It's about burnout. I have students who are already burned out. They don't actually like learning anything, they just want to do the work, get the grade and move on. It's just an endless series of hoops to them (and they're only in middle school). They go to math camp during the summer and extra tutoring at night.…

Speaking as a former unpopular kid, I've always thought "popular kids peak in high school" is a total myth. Now the really viciously mean kids in middle school I do believe probably ended badly, because they probably had some messed up stuff going on at home. But the kids who were outgoing, bright, and athletic? …

[A]s the poets say: "Just because you love something doesn't mean it can't deliver a necrotic puncture wound that will cause your extremities to rot off!"

Think of your immune system as following you around. When you turn bright red/swell up/vomit, that's your immune system shrieking "YOU NEED MEDICAL CARE!"

The sole purpose of a cat's life is to destroy humans as adorably as possible.

My kitten is pretty bitey. I'm doomed.

What's that? Oh, something about germs. Sorry I was too busy giving my adorable cat nose kisses.

Rotting means gas, and gas means pressure. By breaching the cavity with the scalpel, they released that pressure very suddenly, through a very small opening.

Will the class get into how horrible and unimaginative it was when she decided to rhyme "I can have another you in a minute" with "Matter fact, he'll be here in a minute"?

As a college prof I understand the desire to create a class with a spicy title in order to get folks into seats (and maybe into the major.) For those already mocking this class as useless (because obviously they've already taken a class on the Politics of Beyonce) I think classes like that can be great because you get…

My disdain for Madonna has nothing to do with her age paired with her sexuality (Dolly Parton and Tina Turner are both older than Madonna and continue to sex it up and kick ass and I don't want them to ever change). It has to do with her obvious grabs for attention and the fact that she seems to be a fantastically…

Madonna is like a suburban mom who throws her teen a party but wants to hang with all her daughter's or son's friends so she never leaves the room.

Why is Miley's tongue always so gunky? Is she sick?

Once again, Madonna tries to be relevant with the youngins by riding on the coat tails of another artist. Can she literally do nothing by herself, anymore? Every album, etc. comes out backed by a ton of people that are relevant in the moment. Before it was smart, now it's just obvious and embarrassing.

Except for the lips, I agree. She has the same nose, eyes, etc.

This just looks like before and after: heavy make-up and a dye job.

@Mikekearn has an overly long username: Part of the problem is, for them its all or nothing. They don't understand that when we say 'preventable' we don't mean 100% effective.

@Jonn: Don't force me to remember...

"As yet there is no way to stop this immune response"

This was one of the worst few days of my life.