RhetoricVille

From AFT Higher Education:
Free Exchange on Campus, a broad coalition of student, faculty and civil liberty groups that includes the AFT, has launched its first campaign for free speech and described its activities at an audio news conference on March 16.
Free Exchange outlined its plan to protect academic freedom and the free exchange of ideas […]

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www.qumana.com
I’m trying out new blogging software, a program called Qumana. It’s free, which is always nice, providing it works reasonably well and does no harm. It’s a desk top program. The latest version is available in beta for both Mac and Windows. I decided to try the earlier version, which is only for Windows. Qumana […]

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SupersizedMeals.com - Foodstuffs of Epic Proportions
Maybe I should categorize this one as “useful” as well as “odd.” The usefulness is that looking at photos of grossly gigantic meals may kill your appetite and prevent you from over-eating. Then, again, maybe not.
Odd it is.

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The World’s Billionaires - Forbes.com
According to Forbes, “a billion just isn’t what it used to be.” I will have to take their word for that. It’s nice to see a genuine nerd at the top of the list, though.

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NEWS of the WEIRD - Current News
This site collects odd little stories, often amusing, such as the one about the price of Australian whale vomit (if you have to ask, you can’t afford it) and this one:
After Seattle police chased a carjacking suspect into a tree in February, bystanders gathered around and laughed, but the […]

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