Me: At this age, I’m already over the hill.
Mom: Really? But you’re so young.
Me: Yes. I’m in my most fertile years. I should already be having kids by now.
Alex: Twenty is about the right age.
Mom: So human fertility doesn’t look like t-distribution.
Dad: No. It’s more like chi-squared.
Book on McCain and his racist remarks to be released on July 4th. Titled Gook: John McCain’s Racism and Why It Matters. I understand the bitterness that someone can have from a war, but racial slurs are not acceptable under any circumstances. But considering that McCain called his wife a cunt in 1992, [...]
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Not only is Natalie Portman successful, socially conscious, and beautiful, she is whip-crackin’ smart and encourages other girls to do the same. She once said that she’d “rather be smart than a movie star,” and she is certainly living up to her words. Recently, she has been a guest editor for Scholastic MATH, [...]
