Buy Term Papers

Check out this lovely article about term paper mills. I wish I had known about this in college.

http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article10100801.aspx

Baron Mind

We here at the Ex-Gifted Child are pleased to promote the Very Gifted works of our Still-Gifted friends. Check out the fabulous video below created by our dear friends at Campsite Studios. It's their submission for the "Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" contest. Check it out and please leave awesome comments on their page.

Campsite Studios presents "Baron Mind": http://www.vimeo.com/1934017

They're also featured on a list of the top five contestants (BRAVO!): http://www.tilzy.tv/top-five-dr-horrible-evil-league-of-evil-applicants.htm

And watch "Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/28343/dr-horribles-sing-along-blog

Believe in your dreams

Virgin Birth

Thanks to Ex-Gifted Reader Rory for sending in this fascinating article about sharks who are giving birth to baby sharks with no male DNA...meaning, they are having virgin births...meaning, there is no father in sight.

"Sharky Has No Daddies"

This kind of asexual reproduction is called parthenogenesis. According to one of the science-y types quoted in the article, "It is possible that parthenogenesis could become more common in these sharks if population densities become so low that females have trouble finding mates."

Hear that, ladies? Maybe one day we will evolve to the point of impregnating ourselves! If the Virgin Mary and sharks can do it, so can you.

If only I had used asexual contraception

Classical Music

There's a great article in The New Yorker about how the current classical music concert format came to be. Really, it's much more interesting than I can describe it. Just read it!

Wind Power

Having driven by a cavalcade of beautiful wind turbines in upstate New York this weekend, I was excited to see this article in the Sunday NY Times Magazine. It was interesting to drive through another small town and see lawn signs proclaiming either "We Love Wind Power" or a simple image of a wind turbine with a big X through it.

These newfangled turbines are the talk of the town.

Among other interesting things we saw: zebras, clowns driving a car, a deer, many vultures.

The Art of Manliness

I would like to thank alert Ex-Gifted Reader David for pointing me towards a fantastic blog, The Art of Manliness. I particularly enjoyed two posts entitled "The Long-Lost Art of the Calling Card" and "Stop Hanging Out With Women and Start Dating Them." (As a woman, I definitely appreciated the latter.) Check it out, boys.

Man up, Beave.

What's Wrong, China?

"Suicide is now China's leading cause of death for those aged 20 to 35."

What?!

It seems that China's one-child policy has created a generation of new adults raised to meet great pinnacles of success - except that job opportunities in China haven't grown to meet the demand. Instead, these only-child "strivers" are unemployed, depressed, and addicted to video games.

Read the rest of this fascinating article at Psychology Today.

The Importance of Daydreaming

Click here to read an interesting article about daydreaming. When your boss asks why you're staring off into space, remind her that this is how Post-it Notes were invented.