From news.com.au: The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington engineering mid term. The answer was so ‘profound’ that the Professor shared it with colleagues, which is why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well. Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? ‘Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law, (gas cools off when

From news.com.au: The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington engineering mid term. The answer was so ‘profound’ that the Professor shared it with colleagues, which is why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well. Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? ‘Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law, (gas cools off when

“A 13-year-old Brooklyn boy stunned his teacher yesterday when he brought preserved Siamese twin fetuses to school for a macabre show-and-tell session, officials said. “The boy unveiled the mayonnaise jar containing the decades-old human fetuses — a bizarre family heirloom — around 2 p.m. during a science fair at Public School 36 in East New York,” the Daily News reports. The boy had warned his teacher that he planned to

“A 13-year-old Brooklyn boy stunned his teacher yesterday when he brought preserved Siamese twin fetuses to school for a macabre show-and-tell session, officials said. “The boy unveiled the mayonnaise jar containing the decades-old human fetuses — a bizarre family heirloom — around 2 p.m. during a science fair at Public School 36 in East New York,” the Daily News reports. The boy had warned his teacher that he planned to

Speaking of hangin’ with the homies, in his review of “The Eminem Show,” the Weekly Standard’s David Skinner busts a coupla’

Speaking of hangin’ with the homies, in his review of “The Eminem Show,” the Weekly Standard’s David Skinner busts a coupla’

For the French, it’s perfectly okay to finance Palestinian terror mills or defend tyrannical autocrats bent on developing weapons of mass destruction. But try spanking your monkey just once on teevee, and it’s hefty fine time, monsieur… Sacre bleu and pass the cheese…!

For the French, it’s perfectly okay to finance Palestinian terror mills or defend tyrannical autocrats bent on developing weapons of mass destruction. But try spanking your monkey just once on teevee, and it’s hefty fine time, monsieur… Sacre bleu and pass the cheese…!

A portion of Lileks’ latest bleat is devoted to the detailed interpretation of “Ten Apples on Top,” a story Lileks suggests is “Dr. Seuss’s leanist narrative,” an “economic parable of staggering complexity.” Not surprisingly, though, the reliably political Lilek’s — even while invoking a powerfully materialistic interpretative paradigm — chooses instead to privilege the story’s ideological arc (which inhabits but one layer of the allegorical text), in order that he

A portion of Lileks’ latest bleat is devoted to the detailed interpretation of “Ten Apples on Top,” a story Lileks suggests is “Dr. Seuss’s leanist narrative,” an “economic parable of staggering complexity.” Not surprisingly, though, the reliably political Lilek’s — even while invoking a powerfully materialistic interpretative paradigm — chooses instead to privilege the story’s ideological arc (which inhabits but one layer of the allegorical text), in order that he