FOLIO OLIO: TUESDAY #2207

NEWSY BITS...

NuSTAR's first image of the sun...

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We (the US) signed this UN agreement on torture...

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The disgraced cyclist, Lance Armstrong, who admitted using performance-enhancing drugs on his way to seven Tour de France wins, says he is drawn to Golf because of its deep code of honor.

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From a professor I know, this email:

"Hey Professor XXXX

I saw you grading the XXX XXX finals earlier today and wanted to talk to you in person but I know you were busy and I really don't know what to say. I have not been putting in any work in this class and it reflects quite heavily in my grades. After the second test and a week before the third test I made the decision to retake the class because I was doing poorly and I needed time to get myself together. I wanted to do this class right and prove to myself that I can indeed comprehend the material. This in mind, I didn't study much at all for the 3rd test and got much worse than what I got on the second test, a score I am extremely ashamed to say. I know I deserve the grade I am going to get but I am asking if there is anything I can do about it. I had three finals today, XXX XXX in the morning, XXX conflict in the afternoon and XXX XXX in the evening. I did not study at all for the XXX XXX final because the other two were more important and I already knew I was going to retake this class. I only realized that I had three finals on the same day and I could reschedule one, but I figured it was too late. I went to the conflict at 1:30 and did the first couple problems I could do and left to get some sleep and so I can keep studying for XXX XXX. I am asking if there is any way I can take some sort of conflict specific test for me on Monday or sometime next week? I know this is crazy and I already saw the questions on the final but I don't know what to do. I am going to be fine with the grade I get but I know I am significantly better than what I showed. Thank you for your time.

Sorry for the inconvenience."

I inquired if this kid was just a nut case and I got this reply?

"Kids these days have changed. One emailed me at 2:30 in the morning (not even in my class) wondering if I could sign a form for him first thing the next morning before he left town since his own professor was already gone. (I didn't even write back.) Another emailed me halfway through the exam saying he couldn't find the room and could he just take the conflict on Friday instead? (He got a zero.) These kids aren't crazy, they're just immature and desperate to solve problems their negligence has created. One actually got deported once because he was already on academic probation when he never came to class and failed all of his exams and was finally kicked out of school so that his student visa was voided. I bet his parents were furious."

TomTato Plant Grows both Tomatoes and Potatoes

They should announce a sequel to Groundhog Day and then just re-release the original.

Metallic Dog...artist unknown...

I have enlarged images on a wall every way one could enlarge an image. My method of choice is to just project it onto the wall at night and trace it.

This was what America was like when I was growing up...

Damage to the Empire State Building from a Plane Collision, NYC, 1945

In twenty years, us Americans will look back on the way we educate young people with embarrassment...

I have never said that I wrote the great American novel, but my twelve books were something that had to be done. I refused to be that man above...regretting never trying.

The solution to my question...

How long will it take before us humans are not needed?

I read a short article about a weather phenomenon called "Frozen Fog" and this looks like one of the things it can cause...

That's extraordinary.

Now we know why Lady Bird always had that smile...

You can't make this stuff up...

Five-foot crucifix taken from church named after patron saint of lost and stolen items

If Sartre was a football coach...

That pretty much nails my philosophy.

Pornhub collected some data...

And then they came up with this...

Spacetime curvature placemats...

This happens with great frequency, all over the world, but I have never witnessed one first hand...

Biology – the only science where multiplication and division mean the same thing.

For my nephew....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Oh, look, here's another...

How do you think the unthinkable?

With an itheberg.

One Of My Very Own...

I call it a cheap plot device that in every movie where a fire is desperately needed, the character only has one match...

From a list of most expensive things...

I've never hit my wife, but this is the way I look when I'm thinking about it...

Had a fever of 104.2, hallucinated, and pissed myself, but I’ve had time to catch up on all my favorite shows, so I’ve got that going for me.

Quality Humor - It's our motto here at Folio Olio.

City officials in Brooklyn, NY have welded merry-go-rounds and other playground equipment to make them immobile. They said it was necessary to keep kids from injuring themselves.