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TV

Two things: 1. How is it, after the Maury Povich has been on since 1991, guests STILL don't know that there's a hidden camera in the greenroom?!?!?! It's common sense people, if you're going to cheat on your woman the very day you appear on the Maury Show for an episode about whether you're cheating on your woman, DON'T DO IT IN THE GREENROOM AT THE STUDIO. 2. Something completely unrelated: I for one am a huge fan of channel 103. One night I was really tired and stared at it for a good 15 minutes. two dollars to anyone who can tell me what the hell is happening on channel 103!

A story

In grade 10 english (2000-'01) I wrote a number of assigned short stories, all of which revolved around the adventures of one "Fared Jaber." I thought it was hilarious at the time, that no matter what the story topic was, I found a way to make it a story about Fared saving christmas, or winning the olympics in something, or going to the moon, or saving the world from a giant meteor in a fashion even more impressive than that of Bruce Willis/Ben Affleck. Enter FSA tests: Government standardized english tests given to every student of a particular grade in the province, for the purpose of identifying schools and districts which are lacking in overal english skills and literacy. Grades were not assigned for class; instead, we were told we'd get mail after 6 weeks classifying our performance on the test as 'above satisfactory', 'satisfactory,' or 'below satisfactory.' We were told that despite the lack of relevence to our grades or education, w...