The Ridiculam: Young sorcerers’ dreams crushed as wizarding colleges send out rejection owls
Many top wizarding universities sent out admissions decisions in the past couple of weeks, disappointing the millions of young sorcerers who received the dreaded “thin owl.” While a small fraction…
The Ridiculam: Notes from the Filibuster — As 1 a.m. approaches, Rand Paul asks father if he’s happy now
As his filibuster began to wear down early Thursday morning, a bleary-eyed Senator Rand Paul downed a fifth of vodka and asked his father whether he was “proud of me…
The Ridiculam: 10 headlines we’ll be seeing in the next couple of days
1. Romney ahead with fortune-tellers, Obama ahead with bayonet users and Iranian centrifuges 2. Romney lays out tough plan on Iranian nucular facilities; nuclear scientists breathe sigh of relief 3.…
The Ridiculam: Manual keeps the barrel, half the student body contracts mono from roaming vuvuzela
The high spirits of winning the Male-Manual game for the third year in a row were dampened somewhat by the news that over half of the student body had contracted…
Students wear pajamas in preparation for PSAT
Staring in to the face of Wednesday’s PSAT/NMSQT examination, Juniors school-wide elected to wear pajamas to school. “I just decided that, hey, you know what, I might as well be…
Senioritis hits students hard
As the end of the school year quickly approaches, many seniors are falling victim to the highly contagious Senioritis. ”I sit down to do my homework and then I’m suddenly looking…
Dogs or Cats: The Definitive Guide
You’re either a ‘dog-person’ or a ‘cat-person’, and anyone who says they’re not is a liar. Even though these two companions are overwhelmingly the most popular house pets, there are…
Bartha Tribute
A video tribute to the loss of a very important member of the Manual and CMA community.…
The dangers of carrying a purse
A purse, n. A woman’s bag for carrying keys, a wallet, and other personal items; a handbag. The purse I’m currently sporting is a large black signature Coach purse, with…
The Ridiculam: Republicans accidentally press self-destruct button
WASHINGTON—After months of speculation and confusion, a Republican Party spokeswoman informed the press yesterday that members of the party had accidentally pressed its self-destruct button, which explained the recent party…