WWII Admiral Willis Lee used his Naval Academy nickname as an "in the clear" code to issue commands during confusing actions. His nickname became a sort of code signal at one point during the Guadalcanal campaign, establishing Lee's bona fides when it became necessary to send clear voice transmissio...

A Davidson classmate's daughter was NC High School Rodeo Queen about a decade ago. I had never heard of High School Rodeo, but got a crash course watching her compete. My mom tells great stories about her family's equines. They were mules. The number of mules in the US has dropped dramatically in t...

The ability to lower expectations is a valuable life skill.

It turned into a Patsos thread.

Funny short term, a bit scary long term.

i77cat wrote:The funniest thing is that the kid is a journalism major.

That's not funny.

Looking back on my lackluster academic career, most of the really important things I learned from various professors had nothing to do with the curriculum as stated in the catalog. Later on, when my own teaching history was still recent, every time I met a former student who mentioned learning somet...

What is the estimated marginal revenue for the extra commercials in an NBA playoff overtime?

I saw the news at home that evening and realized 2 things:

1: I was going to be glued to the TV for a long time.
2: I was out of beer.

I immediately headed out on a logistics mission.

bobmckellar takes things littorally Well, I did take a stream of liquid into two extremities downstream of my main body yesterday, steroids for my geriatric knees. It was at a very efficient place (one of my customers) in and out the door with all stabbing, counselling and financing in about 25 min...

stevelee wrote:

cat44 wrote:Would you explain that, please?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schrodingers_cat

I was going to say, "Maybe, maybe not."

i77cat wrote:Why do we continue to schedule games with rogue programs?

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stevelee wrote:Do you guys know the Marvin Sparrow story in the Larouche party?

I don't know the story, but "Marvin Sparrow" and "Larouche" seem like a strange combination.

A little over 10 years ago, (pay attention, the timing is significant) in a fit of boredom I called up a local for profit college and asked if they needed any part time teachers. I went so far as to actually create a resume and even went on an interview, but nothing came of it. However, a few months...

El_Gato_Loco wrote:

rbarney wrote:Isn't Hairston one of the players trying out for McKillop's World University Team?

Marijuana is not illegal to possess in the state of CO...

Only in those parts of CO that are not part of the US.