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Friday Fun: 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You

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Ok, so none of these realizations has actually ruined science fiction for me, but they are pretty funny nevertheless. 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You #4. Sci-fi Needs a Straight Man Like a Laurel and Hardy Routine...

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Friday Fun: 25 Things I Learned From Opening a Bookstore

Category: friday fun

Well, not me, exactly, but... Anyways, some ideas and experiences from someone out there in blogland who used to be a lawyer and somehow managed to think opening a bookstore was a good idea. 25 Things I Learned From Opening...

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Friday Fun: University Library Enlists Collaborative Cheerleaders

Category: friday fun

Ah, The Cronk News always turns a dull, freezing rainy, slushy, oh-my-god-climate-change-is-going-to-kill-us-all day into a warm fluffy puppy day. University Library Enlists Collaborative Cheerleaders When Sam Spivender, CEO of Temporarium University Library, noticed that no students collaborated in the new...

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Friday Fun: College Prez Scores with "No Huddle" Academics

Category: friday fun

This seems a little too close to reality if you read a lot of what passes for higher ed reporting these days. College Prez Scores with "No Huddle" Academics So Clavell and other businessmen-turned-educational experts are looking at the records...

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Friday Fun: 5 things you should know before dating a scientist

Category: culture of science

All I have to say is that I'm really glad this wasn't published 20-something years ago. 5 things you should know before dating a scientist 1. We can figure things out. Understand, we're paid to dig deep, find the secrets...

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Friday Fun: Top Ten Signs You're An Adult

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Ok, Friday Fun a day late. But better late than never, right? Anyways, Top Ten Signs You're An Adult. And apparently punctuality and predictability aren't ones I've mastered. All of a sudden everyone is taking about their "401k". You have...

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Friday Fun: Large Hadron Collider finds car keys

Category: friday fun

News Biscuit. My new best comedy web friend. Forget that dangnabit "God Particle," finally one of them there sciencey gizmos has been put to some useful purpose! Large Hadron Collider finds car keys It cost some £6.2 billion to build,...

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Friday Fun: Recreation of Infamous Bridge Collapse Exonerates Engineers

Category: friday fun

Thanks be to the Flying Spaghetti Monster for the Cronk of Higher Ed. That is all. Recreation of Infamous Bridge Collapse Exonerates Engineers Researchers at the U.S. Marine Academy's civil engineering labs have determined that the designers of the original...

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Friday Fun: How to argue with a scientist

Category: culture of science

OK, the blog post in question isn't actually that funny. But the title is. And, it's really worth reading for the seriously intentioned message it contains. How to argue with a scientist: A guide. I notice it all the time-...

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Friday Fun: 6 Pop Culture Visionaries Who Get Too Much Credit

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Now this one should start some really good arguments in the comments! 6 Pop Culture Visionaries Who Get Too Much Credit Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek) George Lucas (Star Wars) Stan Lee (X Men, and really the whole Marvel Comics shebang)...

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