Tag Archives: Antiquated

Cool Headline of the Day

Elephant Not Interested in Using Treadmill
So far, it’s the trainers at the Alaska Zoo who are breaking a sweat trying to coax Maggie the elephant onto the world’s first treadmill for a pachyderm. (Source)

Does the Alaskan Zoo have anything better to do? Does the Associated Press have anything better to do? Do I have anything better to do?

Cool Headline of the Day

EU3 to offer Iran nuclear reactor: diplomats
The EU’s three biggest powers plan to offer Iran a light-water nuclear reactor as part of a package of incentives if Tehran agrees to freeze its uranium enrichment program, EU diplomats said on Tuesday. (Source)

That’s all it takes to get a nuclear reactor these days?

Finals Story

One more year finished. I had my last final on Tuesday morning… at 7:30. Just thinking about it made me think, “wow, that sucks.” It was my database class, too. It certainly wasn’t at the top of my list of priorities since I’m pretty proficient at Microsoft Access. In any case, I got a friendly call at 7:45am from a friend in the class… wondering where I was. Apparently my answer was “in bed.” I strolled in around 8 and finished up in an hour. I think I was the second one done. I bet I looked like an ass…