Bluefield State College is currently competing in Home Depot's "Retool Your School" competition. Winner's of the highest popular votes in this competition for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (BSC started out as Bluefield Colored Institute) will be awarded grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. You can vote for BSC once daily from any ( Read more... )

Earlier this week, a Jerry Conner from Princeton, WV was listed in the obituaries. As you've probably guessed by this point, I am not that Jerry Conner. The decedent was a cousin, double-digit times removed. For now, I am healthy and operational. Needless to say, this is one misunderstanding I am very glad to be able to clear up.

Went with Bob and corinwolfkin to see Tron Legacy this (Saturday) afternoon ( Read more... )

For those who haven't heard, Reboot is going to finally be released in its entirety as a DVD box set in 2011. In anticipation of that, they're holding a Fan Art Contest for material that will actually be included in the set.
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My brain is trying to create a filked mashup of "Mighty Orbots" and "Detroit Rock City"...

I was working Graduation this morning. As usual, I was hidden in the kitchen of the Armory running the video equipment, when they announced a new award to go with the student leadership award, and the faculty leadership award: a staff leadership award which recognizes college and community service. Well, I'm just working along when I thought I ( Read more... )

The greater oxymoron than "Military intelligence"?

"Common Sense".

If you're a fan of Batman, Miyazaki, or both, you must go look at this:

http://twitpic.com/18rwhc

The jQuery Cookbook really does have a stoat on the cover.

Those of you on Yeager and Rising Star lists have already heard my woes about messaging on AT&T service. Well, today I had a call go to message, then the other two messages popped up, one from Last Thursday evening, and the other from Friday morning. One of them could probably have forestalled a good deal of drama ( Read more... )