30 Sep 2009
Routine urine tests for exam students

Take a whiz quiz before the SAT? Unbelievable...

The increasing use of smart drugs or "nootropics," to boost academic performance, could mean that exam students will face routine doping tests in future, suggests an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics.

(link) [EurekAlert!]

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No Change Available

Well, no change is possible. Those of you who know us know of our hassles with phone and data service over the years - my AT&T cell phone, which I'd had for nearly ten years, never did work out here. So yesterday I tried Verizon, and it doesn't work either. No signal for phones or data. And since my AT&T cell phone is broken (physically), and my contract is up, I canceled the service. No cell phone for me.

Which is kind of a problem - the cell phone was the only way we could call long distance. Unless I want to pay nearly 50¢ a minute from my home phone. You see, the only kind of broadband available out here is ISDN, and because it's a "business service" you can't put a calling package on it. No discounts.

I'm so frustrated I could scream. But I think I'll go eat dinner instead.

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