Around 90 per cent of the world’s population is right-handed, and it is easier for right-handers to button shirts from the right. So why do women’s garments button from the left while men’s clohtes button from the right? Is it some sort of subtle sexism?

There actually is an answer … can you figure it out without looking it up?

When people say “pick me”, I usually hear “pygmy”.

And contrary to popular opinion, both have their place and worth!

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Yes, I’m still alive.

There are a lot of stories out there right now about the protests, riots, murder, and cultural genocide going on in Tibet in the past couple of days. Most of them, understandably, have a hard time putting their finger on verified facts … but this New York Times article is a pretty good read if you want to know what’s going on.

I wonder if these Tibetans really realize what they’re up against. And I’m pretty certain that China has no real idea about the tenacity and voraciousness they’re facing. You may not read about it, folks, but this story is going to persist for a really long time.

• All-you-can-bowl
• 10 - 11:30am Saturday
• $5 (plus $2.50 for shoes)
• Crossgate Lanes
• You’re invited!

When your toilet bowl gets dirty, brush it immediately … letting it sit, for even a day, makes the job significantly harder (and may even require you to pour in sort of chemical).

If you think the latest blast of winter weather here in America is cold, you should check out this Denver Post article by one of my fellow volunteer teachers in Hunan last year, Zach Reff:

Huang Zhi Ping was tired of being cold. His head buzzed, his ears stung, and his hands were too numb to take notes. So he took out a lighter and did what any other frozen 11-year-old would do: He lit a fire inside of his school desk. As his teacher, I suppose I should have been angry with him, but actually, lighting a fire seemed like a pretty good idea to me.

Welcome to winter in Hunan, China.

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Well, my attempt to go to church this morning was intercepted by the sixteen inches of snow in my driveway. Yep, Louie’s stuck.

“It’s tomato playdough!”

– Caleb Martin

According to this Washington Times article, a recent ruling in California states that 60,000 to 200,000 families who currently home-school their children are doing so illegally.

“California courts have held that under provisions in the Education Code, parents do not have a constitutional right to educate their children in their own home,” said the Feb. 28 ruling by the California Appellate Court for the second district.

“It’s clear to us that enrollment and attendance in a public full-time day school is required by California law for minor children,” it stated, laying out the few exceptions to that rule, including if the child is enrolled in and attends a private full-time day school or if the child is tutored by a person holding a valid state teaching credential for the grade being taught.”

Are you kidding me?