Here was an email i received this morning.  just thought this was funny:

Men Are Just Happier People-- What do you expect from such simple
>creatures? Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding
>plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack.
>
>You can be President. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white
>T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a water park. Car
>mechanics tell you the truth.
>
>The world is your urinal. You never have to drive to another gas station
>restroom because this one is just too icky. You don't have to stop and
>think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Same work, more pay. Wrinkles
>add character. Wedding dress $5,000. Tux rental $100. People never stare
>at your chest when you're talking to them.
>
>The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected. New shoes
>don't cut, blister, or mangle you! r feet. Phone conversations are over in
>30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks. A five-day vacation requires
>only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars. You get extra credit
>for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If someone forgets to invite you,
>he or she can still be your friend.
>
>Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack. Three pairs of shoes are more
>than enough. You almost never have strap problems in public. You are
>unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. Everything on your face stays its
>original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. You
>only have to shave your face and neck.
>
>You can play with toys all your life. Your belly usually hides your big
>hips. One wallet and one pair of shoes; one color for all seasons. You
>can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can "do" your nails with
>a pocket knife. You have freed! om of choice concerning growing a mustache.
>
>You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25
>minutes.
>
>No wonder men are happier.

The company i work for is running a math/science tutoring help session at the local inner city elementary, middle and high school.  Today was my first day participating in the highschool tutoring session.  We go to the schools, and we help students who come down during their lunch break. 

Now, I've heard about the conditions that exist in some of these schools, but you don't understand it until you see it.  There were kids who couldn't read.  These are 9th graders!!!  These kids also had no number sense whatsover.  These kids who were pushed through years and years of school, finally in highschool, still can't do simple multiplcation and division, such as 4 divided by 4.

It was just sad to see.  On top of the lack of academic proficiency is the disciplinary problems.  the school had metal detectors and its own security force.  There were numerous kids who were dragged down to the office we were in by large guards.  And what's worse is that the kids would try to get away and the guards would have to literally drag them.

I'm a little bit speechless for words.  maybe i'll have more later.

Here's a great article about the corruption that goes on in the provisional government set up in Iraq:

http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_10_24/cover.html

I also found this magazine, while the title may be misleading, is very critical of the Bush administration.  That is, they seem to be more traditional conservatives, meaning, they are more interested in low spending matched with low taxes (instead of low taxes with outrageous spending), and not having the U.S be the world's police force and  not meddling in everyones affairs, rather than being interested in what goes on in people's bedrooms.  A great site for some political thoughts.

Because it can help us understand something like the following:

Theorem 1: The less you know, the more money you make.

Proof:

First we need two lemmas:

        Lemma 1: Knowledge is power.

        Lemma 2: Time is money.

Physics tells us that Work/time = power.  Using Lemma 1,

Work/time = power = knowledge.

By Lemma 2, we can replace time by money, so we have

work/money = knowledge. 

Now solve this equation for the variable 'money'.  We obtain:

money = work/knowledge.

Next, assume that no matter which job you have, you must be doing something, otherwise you wouldn't be employed.  In other words:

       Lemma 3: Work is always greater than 0.

Take the limit of the above expression as knowledge goes to zero.  Lemma 3 assures us that we will not get the indeterminate form 0/0, and regardless of the amount of work that one does on the job, we can conclude that the left hand side of the equation, or money, approaches infinity. 

Thus the less you know, the more money you make.

Q.E.D.

The above theorem can be used to prove the following: 

         Theorem 2: Scientists will never make as much as business executives.

*Note: I got this in an email and found it entertaining.  The original email had theorem2 as the only theorem, i changed it around as i felt the "proof" of theorem 1 was better in proving theorem 1, than proving theorem 2, and that theorem 2 follows from theorem 1.  I also added lemma 3.