Oregon van owner Leonard Burdek is a passionate man! For example, he loves his mother tongue so much that he will defend its honor no matter the cost, which in this case was the price of a pressure cooker, maybe some wires, and whatever they do to you in Salem, Oregon, when you’re charged with disorderly conduct… which seems kinda light for a guy who walked into his local Teacher Standards and Practices Commission office with what he claimed was a homemade pressure cooker bomb saying he had planned to blow up their sign because the “d” was missing from the word “and” in the Commission’s name, but the darn bomb didn’t work! And, insult to injury, nor was Burdek too pleased with the misspellings in the bomb-building instructions he downloaded from the internet! Misspellings on the internet?! Free Leonard Burdek, his mission endures! But here’s the REALLY important question: Is Burdek a right-wing or a left-wing terrorist?
As an editor, I sympathize with the gentleman. If I could use homemade bombs instead of Track Changes, I would not be spending weekends undoing half-assed incoherent edits inserted by authors who have no sense of deadlines, responsibility, or the basic rules of syntax.
I guess I&#039;m just a teacher who spent too many years teaching intro drama, but what immediately sprang to mind when I saw the guy&#039;s name was <a href="http:\/\/www.hmhbooks.com\/features\/harrisburdick\/" target="_blank">this</a>
AKA Loughner. That dude wandered so far afield that he went completely past the RW lunatic fringe into some uncharted territory that couldn&#039;t be blamed on either team. Interestingly, he&#039;s right about Pima College though...
Sharpie as in switchblade?
As an editor, I sympathize with the gentleman. If I could use homemade bombs instead of Track Changes, I would not be spending weekends undoing half-assed incoherent edits inserted by authors who have no sense of deadlines, responsibility, or the basic rules of syntax.
Hot dog!
Oh, thank goodness I&#039;m not the only one who caught that. After marking student work all damn week that one jumped right out at me.
There are days....
I guess I&#039;m just a teacher who spent too many years teaching intro drama, but what immediately sprang to mind when I saw the guy&#039;s name was <a href="http:\/\/www.hmhbooks.com\/features\/harrisburdick\/" target="_blank">this</a>
this.
Alex, I do believe that you misused a comma in your post.
Which Meet-up thingy should I meet you at to discuss?
Also: Do you know of a good home/kitchen supply store near the spot?
Split infinitives lead to split atoms.
He should go into the teaching profession. He could motivate the students with bombs.
try Bed, Bombs and Beyond
Kenneth, what is the frequency?
AKA Loughner. That dude wandered so far afield that he went completely past the RW lunatic fringe into some uncharted territory that couldn&#039;t be blamed on either team. Interestingly, he&#039;s right about Pima College though...
I&#039;m guessing he&#039;s not invited to the drink thingy...