Sceince of Baseball

Being a huge baseball fan, I think things like this are very cool.

Close, but Not Quite

I almost got fired this week.

Throughout this school year, I've been working as a tutor. Fall quarter, I was a biology tutor. Winter, it was math. This quarter, my time is being split between chemistry and math.

Many of the students I tutor in math prefer my methods to those of other tutors. No, Weevil, I haven't plied those methods yet. Anyhow, they tend to seek me out for help. This is fine with me, since I typically have very little to do when I'm on the clock for chemistry.

My supervisors are not so pleased with this. They want me to send theses students away from the "math-science study room," located in the "mathematics, physical science, computer science" building, toward the "business and social science" building across campus.

My response was something less than acquiescence. I informed them that I was not about to turn someone away if I have the knowledge and skills to help, and that I would likely continue to do so. If they had a problem with that, perhaps a different tutor would be better suited to their requirements.

Today, I received an entertaining email essentially backtracking on their failed attempt at coercion. They had no intention of suggesting I should refuse to help these students, blah blah, blah.

I guess they didn't expect any of their workstudy employees to have backbone. Well, I can be a noisy bastard when I want to be.

WWJD...

... For a Klondike bar?

Best Zombie Video

I figured since this is Zombie related, it belongs here.

Feel free to embed it in a post of your own, Boom.

Fear-Inducing Phrases

Three posts in one day. I have a bit on my mind, apparently.

I got a call from a friend this afternoon. He wants to start up a D&D group for some friends in Post Falls. Since he's the guy who owns the books, he wants to be the dungeon master. Since I have done the whole D&D thing before (big shock, I know.), he wanted to know what to expect.

I gave him some typical advice:

- As much as you want to, DO NOT kill a player's character. At least not permanently. Let them find ways to get themselves killed.

- No one wants to play a rogue. Use that. Have traps, secret doors, false walls, but don't make them requirements to pass through.

- Even though the game is called Dungeons and Dragons, dragon encounters should be a big deal. It should be an encounter the players do not expect to win.

He asked me if there's any signs of trouble for which he should be wary. I told him the are three words a dungeon master never wants to hear his players say.

"Let's split up."

One for Every Occasion

Looking through the video archives at The Onion, there appears to be a video for every circumstance. Or, at least an analog sufficiently close to the situation of note.

This Speaks for Itself.

The names have been changed (only slightly) to protect the socially inept.


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