Waste of Ink: Front-Page News at the Post

by Bryan Joiner

The New York Post's lead story today compared New York City schoolchildren with guinea pigs after it was reported that the Department of Education sells student data to research companies. The crux, as reported by education reporter Carl Campanile:

City education officials last year quietly approved more than 50 research projects related to health, psychology, race, ethnicity, gender and religion - mostly on kids in the poorest neighborhoods, a Post investigation has found.

This ain't shocking.

Waste of time: Monday Morning Blahs

I don't know if it was the rain yesterday or what, but the office is full of zombies today. Not much talking, especially from the ready-to-explode Giants fans, and the big news seems to be that Borat screwed over some Romanians. The boss sent out that link at 9:10 a.m. - now it's 10:30 and no one has said a word since. Least of all me.

I'm not someone who despises Mondays, because if I'm going to be miserable, I might as well get paid for it. I always went to school when I was sick, and saved my sick days for fake sick days. (Looking back on it, I'm sure mom was in on the scam, God bless her.) But I'm just not feeling the mojo today, and maybe it's the same in your office. Unless you're not working, in which case you're a waste of space. Get cracking, bum.