Via: The industrial engineering graduate program in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering is ranked eighth among peer programs nationally. The civil engineering program in the Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is ranked 10th. These two specialties are typically the highest ranked among Virginia Tech’s engineering graduate programs. Overall, the College [...]
Yesterday I wasted a lot of time over at ytmnd.com and though I would share with you the fruits of my labour. Make sure you’ve got sound on for these. The wikipedia article explaining ytmnd’s Of course the original. Chunk is indestructible feat. Captain Picard. The Nooooo’ller coaster Batman: ualuealuealeuale The emosong Ducktails in japanese [...]
Fox News brings us this story: Afghan Man Faces Death for Allegedly Converting to Christianity The defendant, Abdul Rahman, was arrested last month after his family went to the police and accused him of becoming a Christian… Afghanistan’s constitution is based on Shariah law, which states that any Muslim who rejects their religion should be [...]
Via Scott: Scientology’s “Top Gun” Tom Cruise succeeded after his fellow Hubbardite Isaac Hayes had failed to persuade anyone, especially South Park co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, to pull the show. Unlike Hayes Cruise went to the top at Viacom, which owns Comedy Central the cable network that carries South Park, warning that if [...]
Times Dispatch Story Wilder: Braves balking on downtown ballpark Braves official ‘blown away’ by mayor’s talk This story blows my mind. I don’t even know what’s happening- there seems to be utter confusion about the whole project and/or the RTD writer is terrible. This story should be important to anyone who cares about the city [...]
No more Isaac Hayes on South Park. He is quitting because (gasp!) South Park makes fun of religion. What’s wrong, children? “There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends, and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins,” Mr Hayes said in a statement. “As [...]
I saw this on my way out to ride yesterday. Smoke covered probably four square blocks of the Fan. Wish I would have had my camera. Turned out a dry cleaners burnt down. Berbert said 70 percent to 80 percent of the business is devoted to cleaning clothing for fire victims whose garments have been [...]
The Virginia Blog Carnival for this week is up over at ImNotEmeril. Go check it out for some select posts from around the Commonwealth. Technorati Tags: Virginia
I read two things last night that were interesting, opposite, but raised similar questions. How much control do you have over your life? What do you do with that control and why? As Neo says, ‘The problem is choice.” We’re blessed both with the ability to exercise significant control over our lives, but also (I [...]