms than I had fingers and toes. A visitor could easily get lost in it and sometimes when we played hide and seek nobody found us. More often than not we were scared out of our...
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Jun23
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I thought it was supposed to get easier after the third day. Or maybe that is what I wanted to think. Nope. My butt is dragging. I woke up all wobbly, weak kneed, and dizzy. Every day, I break...
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The house sat atop one of Cincinnati’s seven hills. Mark Twain once said, “If I know when the world is going to end, I want to be in Cincinnati when it does because everything there happens a week later.” Had...
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Jun22
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Wisdumb...sometimes the best lessons in life are learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Turn off the noisy machine in your hospital room. Put the stolen car up for bid on eBay...even 31 years later. Take a ride with Superman. Get the...
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Several million people have already viewed his video on YouTube - Paul Potts singing Nessun Dorma. Goes to show you how slow I am. I was number 6,365,287 or something like that.At dinner last night, some friends and I were...
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1. She can count to ten.2. She knows words like arrogant and can use them.3. She knows her colors.4. She can swim.5. She can dance ballet.6. She can almost draw a perfect circle.7. She knows her shapes.8. She teaches difficult...
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I guess bears have the right away in Georgia.A 300 lb black bear happened upon a man and his three sons at the Low Gap Camp Grounds in Helen, GA.The bear...hungry, I reckon...decided to make off with the cooler.As the...
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Here's a good reason for any college student to want to take summer school classes.When a break in classes comes, step outside and get a popsicle from the little man pushing the ice cream box....but....these popsicles are made from BEER.The...
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It happens all the time.Teachers marry one of their students.But, what I want to know is why would a 40-year old teacher marry their student if she is just 16-years old? Maybe I should wonder the reverse as well....why a...
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It's kind of like Santa Claus and checking out the Naughty and Nice. Only for me, yesterday I saw the Nasty and Neat. I say nasty because the subject matter is indeed of that nature. So, if you don't...
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My older brother by one year, Jerry, and I came home from school one day --- I had attended elementary school for less than a month and was happy to be out of the house. We found our dad,...
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Jun21
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Wisdumb....the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Listen to mom. Listen to the school crossing guard. Listen to the school's official report. Listen to the bus driver. Listen to your doctor or his 15-year old son. Listen...
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Chile's National Forestry Corporation (CONAF) has lost a lake.Seriously...there was a lake situated in the Magallanes region in Patagonia and now its not there anymore.The lake that was...was about the size of 10 soccer pitches.It was there in March when...
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There are times when you need to take a drug test.1. Getting a new job.2. Winning then losing the Tour de France3. When called in by the random Olympic drug testers.Somebody actually wrote a book on drug test secrets.Following is...
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The police are having trouble with the rats in India. The big 'dirty rats' and the little rodent kind, the distant cousins of Mickey Mouse, as well.The rodents have come to like the beer and whiskey that has been seized...
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It's my fault. As I mentioned in the day one post, I didn't think this thing through before I started. Now, I have more questions than I have answers. 1. Will I be able to maintain the level of energy...
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“What would you expect a person’s life to be like if they grew up there? That house is spooky.” People in the neighborhood said it. Friends of the family echoed it when they visited or we met them at...
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Jun20
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Wisdumb....sometimes the best lessons in life are learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Keep swinging, you bad golfer, you. Taser the man who has doused himself with gasoline. Fire one of your best Wal-Mart workers. Use the baby for a...
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In the coming months, here at TBOK, I plan to publish a series of essays, my own, that I have written and am writing around the themes "How I learned ..." to pray, to hate, to forgive, handling snakes can change my life, the meaning...
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I have never been accused of thinking things too far through. I usually take off on something, change directions where necessary or just stubbornly push the original idea through to completion or to a dead stop because of some insurmountable...
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The man's sons said their father had threaten to burn himself up for months.His wife was leaving him or more accurately wanted him to leave her and his home.When the Texas Rangers, not the baseball team, showed up, the man...
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The things we can learn how to do here at TBOK....Apparently, two pieces of wood, or just one if it's a matchstick, are NOT the only way to start a fire if you find yourself stuck in the wilderness...or just...
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Jun19
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Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Have dog skeletons - 23 of them - in your closet.Hug. Win a Porsche. No lose it. Win it. Lose it....call the lawyers. Listen to Mom. Disobey the...
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Chinese ingenuity is remarkable.The ability of some, many?, to make use of anything, everything, to not waste is an admirable trait indeed.A 58-year old man named Kong, no relation to the King, has created a robot elephant. He had a...
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A University of Colorado at Denver professor has taught a course on "fiscal misconduct" by demonstrating to his students, his peers, the administration and the government how to misappropriate federal grant money.The professor who "ran the Institute for International Business,...
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No hugging.No fighting. No Kissing.No rubbing up against one another.No handshaking.No backslapping.No hand-holding.No high fives.NO PHYSICAL CONTACT!!!These actions are what a Virginia Middle school does NOT want its students to do.Dang it! Crowded hallways and lunchrooms should be kept safe, orderly...
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The Vatican is the world's smallest sovereign state. There are about 1,000 cars and the speed limit is 30 kph (20mph).The last accident inside the Vatican walls happened about 1.5 years ago and the damages were minor.Still, the Pope reckoned...
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Jun18
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Wisdumb....the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Take up pro wrestling after MLB. Steal the report cards from the school to cover up your bad grades.Go to these churches... Run naked through a school...
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It's not fun any more. College students can't just go to school, take classes, cut up in class, get hollered at by teachers, make good grades, pass notes, flirt with one another, make bad grades, take notes, take tests, argue for...
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China is getting along rather famously with at least two of America's best universities. Harvard University's vice-provost of International Affairs says there are 54 professors doing research on China, almost equal to the number of profs researching West Europe.Since a program...
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Scientists from Australia's defense Science and Technology Organization and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have used a conventional rocket to launch a scramjet that reached Mach 10."All the indications are it was a success, and we have...
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The dean of enrollment at Emerson College was placed on paid leave after a U.S. Senate report was released by Senator Edward M. Kennedy.The dean received $36,000 in consulting fees from a loan company that Emerson College allegedly promoted to...
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If only these two knotheads had spent as much time trying to get good grades as they had trying to undo the bad job they did...Well, maybe...one guy has no chance maybe.A Berlin teenager asked two friends to threaten his...
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It's no wonder the kid is failing for the year. His friends deserve the same marks. With the year end report cards due, a student in Berlin asked two friends to come to his rescue, by having them mask themselves,...
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Jun17
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Wisdumb....the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Throw your baby sisters down the stairs.Burn the popcorn Feed your pet puppy to your pet boa. Raise 10,000 Boas. Drink your aftershave. Leave you kid tied to...
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Jun15
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Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to -Take your diet drug without reading the directions.Be born on the Arizona-Utah border. Get rid of your three-legged dog. Offer God to these inmates. Call this...
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The Osaka University Joining and Welding Research Institute has come up with a way to generate large volumes of hydrogen gas from wood chips and scrap.When wood is placed in a chamber with argon gas and a high-frequency discharge is...
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The principal of a high school in Saskatchewan has suspended one of her students for having an opinion....on marijuana.The kid was also threatened with police action after he, the student, made a case that marijuana was less harmful than alcohol."In...
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There's a new magic pill...Alli or, Orlistat, it's real name, that is supposed to hit the market.It's the newly-approved and over-the-counter version of Xenical.Taken with each meal, the pill will help control the amount of fat that is absorbed by...
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By now, one would think that all there was to know about diets and nutrition and such would be known.Nope...there are still discoveries, and contradictions, and break-throughs, and break downs and....The University of Arizona’s College of Medicine in conjunction with...
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A 19-year old student finished his undergraduate school work at University of Illinois at Chicago in just 18 months.On just one hour a day of studying, he managed a 3.9 GPA. What's with that? Why not a 4.0? Huh?!Wanting to...
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Albert, TX is for sale.I understand that if you divided Alaska in half, Texas would become the third largest state in the Union.Still, everything in Texas can be perty big....including Father's Day gifts.Got a dad who has everything? I mean...
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Jun14
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Wisdumb - the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might not want to:Fail this 10 second IQ Test (I failed) Give your business this name. Have this teacher working at your school.Listen to your mom. Call this...
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The University of New Hampshire has conducted a study that concludes 18 – 24-year-olds are on the path toward chronic health diseases.UNH looked at 800 undergrads in a general-education nutrition program.1. - 33% of UNH students were overweight or obese.2....
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Why are American women more inclined to pack it on, their hips, their waists, their thighs than French women?After losing 30lbs and keeping it off for 30 years because she learned to eat the French way, one woman offers her...
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In the spirit of wisdumb...knowing that some of the best lessons in life are learning what NOT to do...I came across these 10 photos of things I definitely do NOT want to do, or see.The first one made me duck,...
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I wrote in a previous post about How to Spot a Child Prodigy.I have come upon another child who is truly amazing.Get your tissues out. This little girl brought tears to the eyes of one judge. Okay, okay...me, too. When I...
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Jun13
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Wisdumb....the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Call the cops and offer to make a drug deal. Hire a blind man to build your bridge. Try to steal a Japanse PS3 from a...
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There are two problems university students face everywhere.And China is no different.1. Students have trouble paying back their student loans. Law suits are being filed against students who don't pay up. Lenders are trying to figure out why some students...
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Some people are trying to do the Jesus thing in China's Qingdao city at the Shilraoren Beach resort....walking on water that is.A new recreational activity was demonstrated - walking inside a water ball. Young people and children seem to be game....
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How often should a baby be bathed? Leave it to the mother or grandmother and the baby would be constantly on the other end of a wipe.In notoriously whats-a-shower Britain, 60% of babies are bathed every day, 20% every other...
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Jun12
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Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Drink the water at school....go for the toilet water instead. Let those air raid shelters go to waste. Avoid this fare on your next serious diet attempt. Let...
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A junior at a university in Lanzhou was just hanging out in his girl friend's bedroom in a residential building on campus.Really. Just hanging out....she said. He can't be asked. However, when her mother heard a voice in her daughter's...
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There are 36 bloggers who claim to have posted more than 2000 times to their blogs.If someone has some 2000 things to say about their topic, it might be worth taking a look, no?Here is the list of those with...
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Kids at North Bend Middle School were told they couldn't bring in bottled water to school. Reason - some were smuggling in alcohol. Middle schoolers, mind you.Bigger reason - they didn't want to drink from the water fountains.For an English...
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I tell blonde jokes. It comes from hearing them told to me all my life.What was the blonde's job at the M & M factory?Spell checker.How come they wouldn't give her weekend's off?He had to keep being retrained.Why did they...
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I have been doing this thing called the Master Cleanse, looking for inspiration, enlightenment, knowledge, deep thoughts, that sort of thing My journal through day 9 can be found at my personal blog beginning withMaster Cleanse Includes Not Thinking Too...
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Jun11
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Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to to do.You might NOT want to:Get eaten by a piano in worse Japanese horror film ever Host a birthday party for your kids.Lose your donkey in a well. Contract a...
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The NCAA says their policy is to not allow "live representation of the game" and that blogs are prohibited. "Any reference to game action in a blog or other type of coverage could result in revocation of credentials," says the...
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530 people submitted essays and four received $500 and an all-expenses paid trip to New York Mills, a small farming town of 1,200 people about 170 miles from Minneapolis to debate the question: "Which should you trust more -- your...
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What's it going to be like at school in 7-8 years.Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology offers these visions of the future:1. Elementary school student attendance will be taken at school gates with IC tags embedded in...
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Thinking about getting hitched, tying the knot, settling down?Can't make up your mind? Can't make up her mind or his?Here are four reasons why two are better than one.1. When they succeed at something, they do it together. Or if...
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Jun10
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Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what not to do.You might NOT want to:Get drink too much vodka on your first day of knowledge, you 13-year old.Ask this school substitute teacher to give you a chiropractic massage. Be one...
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This will surely make this boy's mom and dad proud.As the school year winds down here in the U.S. Japan is in full swing...the school year begins in April.120 some people gathered to see who could throw clams the farthest...
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Here's a culture difference I was unaware of, despite spending time in Russia.Apparently 13-year old girls can celebrate the first day of knowledge with vodka...Russia's finest.Sergey (thanks!) sent me this video clip of three girls who apparently are celebrated out...
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Jun 8
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Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Drown driving to rescue your cell phone in a lake. Go camping with these girl scouts. Raid the wrong home. Miss the pizza delivery deadline to this...
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A Saitama private high school has had to petition a website to have a video removed.From May 15-29 six students attacked a student, kicked him, recorded it with their cell phone and posted them on a website 'as a joke.'...
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Parents in east China have pushed hard to get planes diverted from their usual routes so their test takers won't be disturbed when taking the nationwide university exams.9.5 million students are competing for 5.67 million spots and it just ain't...
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A Saitama private high school has had to petition a website to have a video removed.From May 15-29 six students attacked a student, kicked him, recorded it with their cell phone and posted them on a website 'as a joke.'...
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I reckon if I weren't already married, this would be the day to do it. 7-7-07.Desperate Housewives' Eva Longoria will marry French-born and NBA Champion wannabe San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker on that day somewhere in Paris.Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck...
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What happens when you are too pretty and too athletic and someone notices?An 18-year old high school pole vaulter, through no fault of her own, learned what happens the hard way.Minding her own business and just trying to win California...
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I click through too many stories each morning looking for what I want to write/comment about in my blogs.So...apologies to the originator of the headline -HIPPOS CAN RUN 30MPH, SCARED ZOOKEEPERS CAN RUN 40MPHI laughed out loud at that. I...
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This story about a rich kid, in the northeast city of Dalian, who wants to be like his parents speaks volumes.The rich kid hired another 11-year kid to stand behind him whenever he had a dispute with other classmates.When asked...
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Jun 7
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Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Go down into the sewer for your cell phone. Keep 120 rats as pets. Drop your 2.93 carat diamond on the road side.Call on a vending...
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On a recent trip to Beijing, UC Berkeley chancellor, Birgeneau, offered some advice to Chinese parents wanting to send their children overseas to the school.90% of UC Berkeley's undergraduate student body must come from California and only 4% can come...
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Nope, it's not an award that I am giving to the professor of political science at Stanford for reading my RisingSunOfNihon blog.The Japanese Consulate in San Francisco will award the Order of the Rising Sun to Daniel Okimoto of Stanford...
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Several things about this story scare me.1. It happened very close to my home - Nagaoka, Nigata. I taught at a high school in this city for nearly 10 years.2. An 18-year old girl gave birth to a 2,800 gram...
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All things considered, Bill Gates knows how to give money away.Gates has teamed up with the University of Washington (UW), $105 million and $20 million respectively to create "the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a new research center that...
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Some students at the Helicon Vocational Institute in Amsterdam have developed powdered alcohol that can legally be sold to minors."Mommy! Look at Mikey bouncing off the TV.""Shut up and finish the Barney episode."The product is called Booz2Go and costs just...
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Jun 6
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This reminds me of the dude who found a copy of the Declaration of Independence at a garage sale.Another fellow kept a treasure trove of nearly 1,000 documents in an old medal cabinet in a Swiss laundry room.A wealthy banker...
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Less than one third (32.9%) of students in the 12 universities in Beijing responded positively to having an HIV carrier as a classmate.Almost one in four (23%) said 'No Way!'7% said that carriers should not even be permitted in schools...
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A St. Louis University study has concluded that doctors should encourage OVERWEIGHT women to diet and exercise during pregnancy. It's safe. It's okay. It won't hurt the baby. Pregnancy is NOT an excuse to pile on the pounds and in...
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This is not about fighting 15 freshmen. It's about fighting the freshmen 15 - the 15lbs that most freshmen in college put on because: 1. mom doesn't cook for them anymore 2. they are always on the go - eating...
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Here at TBOK (Tee Bock) I like to write about education, the universities, colleges, schools, elementary and secondary, and even into kindergarten and preschool.I also like to write about lessons learned, things I might not want to do and other...
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The Turtles knew it. But they learned it from the Teacher who asked to have unparalleled insight and received it.I hate war as much as the next guy or girl...but, dang it, it's one of the 28 inevitable life events.The...
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Jun 5
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Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Live with mom for 8 months after she is dead. Pay out reimbursements for 20 brain operations, several on the same person. Leave those priceless...
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Knowing the origin of the names of all 50 states and $5 might get you a cup of coffee at a local Starbucks.But then it might help in a trivial pursuit contest or to win a bar bet.I remember reading...
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The Japanese make their workers dance in the morning before working. Why shouldn't the Chinese make their school kids dance before studying?China's education ministry will make it mandatory for all elementary and secondary school children to dance...to alleviate their worries...
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You might think that 16 years on death row and you would lose your sense of humor.Not so for the guy who shot his neighbors to death back in 1991.The man on death row, who will be the fifth and...
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To be sure, the colleges and research institutes of the world will have their hands out and all the i's dotted and t's crossed in their grant proposals at the G-8 Summit.Members of the Group of Eight nations are planning...
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Jun 4
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Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Play pass the fire on your head?!! Eat live frogs and mice. Bicker over $176 million if you get the other $176 million.Be like your...
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Which is better on the eyes, girls in hockey uniforms or girls in swim suits?Natalie Coughlin in a shark skin suit or a hockey getup? Easy question. Right?For Syracuse University...the answer is girls in hockey uniforms. The school doesn't want...
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Japan wants more students to come to the land of the rising sun.Presently there are about 120,000 foreign students. Japan wants 3 times that many by 2025.Some on the Education Rebuilding Council would like to have as many as 1,000,000.There...
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The updated version of the English dictionary has some new words in it.Hoodies - young people who wear hooded sweatshirts and hang around street corners and shopping malls.Croydon facelift - the tightening effect on the skin of a woman's face...
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There is a place called the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago. I guess somebody has to do it.A group of 45 volunteers were permitted to eat as many chips as they wanted for five-minute intervals over...
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I don't know which is crazier, coming up with a stupid idea, carrying it out, or following the guy who is doing it.And, who thinks up these things anyway?Some college dudes have figured out how to light their heads on...
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This would be quite cool if it were to become a reality.Professors in the Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University of Japan, have been researching electromagnetic induction for use in high-power applications since about 1995.Some applications - 1. PCs2. TVs3. Vaccuum...
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Jun 3
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Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Take a 19-year long nap. Invited the Reverand Buck Naked to Blow on Your Hose. (Totally SFW)Let out a cheer when you graduate. Take this schoolmotorcyle...
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The Japanese can really do mini-skirts, micro mini-skirts, when it comes to school uniforms.Once I was innocently riding on a train during the morning school rush hours and I tried NOT to watch several girls roll in the tops of...
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This kid has the metabolism of a bumble bee.He can pick up furniture that other kids his age can't even push.He can run like the wind.He has the agility of a cat.He eats like there is no tomorrow - a...
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I used to be a good speller...much better than before I spent 20 years in Japan and forgot how to spell a lot of words AND how to use them. I didn't fret over it much because my Japanese and...
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I don't know a lot about a lot of things but I know a few things about a few. In the past year I think I have figured out some things about what it takes to be somewhat 'successful' at...
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Jun 2
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Sometimes, I guess, you just have to go your separate ways.Smith College decided it just couldn't take it anymore. They can't go on loving Coca Cola.In a statement - "As a private college with a public conscience, Smith College takes...
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I had friends who adopted a child. I asked them how they would answer their youngster if the child wanted to know "do you love your physical children more than you love me?"My friends said they would respond by saying,...
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Jun 1
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Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what not to do.You might NOT want to:Have the evil teddy bear go after your math teacher. Drive 10 extra miles, pay $5 in tolls to save 50 cents a gallon on...
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Thirty years ago, minority students made up 22% of the public school enrollments in the United States.The percentage now - 42%. In the West, Hispanics, Blacks and Asians already outnumber whites and have so for the past 3+ years.The largest...
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It's finals time.My son just called go tell me he will have finals all next week. He's finishing up his junior year in college.So, besides attending class, taking good notes, making sure you understand, taking advantage of tutoring services, studying...
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A math teacher has been traumatized by a little teddy bear of the same name in a movie going "yeoowww!"So much so, the teacher is suing the four children, the key word here being children, for alleging the 78-minute defamed...
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Here's more evidence that America's high school students might not be the brightest.A 29-year old female cop and a 33-year old male cop both passed themselves off as high school students for four months while working undercover.With not much problem,...
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What are 160,000 people doing that you are not?162,695 students from 184 countries and regions went to China to study in 2006...the most ever.Exchange students studied in 519 universities and colleges in 31 different Chinese provinces.Last year was up more...
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I am a number nut, so I enjoy looking, anyalyzing, thinking...probably too much sometimes. Okay...too much...I admit it.However, I have learned some things from Google Analytics and yesterday was a good chance for me to confirm it.At the bottom of...
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Australia's National Sleep Research project published these 40 facts about sleep.Stay awake...and you might learn something.... 1 -The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder reported...
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