This weeks rankings- (Non-Political) edition

[littlebeast13]

No post in 1 week - bold
No post in 2+ weeks - italics


1. Sprots
2. Pea
3. Marley
4. Skoop
5. earendel
6. bbking
7. lb13
8. Cal
9. silvercamaro
10. aj
11. Bixby
12. BDM
13. Barbarella
14. Saucy (up 1)
15. ghostjmf (down 1)
16. BiT
17. etaoin
18. Amaz
19. KT
20. JBG
21. mini
22. PSM
23. Sir G
24. starfish
25. TBone (up 1)
26. Eyegor (down 1)
27. Corn
28. Appa (up 1)
29. aussie (down 1)
30. Dr J
31. BobJuch
32. Linus
33. Kay (up 1)
34. mrkelley (down 1)
35. tribe
36. christie
37. flock
38. ging
39. Harv
40. tmitsss (25 posts away from 10K)
41. tgirl
42. Buffacuse
43. HFJai
44t. takinover
44t. wbtravis (up 1)
46. Ace
47. Bob78164
48. nitrah
49. indigo
50. MACRAE
51. Rexer
52. jeemie
53. MMFF
54. tubadave
55. Kazoo
56. RJS
57t. kidtejas
57t. ulysses (up 1)
59. TR
60. TiV
61. rubbersnail
62. gsn
63. Snaxx
64. Tocque
65. goongas
66. SSS
67. renovator
68. NE1410S
69. AD (up 1)
70. rob wilson (down 1)
71. wild bill
72. gsabc
73. Booch
74. toeth
75. Timsterino
76. macsdaddy
77. kusch
78. Fanny
79. dodgersteve
80. Nelly
81. BeeMan
82. Spock
83. vails
84. vandal
85. RevDodd
86. oldernow
87. gretagarbo
88. ScrabbleTed
89. melly
90. Tanstaafl
91. Weasel
92. wintergreen
93. Confessor
94. DaveSenior
95. John9826
96. Chase1207
97. moon
98. peter5858
99. plasticene
100. deb in ga

[gsabc]

I really need to get more gratuitive, or else I'm never going green again.

[gsabc]

Oh, and congrats to those who did.

[MarleysGh0st]

I really need to get more gratuitive, or else I'm never going green again.

If it was up to me, I'd give you extra credit for using a despair.com poster as your avatar!

[NellyLunatic1980]

Congrats to all 7 of the greens!

[mntetn]

the Bored's 81st Most Prolific Poster

Don't you need to change your signature line?

80. Nelly
81. BeeMan

[gsabc]

I really need to get more gratuitive, or else I'm never going green again.

If it was up to me, I'd give you extra credit for using a despair.com poster as your avatar!

Yeah, well, it is my career, after all. I have the authentic Successories version sitting on my desk, but I was ROFLMAO when I saw Despair's version. It feels that way sometimes.

[Artificial Gratuitousness]

I should be at least top 20 by now, but apparently Political Maliciousness trumps Artificial Gratuitousness.

[littlebeast13]

I should be at least top 20 by now, but apparently Political Maliciousness trumps Artificial Gratuitousness.

You have only been artificially gratuitous since May 31, 2008. That doesn't quite trump those who have been artificially gratuitous for most of the decade......

lb13

[Artificial Gratuitousness]

I should be at least top 20 by now, but apparently Political Maliciousness trumps Artificial Gratuitousness.

You have only been artificially gratuitous since May 31, 2008. That doesn't quite trump those who have been artificially gratuitous for most of the decade......

lb13

I am a muse. And, as such, I should be receiving 10% of all posting credit earned by the following (including but not limited to):

NellyLunatic1980
peacock2121
PlacentiaSoccerMom
ulysses5019

and there was somebody else.......

give me a minute, it'll come to me..........

oh, yeah!

KAYRHARRIS

[Rexer25]

I should be at least top 20 by now, but apparently Political Maliciousness trumps Artificial Gratuitousness.

You have only been artificially gratuitous since May 31, 2008. That doesn't quite trump those who have been artificially gratuitous for most of the decade......

lb13

I am a muse. And, as such, I should be receiving 10% of all posting credit earned by the following (including but not limited to):

NellyLunatic1980
peacock2121
PlacentiaSoccerMom
ulysses5019

and there was somebody else.......

give me a minute, it'll come to me..........

oh, yeah!

KAYRHARRIS

At least it's not my fault...

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

I should be at least top 20 by now, but apparently Political Maliciousness trumps Artificial Gratuitousness.

You have only been artificially gratuitous since May 31, 2008. That doesn't quite trump those who have been artificially gratuitous for most of the decade......

lb13

I am a muse. And, as such, I should be receiving 10% of all posting credit earned by the following (including but not limited to):

NellyLunatic1980
peacock2121
PlacentiaSoccerMom
ulysses5019

and there was somebody else.......

give me a minute, it'll come to me..........

oh, yeah!

KAYRHARRIS

Hi Muse.

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

I am a muse. And, as such, I should be receiving 10% of all posting credit earned by the following (including but not limited to):

NellyLunatic1980
peacock2121
PlacentiaSoccerMom
ulysses5019

and there was somebody else.......

give me a minute, it'll come to me..........

oh, yeah!

KAYRHARRIS

Thanks for the shout-out!

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

I think that it's better to post gratuitously than get embroiled in the political threads.

[Artificial Gratuitousness]

You have only been artificially gratuitous since May 31, 2008. That doesn't quite trump those who have been artificially gratuitous for most of the decade......

lb13

I am a muse. And, as such, I should be receiving 10% of all posting credit earned by the following (including but not limited to):

NellyLunatic1980
peacock2121
PlacentiaSoccerMom
ulysses5019

and there was somebody else.......

give me a minute, it'll come to me..........

oh, yeah!

KAYRHARRIS

Hi Muse.

Hi Acolyte.

I've recently begun accepting all major credit cards as well as ACH withdrawal.

Keep up the good work.

[MarleysGh0st]

I think that it's better to post gratuitously than get embroiled in the political threads.

A step away from the wrong direction might be in the right direction.

[kayrharris]

It's quite an acomplishment, in my opinion, to be green and not
even read the political threads.

[littlebeast13]

It's quite an acomplishment, in my opinion, to be green and not
even read the political threads.

Quite an accomplishment in talking to yourself......

lb13

[kayrharris]

I should be at least top 20 by now, but apparently Political Maliciousness trumps Artificial Gratuitousness.

You have only been artificially gratuitous since May 31, 2008. That doesn't quite trump those who have been artificially gratuitous for most of the decade......

lb13

I am a muse. And, as such, I should be receiving 10% of all posting credit earned by the following (including but not limited to):

NellyLunatic1980
peacock2121
PlacentiaSoccerMom
ulysses5019

and there was somebody else.......

give me a minute, it'll come to me..........

oh, yeah!

KAYRHARRIS

There is nothing ARTIFICIAL about my gratuitous posts. Thank you.

[SportsFan68]

Thanks as always for doing this, LB.


If anybody is afraid this nippy morning in early May, it is Caesar Gorski, a developer watching from the wetland's edge and praying that Teti won't find what she's hunting for: a killer bog turtle.

Killer of construction projects, that is. Just four inches long, the "boggie" is one of North America's tiniest turtles. But with the muscle of the federal Endangered Species Act under its shell, it stops bulldozers. If it rears its bitty orange-spotted head here, the turtle will sink Gorski's plan for a $20 million office park and render part of his 30-acre tract unbuildable.

To developers, the boggie may be a baneful little beast. But for Teti and an elite band of turtle stalkers, it is a cash cow - worth $10,000 to $75,000 out of a builder's pocket for each site searched, whether a tortoise is found or not.

Since 1997, when the bog turtle ascended to the federal list of threatened species and its protection was mandated, a cottage industry has emerged for herpetologists willing to get muddy and bloody for the title, and the paycheck, of a "certified bog turtle surveyor."

The bog turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii) is without a doubt one of the coolest turtles to be found anywhere. And certainly the rarest. While they're illegal to own, collectors pay $1000.00 apiece for them.

Here's a picture of one of the little $1000.00 "boggies":




. . .

Even though I know nothing about education (and even less about a field of study called "Education"), I was frightened enough reading about the teaching of "Education" to write a post about it. That post (and many other, far-better-informed ones) now appears in this week's Carnival of Education.

I never thought I'd be so interested in something so "non-political" as education, but my morbid fear and loathing of politics is heightened every time I see politics reach out and destroy another important thing in our lives which should not be political.

Here are a few examples from the Carnival:

This horrifying post reveals that teachers (at least in Virginia) no longer have to know basic math, while this post reveals why: teachers tend to study a thing called "Education" -- which in no way guarantees that they have any knowledge of what they will teach.

(The easiest way to solve the problem might be to simply prohibit anyone with a degree in "education" from teaching anything but, well, "education.")

And here's a common sense question: How can standardized tests be called "biased" if the low scorers had low scores because they were unable to read? Doh? What sort of idiot would argue that if you flunk a reading test because you can't read that the test is biased? I don't know, but I'll just bet that it would be the sort of idiot with a degree in education.

I had no idea how bad things were.

This post about dress codes is depressing, too. Students need dress codes in elementary schools -- not to instill self-respect or a sense of seriousness or professionalism in the kids, but to prevent gang violence. In elementary schools? (I've long thought school dress codes are good for kids, because, by inviting the trivial rebellion of flouting the dress code, they provide a rebellion-absorbent sort of buffer, thus distracting kids who might otherwise rebel in more destructive ways. Whether they're legal in public schools is another matter.)

Anyway, whatever the students might wear, the important thing is what they learn, right? But according to this post, "educators" can't teach reading, and they're upset to have people find out about it.

[earendel]

You have only been artificially gratuitous since May 31, 2008. That doesn't quite trump those who have been artificially gratuitous for most of the decade......

lb13

I am a muse. And, as such, I should be receiving 10% of all posting credit earned by the following (including but not limited to):

NellyLunatic1980
peacock2121
PlacentiaSoccerMom
ulysses5019

and there was somebody else.......

give me a minute, it'll come to me..........

oh, yeah!

KAYRHARRIS

There is nothing ARTIFICIAL about my gratuitous posts. Thank you.

That's right - they're all natural, biodegradable and environmentally-friendly.

[Organic Gratuitousness]

You have only been artificially gratuitous since May 31, 2008. That doesn't quite trump those who have been artificially gratuitous for most of the decade......

lb13

I am a muse. And, as such, I should be receiving 10% of all posting credit earned by the following (including but not limited to):

NellyLunatic1980
peacock2121
PlacentiaSoccerMom
ulysses5019

and there was somebody else.......

give me a minute, it'll come to me..........

oh, yeah!

KAYRHARRIS

There is nothing ARTIFICIAL about my gratuitous posts. Thank you.

I'll be collecting my cut, then.

Thank you, it's been a business doing pleasure with you!

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

It's quite an acomplishment, in my opinion, to be green and not
even read the political threads.

I think so too! Congratulations!

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

It's quite an acomplishment, in my opinion, to be green and not
even read the political threads.

Quite an accomplishment in talking to yourself......

lb13

She doesn't always talk to herself. Sometimes she has help!

[kayrharris]

It's quite an acomplishment, in my opinion, to be green and not
even read the political threads.

Quite an accomplishment in talking to yourself......

lb13

She doesn't always talk to herself. Sometimes she has help!

Thank you, PSM. Some people are just rude.
I sincerely appreciate your help.