panegyrist \pan”e*gyr`ist\, n. one who makes a speech, esp. praise or eulogy, in a public assembly
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written by ketsugi some time at the end of June last year
‘Most severely wounded’ soldier endures: blind, quadriplegic, struggling to breathe
TAMPA, Florida: He lies flat, unseeing eyes fixed on the ceiling, tubes and machines feeding him, breathing for him, keeping him alive. He cannot walk or talk, but he can grimace and cry. And he is fully aware of what has happened to him.
Four years [...]
written by ketsugi some time mid-June last year
This is so awesome. By which I mean sad.
Can the level of math education sink any lower?
Teaching Math In 1950:
A logger sold a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?
Teaching Math In 1960:
A logger sold a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of [...]
written by ketsugi some time mid-June last year
Or so it would seem.
I went to the Challenger Superstore at Funan Centre (oh no, sorry, it’s Funan Digitalife Mall now) to look for a scanner. Having found one that I wanted to buy, I headed to the checkout counter and prepared to pay. That’s when it began to get… interesting.
written by ketsugi some time at the start of June last year
When I was in Beijing in April, we (my girlfriend, sister, friends and I) noticed a fair number of interesting signs. There have been numerous reports of such things on varyingly reputable sites, but nothing could have quite prepared us for what we actually encountered. Here are some of the ones I managed to catch [...]