Gitmo Torture Playlist… It’s a Collabo playlist, add more songs. I added “Manha Manha”
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Your College Isn’t as Great as You Think
Elite colleges just ain’t what they used to be. Or, more precisely, there are a lot more of them than there used to be, at least if you judge by Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges, the old war horse higher ed rankings. The American Enterprise Institute did the math and found that the number of schools in the guide’s “most competitive” tier has doubled since 1991, even though the total number of institutions in its rankings has actually fallen. The other relatively prestigious categories have also fattened up, while the number of “less” competitive and “non-competitive schools” has shrunk.
So, why are so many more schools suddenly special?
Read more. [Image: Barron’s]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4y6tsKyeO1qcokc4o1_400.png)
Your College Isn’t as Great as You Think
Elite colleges just ain’t what they used to be. Or, more precisely, there are a lot more of them than there used to be, at least if you judge by Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges, the old war horse higher ed rankings. The American Enterprise Institute did the math and found that the number of schools in the guide’s “most competitive” tier has doubled since 1991, even though the total number of institutions in its rankings has actually fallen. The other relatively prestigious categories have also fattened up, while the number of “less” competitive and “non-competitive schools” has shrunk.
So, why are so many more schools suddenly special?
Read more. [Image: Barron’s]
Chicago Police, good week, bad week.
Cop Arrests NBC Reporters, Says Your First Amendment Right Can Be Terminated (by swagny3000)
2 plays
I talk way too fast.
Puente Blanco
This is one of my favorite spots in Puerto Rico.
More SMIrby geekdedness.
Elbo rubz w/ Samantha Irby. This is the fame angle photo. She won the Windy City Story Slam.
Can you see the 3 leaf clover?
Late adopter to this one. Already 111 million views.
Somebody That I Used to Know - Walk off the Earth (Gotye - Cover) (by walkofftheearth)
I was watching this on Gawker with my jaw a-mother-fucking-gape.
(HT Gawker)
Skydiving Goes Wrong: 80-Year-Old Granny Falls Out Of Harness (by SatanIsCaucasian)
I do not condone drug use, but I love this.
No Mas Presents: Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No by James Blagden (by NoMasTV)
I’m in the red shirt at 0:44. This is from the Story Slam I was in.
Chicago Urban Art Society: Windy City Story Slam (by Nick Brazinsky)
Brian Babylon Reads Young Obama Diary about ex-girlfriends on BBC Radio. Brian Babylon was on BBC World Service Radio reading fictitious Obama diary entries about ex-flame Genevieve Cook.
Oh, Brian.
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