• Error-Plagued History Book publisher Bypasses Legislative Review

    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A year after Virginia overhauled its review process to improve the quality of textbooks used in public school classrooms, the publisher whose error-plagued history books helped spur the change is refusing to submit its offerings for state Department of Education scrutiny. The Washington Post says Five Ponds Press plans to introduce…

  • Infant mortality linked to subsequent risk of stillbirth, new U.S. study finds

    This new study looked at 320,350 women who had two singleton pregnancies between 1989 and 2005. Of these, 2,483 women (0.78%) had experienced infant death in the first pregnancy, while the remaining 317,867 women had an infant in their first pregnancy who survived the first year of life. Within the study population, 1,347 cases of…

  • Just a little Map

    A little girl wanted to know what the united states looked like. Her dad tore a map of the USA from a magazine and cut it into small pieces. He told her to go to her room and see if she could put it together. In a few minutes she returned with the map correctly…

  • You’re a moron

    I figured I’d open this blog with a poem that came to me while watching an old episode of Two-and a Half Men.   its amazing what three shots of vodka, an empty Friday night and a bad TV show will make you think of.  Dedicated to all failed actors everywhere.  I tip my class to…