November 23, 2009
A Belgian man who doctors thought was in a coma for 23 years was conscious all along, it has been revealed.
Next time your day sucks, imagine being fully conscious but also fully paralyzed … until someone noticed 23 years later.

BBC News - Paralysed Belgian misdiagnosed as in coma for 23 years
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“Can’t you just see us sitting here every morning with our coffee, gazing out the window and worrying about how to pay the mortgage?”Cartoons from the Issue of November 30, 2009 : The New Yorker

“Can’t you just see us sitting here every morning with our coffee, gazing out the window and worrying about how to pay the mortgage?”

Cartoons from the Issue of November 30, 2009 : The New Yorker

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November 22, 2009
Nice ad picture.

Nice ad picture.

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Napoleon Moses, a vice president of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education in Washington, D.C., said Mississippi should follow Louisiana’s lead. He said Louisiana higher education officials are examining all the state’s universities and colleges, not just its three HBCUs.
Ummm? Look at Barbour’s MUW-MSU merger proposal. Neither of those schools falls in as a HBCU?

Not sure how I feel about the mergers, but I definitely think the black community is playing the race card a bit too soon here.

Proposal to merge black schools draws fire - Education- msnbc.com
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November 21, 2009
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November 19, 2009
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