Category: Education
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Word Alert!
Humpty Duck!! I just realized that the words “epiphany” and “epinephrine” aren’t the same. Straight dope!! As you know, epinephrine is a hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla upon stimulation by the central nervous system in response to stress, anger, fear, or Oprah. However, an epiphany is a sudden intuitive perception of, or insight into,…
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The French Revultion
Nearly three hundred rioters were jailed yesterday, clashing with police over the government’s proposed raising of the national retirement age. “Comment vous appellez-vous”, said one protestor before police threw him to the ground and stuffed a croisant in mouth. “J’ai perdu mon passeport!!” he managed, spraying buttery, flaky, spit-moistened bread particles in the gendarmes’ collective…
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“Higher” Education
The other day, one of my friends said his son was seriously considering going to one of those vocational schools to become a Paralegal. I nearly soiled myself. Now, I’m not one to stomp on a young person’s dreams, but come on. Where does this dunce expect to work?!? It’s not like there’s a huge…
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Word Alert!!
Jinkies, Scooby. Did you know that the words mediocre and Medicare aren’t the same? Fer shizzle!! Now, mediocre is of middle or poor quality, and Medicare is government sponsored health insurance…of poor quality. I guess they’re actually somewhat similar except mediocre is better because it has the possibility of being average, while Medicare is simply…
