I never did like word problems much…

…and one teacher took it to the extreme by using the example of assassinating Obama for a geometry problem…

Draw Muhammad Day!

I’m all for free speech. I mean, nobody should have their life threatened for a drawing, no matter how offensive.

However, I’m not a fan of offending people. That’s my personal belief, and not one that I impose upon others.

So, without further ado, here is my submission for Draw Muhammad Day:

Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee!

Yeah, that’s right: I tried to draw Mohammed Ali. Bring on the fatwa!

♫ Champagne flowing down just like rain… ♫

I made a small batch of soaps Saturday night to celebrate the end of the school year. I used Brambleberry’s Champagne fragrance, and glycerin soap with white oxide and blue mica colors. I meant to do layers of blue and white (university colors), but realized (before it was too late!) that the blue mica hadn’t fully mixed, meaning there would have been blue suds and bleeding onto washcloths, etc. I averted crisis by blending the layers and coming up with a much lighter blue than intended.

My classmates just thought I had gone for Yeshiva Blue in the first place. They were a hit! At least one classmate was able to re-gift it for Mother’s Day, with much success.

One professor thought I had given her one in an attempt to get a point off of her (she gave me a 93 for the course, so very close to an A), but she didn’t realize that I’d been giving them to every single person in all of my classes. And I didn’t argue with the A- once I saw that she had “miscalculated” on purpose – long story short – I sleepwalked through that class, and she wanted me to put in more effort, even though my work was top-notch.

At least two classmates asked to be my business partners. Anyway, I made too many (since I share classes with so many classmates, I overestimated), and you can see one of the extras, along with the school’s Fall class schedule and my Human Behavior textbook:

You can buy one for $1, plus $1 shipping at my Etsy page.

Mother’s Day

In honor of moms everywhere, I remind everyone to check out my latest musical comedic obsession, Paul and Storm. Their Mother’s Day song will either have you literally ROFL or offend you to no end.

Paul and Storm » Mother’s Day Song.

Don’t Sue!

The advice of a lawyer: don’t sue! Or, at the very least, weigh all the factors first. I hope this lawsuit-happy society takes this man’s advice.

Don’t Sue! : Money :: American Express OPEN Forum.

Texting has its boundaries.

I’m not that huge a fan of text messaging. I’ll tweet, sure. Put in a Facebook blurb while on the go if I see or think of something interesting while on the bus or something. But generally, if I’m with other people, I go by the climate of the group. If others are whipping out their iPhones, I’ll take out my Crackberry to check in on Foursquare or my email for a hot minute. If nobody’s doing that, I won’t be the first.

And what’s with the 6-10% of people who don’t mind getting interrupted by messages during sex? I, for one, would not be interrupted, since my emails and text messages aren’t even set to vibrate, they’re silent. If something super important is going on, then you can actually make a phone call. And I’m certainly not going to answer in the middle of the deed. In fact, the jury’s still out on whether I’d even bother to press “cancel” on the call, or just let it ring out. Probably depends on what exactly we’re doing and the location of the phone.

But I’ll check my voicemail and give you a call back once we’re done.

Texting during sex? Some say it’s OK – SciTechBlog – CNN.com Blogs.

Soaps from 3/19/10

Vanilla, Tuberose and Magnolia:

Orchid, Lavender and Sandalwood:

Ms. Taken

Someone’s made a business off of something I’ve been doing for years: showing the ring to get a dude out of my way.

Ms. Taken | Work the room in disguise.

The only upside? It comes in a cute carrying case, just in case you don’t have, I don’t know, a pocket or a purse?

Racial Profiling at Yeshiva University

This is an issue that has come up with many of my classmates in the Social Work School. Since we’re not all Orthodox Jews, we tend to get asked for ID all the time. Which is fine, since the policy is to check everyone’s IDs. The issue is that any man wearing a yarmulke seems to be able to go in as he pleases without being checked for ID. I’ve also noticed that if I go in with my classmate, a young man who wears a yarmulke, I don’t get carded. But today, I noticed that a group of 5 yarmulke-wearing students went into the library without being carded. However, when I tried to enter, I was asked if I was a student (you’d think the backpack full of books would indicate that I’m a student). I said I was, and he asked for ID, then said, “Social Work?” I said yes, and showed my ID. I then asked why he did not check the IDs of the students that went before me, if it was because they wear yarmulkes. He said no, it was because he knew them. I asked again if I was being racially profiled because I did not look Jewish. He denied it, but I just walked away and went along my business.

I invite my Wurzweiler (Social Work) classmates to document their experiences here as well.

But You Dont Look Depressed! – See the true face of depression

New blog about mental illness and how it may not be obvious to the average person, or even to medical and mental health professionals

But You Dont Look Depressed! – See the true face of depression.