Gangsta Shtick

If you’re a loyal Nerd reader, you already know that I love it when The New York Times reviews rap albums.  They’ve outdone themselves this week though, with a review of Lil Wayne’s new album/mixtape, Tha Carter III:
“The mixtapes are inconsistent, of course, and the songs fall back more often on the standard gangsta shtick [...]

Baseball in Netherlands, Gross Medical Photos, Deaf Professor, and Christian Porn

In order:
In Netherlands, Soccer Is King, but Baseball Eyes Crown. I love baseball. And Europe.
Crazy Health Photos. (Most of them come AFTER the pregnant man mowing his lawn. Wait, what?!) Do not look at this anytime near a meal.
A heartwarming story about a nearly deaf retired professor who teaches English [...]

Newspaper Felon

Not only was Saturday’s Times yoinked from my possession, but Sunday’s Times was stolen as well. Granted, this gave me more time to play Mario Kart, but still, can you people stop stealing my newspaper?  Because I was not a thorough newspaper reader this weekend, I’ve compiled a list of articles from earlier [...]

Man Grows Finger Back

Someone stole my Times today. BOO. It’s not really that serious though, because I have a lot of work to do for school, and have been in the computer lab all day doing fun things like statistical analysis and trying to make Excel graphs actually look acceptable. In the meantime, I’ve also [...]

A Little From the Sunday Post, a Little From the Sunday Times

A little from (almost) every section…
First, The Washington Post:
Magazine Section: Date Lab readers claimed that a monkey could do a better job setting up couples than the Post. Guess what? The monkey did a better job.
Style: A fashion review of the polygamist women’s garb

Metro: “Schoolyard face-offs” at my high school because of facebook [...]

Enough Reading For Your Sunday

From both Saturday & Sunday’s Times:
Things that make me angry:
Soldier Sues Army, Saying His Atheism Led to Threats. Also on CBS’ Sunday Morning this morning, but no video link on their website…
South Dakota to Revisit Restrictions on Abortion
Things that make me happy:
Outdoor ‘Living Rooms’ Bring Touches of Cheer to Central Los Angeles
Empowering by Disempowerment: How [...]

Why We Need Universal Health Care

Remote Area Medical’s Lifeline was originally created to bring health services to the poor in other countries. But the problem in our wealthy country is so bad, they now do most of their work here. Sorry if you missed it on 60 Minutes, but here’s the transcript:
Remote Area Medical’s Lifeline, Group Finds It’s [...]