Author - Chris Weagel

Chris Weagel writes about the intersection of technology and parenting for Wired Magazine. No he doesn't. He can't stand that shit.

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Google Image Search for "Boat House Caught in Whirlpool" has extremely disappointing returns.

STUDENTS TAKE OVER SCHOOL BOARD

A group of Mexican-American students in Tucson, Arizona prevented their school district from voting on Tuesday night for a controversial measure that would destroy an ethnic studies course that some have called one of the most effective Latin American education program in the U.S. public school system. The students of UNIDOS stormed into the Tucson School District board room chanting, “Education is under attack! What do we do? FIGHT BACK!” Just as the group was making its presence known, with no warning 10 students rushed the board’s seats and chained themselves together as others unfurled a banner that read “UNIDOS Presents The Youth School Board.” They demanded that their program continue, that education be be placed under local control and that Arizona end “anti-indigenous policies”...

I wish he would curse

Obama on Republican attacks on workers:
Let’s make sure we’ve got shared sacrifice and that we make sure that the burden just doesn’t fall on one set of folks. Let’s certainly not blame public employees for a financial crisis that they had nothing to do with. And let’s not use this as an excuse to erode their bargaining rights. So, whether it’s Wisconsin or what we’re seeing in Ohio, I strongly disapprove.

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Nightcap 04/27/11

Thing that’s got me worried tonight is that new jellyfish the scientists say ages in reverse. It never dies and can grow as large as a tree. Now the nearest saltwater ocean is roughly 1000 miles from where I type this. I figure I need to either dig another shelter or construct an airship that functions at 35,000 feet where the thin air would make the jellyfish explode which would be wicked cool.
REMEMBER: As we grow weaker, it grows stronger.
And you say the UN is obsolete.

GENTLEMEN, GENTLEMEN

CIVILTY! ORDER! There's no need for so many open umbrellas indoors. Let your arguments stand on their own. Theatricality, car batteries, and raw eggs have no place in the Patent Office.

Morning Constitutional 04/27/11

Let’s review the Pros and Cons of Amusement Park management:

PRO: You’re in charge of an amusement park
CON: Your employees are certain to hate you, including those skilled at throwing knives
PRO: You choose which cartoon animal best represents the way new rides make your gut feel
CON: You’re ultimately responsible for emptying the lost children pen
PRO: You get to try on all newly acquired mascot costumes in the privacy of your mobile home
CON: Convincing the local Indian tribe your porta-john corral honors their burial grounds
PRO: You’re trusted with the cotton candy recipe
CON: You get paid in ferris wheel rides
PRO: The bearded lady looks past your facial scars
CON: You’re in charge of an amusement park

Nightcap 04/26/11

The gentleman told me he wanted to animate a couch growing older. He was serious about this project. He had done the research. He had photos from furniture retirement communities and private furniture funerals. The kind always rumored but never fully witnessed by science. He had little jars labeled COUCH BREATH and CUSHION GAS which he wouldn’t let me touch. He had a sketch book and some pens and said he wanted full-on Disney-style animation, no matter the cost. He asked the best way to draw a couch skeleton and I told him (respectfully). He wanted real textures and complicated seam work. He was willing to do without sleep or the company of women. I assumed it was a scam from the outset, but I played along in hopes of getting his business card business. That’s my passion...