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In Chinese and Japanese, four is a homonym for death. I'm surprised there aren't more Death Note jokes out there for the Note 4.

Halloween Testing

I once gave a quiz with 13 questions in honor of the holiday.

The bonus was about famous horror movie franchises. I was disappointed no one knew who Michael Myers was or what series he was in (Halloween).

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In the live action adaptation, Kamina is played by Psy.

They're calling it "Gangnam Lagann."

Mood Music 13 - Disney Edition

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What I love is that while there are plenty of people named "John Baird," our fundamental POV of the world is often very similar.

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What was the person's reaction when they got the tropical disease?

They were ebola-ient.

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Student: "Mister, why do you talk to yourself?"

Me: "Because I'm a serial killer."

Celebrating Halloween a little early.

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"I've never inspired true love, but I have caused a few cases of Stockholm Syndrome."

Banned Books

There are four new authors to add to the Banned Book Week celebration: Larry Correia, Michael Z. Williamson, Brad Torgersen and John C. Wright. All four are having their books protested and removed at indie book stores in Toronto by a politically motivated smear campaign. They dared to challenge the white supremacy of Scalzi and others and now their minions are hitting back through whatever means they can.

(The stores that kowtow to such customer outrage should be ashamed of themselves - it's not just anti-intellectual, but bad business!)

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Show me a school that brags about its students GPA's and I'll show you an administration that mandates grade inflation.