could have been that story reviewing that book about copernicus. maybe? .... nah.

i heard something on NPR today that i wanted to share with you. too bad i cannot remember what it was.

maybe it was the story out of seattle where they've developed a program to keep kids in school by using a combination of fun wakeup calls recorded by rappers and prizes for perfect attendance. one mathematics teacher was all - that's not real life, because if you don't wake up and you miss work, you will just get fired. well, thank YOU, mister mathman. sheesh. firstly, way to have a heart, and pluswise at my work, you can get awards for perfect attendance. so there.

maybe it was about the EU and how they're freaking falling apart. who would want to put up with greece, ireland, and portugal? with partners like that, who needs... uh... non-partners? okay, so the greeks gave us stocism and yoghurt. from portugal we get the incomparable portugese language and some fine dry white vinhos. ireland gave us the colour green. but c'mon guys. get a job. did you know slovenia and slovakia are EU countries? i wasn't even sure they were countries at all. iceland is a candidate, and damn if they didn't go completely freaking bankrupt, what, like last year? yeah. that's a good plan. let iceland in.

maybe it was about how we all hate the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard. we hate it so much that if you just mention "fingernails on a chalkboard" people will shiver. alternately, if you tell folks you're going to play them a selection of übermodern music, and instead you play a selection of fingernails draaaaaging down a chalkboard, they will be all - umm... nice.... haha. people are idiots. seriously though, researchers have discovered the frequency of that sound falls in the range to which our ears are most sensitive - 2000Hz to 4000Hz. who knew? well, because these researchers just discovered it, i'd have to say - no one. anyway, i was sort of torn between viewing this research as a complete whogivesashit waste of time and wondering what the implications are for corrective devices for those with hearing loss issues.

i don't know.

maybe it was one of those.