I never realized that it took so much work to produce evil sounding music. That guy must be in good shape. (h/t Sippican Cottage)
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Could you get into 11th grade in a third world school?
This of course is not true. American students’ academic achievement has been declining vis-à-vis other developed countries for more than 20 years. What is now surprising and worrisome is US students are even lagging the developing world.
If our athletic performance at the Olympics were as poor as our global academic performance it would be a national crisis and every level of government would be attempting to respond. That we blithely ignore the declining intellectual standards of American students seems almost insane. The cognitive skills of our children will determine both America’s economic future and the economic future of each child.
But perhaps I overstate the high standards of the developing world, particularly India and China. So, to test that assumption, my company Indian Math Online has created the “Third World Challenge” – this is a shortened and greatly simplified version of the multi-day proficiency test that every 10th grader in India must pass to go on to the 11th grade.
If you click on the link, you can see if you measure up.
Poem of the Week: 9/21/08-9/27/08
Macro Man’s remake of an A.E. Houseman’s To An Athlete Dying Young is this week’s poem of the week.
Poem of the Week: 9/14/08-9/20/08
Below is an advertisement for AIG that ran some time ago. That same insurance company is now asking the Fed’s for a bridge loan and is fighting for its life. If you don’t recognize the words right off the bat look up T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”.
We are sorry that Eilot got dragged into this and we would like to point out that it was not our fault. But the irony was so rich we could not resist posting it.
A Coast Guard Rescue
The one thing I don’t understand is why they are doing it from such a height. I am sure they have their reasons. Maybe it is easier to control the copter the further you are from the ground?
Our Current Situation Explained
From the Belmont Club….
It is said that when one of the newly damned arrived at the gate of the netherworld he heard a gale of whispering, but he could not make the words out. As he came closer he saw an endless vista of suffering souls immersed nearly to their nostrils in excrement. Then he understood what they were whispering and moreover, why. The damned were saying, “don’t make waves. Don’t make waves.”
Spengler outed?
Someone is running around on the internet trying to out Spengler. They claim he is this guy. If this is the right guy his current job is “Chief Asia Economist and Strategist”according to this site.
Could be true, but it would be ironic if it was. I always considered economics to be one of Spengler’s weakest points.
Vanderleun made me do this
If you want to know why it is all Vanderleun’s fault click here.