Open thread: Yes, but was she riding a unicycle?
The star of this video balances 15 books on her head while reciting pi to the 100th digit and solving a Rubik’s cube:
How much geek can you imagine cramming into 42 seconds?
Note: this post is an open thread, open to comments on any subject within the scope of our comment policy.
yyzian:
September 19th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
What’s her career path? For that amount of mental acuity, dexterity, and balance, she must pass any computer systems pre-interview.
Paige:
September 20th, 2011 at 6:37 am
This girl goes to my university, every pi day she goes to the student center and does this, minus the books and plus a hula hoop though.
Jane Osmond:
September 26th, 2011 at 7:24 am
Hi – we are trying to drum up signatures for a petition against a Facebook rape page. Any help (repost/tweet) would be gratefully appreciated.
Media release here: http://rapeneverfunny.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/medi-release/
Bidisha round up here:http://www.bidisha-online.blogspot.com/2011/09/facebook-says-rape-incitement-pages-are.html
Thanks, Jane Osmond
By request: Facebook treats rape page as ‘pub joke’ | Geek Feminism Blog:
September 26th, 2011 at 8:21 pm
[...] Osmond asked for a signal boost in the open thread, and thus I’m popping the Facebook treats rape page as ‘pub joke’ media release up: [...]
Mary:
September 26th, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Posted your media release.
adam:
September 28th, 2011 at 7:15 am
Request: an article that covers the sexism in DC’s New 52. A really good article was written at
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/22/starfire-catwoman-sex-superheroine/
but I was hoping one could be covered on this site as well
Mary:
September 28th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
For people who badly want something to appear on the front page, offering to write a guest post is by far the most likely way to get what you want.