no toys for non believers

http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/02/scientologists-working-with-eb...

For anyone (else) who is gobbling up Church of Scientology news like delicious vegan cupcakes,

check out this article about people selling e-meters on Ebay.

Today's News

By MELISSAJELTSEN on Mon, Feb 11, 2008 3:32 pm

http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2008/02/11/discontent_builds_over_186m_school/?page=full

You can gauge how good a newspaper is if you read it on Monday because usually not much happens over the weekend so papers rely heavily on prewritten articles that aren't so time sensitive.

The Globe's front page featured an article about Newton's trillion dollar school

It reminded me of the Dig feature a few weeks back:

http://www.weeklydig.com/news-opinions/feature/200801/never-never-land

To set things straight

By MELISSAJELTSEN on Wed, Feb 6, 2008 1:02 pm

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8358.html

Who could possibly make sense of the mass jumble that was super tuesday? I was still blearily checking the internet at 2 a.m. this morning, trying to understand the results.

So let me recap for you, what I think I have a grasp on.

Obama camp is saying that he actually won more delegates.

Actually, after more research, I lied.

I do not have a grasp on this arcane and inane process at all.

ps -- wtf are super delegates?

If you want a big, goofy smile for change on your face, watch this:

Media and the Shrug

By MELISSAJELTSEN on Wed, Jan 30, 2008 1:22 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/30/opinion/30dowd.html?hp

Yesterday, I was hanging out with my friend when the conversation invariably turned to politics (I admit, it was I that turned it that way.)

My friend said, oh, I don't want to pay attention to the election because it just makes me dislike all the candidates. I just saw a horrible thing on TV where Obama snubbed Hillary when she was trying to greet him.

Oh, I said. You havent watched any debates, you don't even know about South Carolina's primary and you were unaware of super Tuesday -- but--- you have seen the snub.

Thanks, broadcast media.

But then, this morning, I go to the NYT online, and what do I see?

Math and God

By MELISSAJELTSEN on Mon, Jan 28, 2008 8:57 pm

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/297564

The New York Times reported that mathematicians believe in God at a rate 2 1/2 times that of biologists, quoting a survey of the National Academy of Sciences. Admittedly, that's not saying much: Only 14.6 per cent of mathematicians embraced the God hypothesis, versus 5.5 per cent of biologists.

Academic Travel Causes Global Warming

http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=6x0s0m2hd8xgdrs8vqtqsh2xgfh7brwj

If you click on two links today...

By MELISSAJELTSEN on Sat, Jan 26, 2008 1:35 pm