Daily Archives: August 7, 2012
RIP: Marvin Hamlisch
The award-winning composer has died of unspecified causes at the age of 68. Hamlisch actually won all of the major entertainment awards. He won at least one Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony award. That’s pretty cool.
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122 Minutes.
That’s what it took to decide the semi-final in women’s Olympic soccer yesterday. That is the regular 90 minutes, plus two 15 periods of extra time, plus added time. It was a dramatic sporting event. It was exhausting for the players and exhilarating to watch. As the time wound down, athletes from both side had [...]
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A Cold Sweat.
It hit me this morning as I was driving to work. My college football nightmare is coming to reality. On Sept 1, 2012, the University of Michigan football team will be playing the University of Alabama football team Nick Saban. Neither of these teams/coach can lose badly enough to satisfy me. This is like rooting [...]
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The Wussification of America, Continued.
Is Algebra Necessary? Put another way, if a kid can't do a sit-up, then shouldn't we cease requiring sit-ups? Where does it end? What is the point of having a standard if you are constantly lowering it?
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