Capitalism - Feudalism without the Kings
Website Wednesday
The first day of school in our district; Google is reporting that the Democrats don't even have enough voters to beat the Republicans in the 2010 election; and there was a helicopter with a spotlight searching our detention basin for quite a while last night. (My money is on an escaped criminal dressed as a deer - he/she would blend right in.)
So in honor of kids everywhere, Americans who are being royally screwed by our capitalism and our stupidity and those fleeing the law (don't forget, not everyone chased is guilty), I offered some learning, a lot of clever fun and some learning mixed with clever fun at:
http://theoatmeal.com/
The home page of The Oatmeal consists of small posters saying things like: Why I hate Cobwebs; Hamster Atonement; Six Reasons to Ride a Polar Bear to Work. Click any poster, say the polar bear one, and you'll be reading funny reasons: polar bears keep you warm and actual facts: polar fur is actually composed of individual hollow tubes. You get all this information in clever cartoon panels. Sort of mini-mini graphic novels,
Some posters are great learning tools for kids like When to Use i.e. in a Sentence, but this is an adult site so monitoring would be advised.
The site says about itself:
Everything on this site was written, drawn, and coded by Matthew Inman.
The Oatmeal's real name is Matthew and he lives in Seattle, Washington. He subsists on a steady diet of crickets and whiskey. He enjoys long walks on the beach, gravity, and breathing heavily through his mouth. His dislikes include scurvy, typhoons, and tapeworm medication.
By clicking Inman's name, we learn he is "a 27 year old web designer, developer, and online marketer."
Matthew is cleverly talented. We may all be saying in time: Matt Inman? I read him before he got so famous.
Take a look. You won't be disappointed. Oh, and don't forget to click the top bar options: Comics, Quizzes, Blog, etc.
So in honor of kids everywhere, Americans who are being royally screwed by our capitalism and our stupidity and those fleeing the law (don't forget, not everyone chased is guilty), I offered some learning, a lot of clever fun and some learning mixed with clever fun at:
http://theoatmeal.com/
The home page of The Oatmeal consists of small posters saying things like: Why I hate Cobwebs; Hamster Atonement; Six Reasons to Ride a Polar Bear to Work. Click any poster, say the polar bear one, and you'll be reading funny reasons: polar bears keep you warm and actual facts: polar fur is actually composed of individual hollow tubes. You get all this information in clever cartoon panels. Sort of mini-mini graphic novels,
Some posters are great learning tools for kids like When to Use i.e. in a Sentence, but this is an adult site so monitoring would be advised.
The site says about itself:
Everything on this site was written, drawn, and coded by Matthew Inman.
The Oatmeal's real name is Matthew and he lives in Seattle, Washington. He subsists on a steady diet of crickets and whiskey. He enjoys long walks on the beach, gravity, and breathing heavily through his mouth. His dislikes include scurvy, typhoons, and tapeworm medication.
By clicking Inman's name, we learn he is "a 27 year old web designer, developer, and online marketer."
Matthew is cleverly talented. We may all be saying in time: Matt Inman? I read him before he got so famous.
Take a look. You won't be disappointed. Oh, and don't forget to click the top bar options: Comics, Quizzes, Blog, etc.
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