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Flight of the Conchords

December 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

If you’ve never heard of Flight of the Conchords, I highly recommend you check them out. They’re a New Zealand comedy band with some top-notch material. My favorite songs are Jenny, Business Time, and Albi the Racist Dragon.

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Unsung Heroes: Week Three

September 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment

This week’s heroes are two high school seniors: David Shepherd and Travis Price. After a male Freshman was taunted for wearing pink on the first day of school this year, these cool kids decided to do something about it. The pair organized a mass effort to get everyone to wear pink on the same […]

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Unsung Heroes: Week Two

September 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Today’s unsung hero(es) of the week are Stanley Murphy and Zhamar Young. Here’s the full story, courtesy of WIBW.  (OK, so it’s a little bit silly to quote a newspaper article about a supposedly unsung hero, but I think these kids deserve some recognition.)
“A babysitter in Missouri is charged with child endangerment after […]

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Unsung Heroes: Week 1

August 26th, 2007 · No Comments

In the spirit of education, I have decided to start a weekly post about little-known heroes of the past. You won’t see these people lauded in textbooks, but in their own way they were courageous and ahead of their time.
Today’s unsung hero is Henry Taylor Blow. Mr. Blow was born in 1817 in […]

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