This month we’ll look at golf. The following is from an article in which golfer Ernie Els describes how he recovered from a severe knee injury and made it back to the professional tour.
By the time the World Match Play Championship came to Wentworth in September, I was able to walk around the course, watch […]
This month we’ll delve into the seedy world of used medical equipment. Below are selections from an advertisement for a used mammography x-ray machine. The item is selling for $8,000.
List $46,890. MedCon: EX. Bennett high frequency mammography x-ray system.
System new in January,1996. Model MF01500g, maximum ma rating 175 ma, 34 Kv.
Includes full set of […]
This month we’ll look at physics. The following excerpt is taken from an essay about Albert Einstein and is directed at a general audience of scientists and students familiar with the history of the field.
Einstein argued that assuming the validity of Boltzmann’s entropy principle (S = k log W) for radiation fields in the Wien […]
This month we’ll look at snippets of text from a torn-up credit card offer.
You can even activate First Protect if the member of your household with the highest income experiences a qualified event. First Protect also allows you to take full advantage of your credit line, and continue charging while your payments are being deferred!
Notice […]
The following is culled from the office of the registrar at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. It describes “Upcoming Deadlines and Events” for those enrolled in the program.
Nov. 10
Module 2 add/drop deadline (without notation)
Nov. 11
Holiday - Veteran’s Day
Nov. 14
SMART online enrollment opens at noon
Nov. 15
SMART online enrollment closes at noon; Bidding […]
Alex Starace has collected various written texts and quotes from his five to midnight shift working take-out at Famous Dave’s on Tuesday, October 4, 2005.
DIET
ROCKSTAR
ENERGY DRINK
“Hi, my name is Lolli, as in ‘lollipop’ . . . ”
BRISKET PLTT
coleslaw
no choice
sub
extra
muffin
ATTICUS
USA
Clothing mfg
“A la carte? . . . What comes with that?”
BBQ CHIX SAND
potato salad
hot stuff
hot […]
This month we’ll look at that old American favorite: the rib restaurant. The descriptions below describe a few of the more obscure cuts of ribs, which you should keep in mind the next time you go out for barbeque. [Editors’ Note: Also keep in mind that in the text below “meaty” is the good-public-relations way […]
This time we’ll look at advertising copy. The following are snippets taken from a flyer for airforce® Nutrisoda®, the “nutrient enhanced soda.” The soda has different “flavors,” which are actually different sodas designed to improve different aspects of a New Age person’s lifestyle, such as “calm” or “energize.” As it says in small print, all […]
This bi-week we’ll turn to the great architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The excerpt is from a lecture he gave to undergraduates at the University of Princeton in 1930. In the lecture, he discusses how unpleasant he finds the prevailing architectural attitude of the day and in the paragraph below he references some pamphlets that support […]
This biweek we’ll look at the world of personal-computer-board milling. The following is the first paragraph of the tutorial describing the process.
Until now you’ve probably only used your CAD program to design your boards and print the final artwork on a laser or inkjet printer. Maybe you’ve used the heat transfer film processes to place […]