But I'm glad other things weren't. Some douche named Brandon Rosario tried to become his school's valedictorian by way of this juvenile, but sometimes funny, speech: It created a stir, I think, but it really shouldn't have. This is typical high school humour. Related posts:From a friend: This is when it starts… Unfair advantage Michael ... Read more »

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CNN has a scary article reporting the loss of 36.1% of the American honeybee population in the last year, after last year's loss of 32%, a clearly unsustainable trend that could ravage the economy and the nation's food supplies even further (as we learned from Jerry Seinfeld's Bee Movie). Not ... Read more »

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