Category: just for fun

This one goes to 11

For all you fellow listmakers out there: Here’s one you may not appreciate. But read it anyway. You may learn something

From PurpleSlinky: The top 10 reasons not to make top 10 articles.

Plus my contribution (just because I love prime numbers, palindromes and Spinal Tap references):

11. Because a Friday Five packs more punch in half the list.

Speaking of Friday Fives, there will be none tomorrow. I’m taking a brief hiatus and a long Easter weekend. In the meantime, for those of you who didn’t get the headline or photo reference (or even if you did), enjoy, and Happy Easter. (BTW, I own a knockoff of the first guitar Nigel [Christopher Guest] displays to Marty [Rob Reiner].)

Another name change in the works?

Long-time readers of this blog know that I was heavily involved in the process of rebranding the university where I work when it changed its name in 2008 from the University of Missouri-Rolla to Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T for short). Now, it looks like we may be going through another renaming exercise — this time to better connect us back to our roots as a mining school.

The proposed new name is Missouri University of Science and Mining, or Missouri S&M for short.

I kind of like the proposed nickname. It’s catchy, in a strict, disciplinarian sort of way.

Possible taglines:

S&M: We beat the competition

S&M: we’ll whip you into shape

S&M: an education that can’t be beat

Spank you for attending Missouri S&M

Any other suggestions?

In other news of the day, Google announces a singular upgrade to your online life.