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If This Prinicpal Thinks Blogging Isn't Educational, He Needs His Head Examined: He Should Be Seeking Out Every Student Blogger In The School And Giving Them Special Time To Blog More - And Giving Them Extra Credit Besides.

Funny, For All Surveillance, Osama Bin Laden Is Still Free—and We're Not. Guess Who's Winning The "war On Terror?

Each Generation Of Rabbis Is Necessarily Less Perfect Than The Rabbis That Came Before, Since Each Generation Is More Removed From The Perfection Of The Garden. Therefore, No Rabbi Is Allowed To Overturn Any Of His Forebears' Wisdom, Since They Are All, By Definition, Smarter Than Him.

If You've Never Programmed A Computer, You Should. There's Nothing Like It In The Whole World. When You Program A Computer, It Does Exactly What You Tell It To Do. It's Like Designing A Machine — Any Machine, Like A Car, Like A Faucet, Like A Gas-hinge For A Door — Using Math And Instructions. It's Awesome In The Truest Sense: It Can Fill You With Awe.

If The Best Way To Learn To Succeed Is To Fail As Fast As Possible, Then The Second-best Way Is To Watch Someone Else Fail As Fast As Possible. Watching Someone Else Screw Up Is A Kind Of Rehearsal For Your Own Eventual Downfall. A Close Observation Of Someone Else's Attempt To Resolve A Difficulty Is A Great Way To Acquire Real-world Insight Into Whether And When To Deploy Their Method In Your Own Times Of Trouble.