The respondents looked shocked, and even stunned. “Ach, nein! Surely it cannot be so!” cried out one respondent when she began finally to recover. “Why would Mr. BP, the most respected energy company in the entire world, champion of green, leader of innovation, want to have a relationship with our poor little Aral?” “Yes,” chimed in another, “we love our little Aral, she is like our little child, but she is so, how do you say it, frumplich? Frumpy?”

New Plan to Repurpose Nassau Hall, Benefit University Community Princeton, NJ No release date set: Confidential – for internal use only A spokesperson for President Christopher Eisgruber of Princeton University announced yesterday that a decision has been reached to go forward with a new deal with a major corporate sponsor that will “deliver extremely important benefits to the university community.” The spokesperson explained, “This plan has been the topic of extended and of

An auction process would also allow wealth at least some of the privilege appropriate to the hard work and enterprise that it often reflects. And, unlike the currently vilified “death” tax, this will “tax” the wealthy in a way that they will actually enjoy, while also benefiting the families and students who are struggling to meet tuition bills.

Age is the money shot in an obit. Followed by cause of death as a close second. Peter A. Hempel My father, Carl G. Hempel, was a professor of philosophy of science (his specialty was how to establish scientific proof), and among non-specialists in the field he is especially known for the Raven Paradox. (Google it and you will find millions of hits.) The underlying question was, what kind of evidence would help prove a hypothesis? In the case of his example, what kind of

Favorite quotes about life, death and evolution Peter A. Hempel Steve Jobs (last words) – “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.” Richard Feynman (last words) – “I’d hate to die twice.” Woody Allen: “I’m not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens.” “Life is. It goes. And it does not count. That was the hurtling truth that comes to rattle everyone as they grow up, grow old.” Jim Crace, Being Dead (quoted in a book review in Men’s Journal, March 2000, p. 56) "The mean

When I was in school, from junior high on, I was always stuck carrying a heavy bookbag filled with textbooks to and from school. Schlepping all these books – where I might need only a few pages from any one of them at a given time – is an ugly memory. An iPad with all my textbooks on it? Sign me up, now!

June 11, 2011 · It's part of Windows 7, I believe. I finally decided to test it out by saying (carefully enunciating) the old phrase: "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party." Tried it twice... Mona was the time little good man come to believe that the only Now do some time for a man from Toledo who are three Hey, I can work with that...with just a little editing

" 'I love animals and I do believe they should be spayed or neutered,' Suleman said at the unveiling ceremony Wednesday morning, at which she appeared wearing an animal rights-themed T-shirt. 'Humans of course are much different.' "

Would doing porn make people look down on her more than they already do? No -- in fact, I think some people would actually respect her more because she would be taking responsibility for her children. Would doing a couple of porno flicks cause her self-esteem to suffer? Who f***ing cares?

Yes, I know every Swiss citizen is required - NRA-style - to own a gun, but let's get real - we are not talking Iraq or Afghanistan here, and our objectives are limited and clear - get the bank records and leave the melting Alps to them.

As countless slurred sermons have reminded us, little separates good from evil, and any one of us can easily fail.”

If, like the snail, you carry your house with you, you will feel secure, but you will always be slow – and the salt on the roads will kill you.