Sign on wall of Fort Lee, N.J. Middle School :

If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

Hat tip to Dr Phillips.

Want to donate to Haiti, but worried about your money passing through the hands of (ugh) believers? The Richard Dawkins Foundation will care for your needs. A whole bunch of impeccably atheist organisations has agreed to collect money, then pass it on either to Doctors Without Borders (Médecins sans Frontières) or to International Red Cross.

But why not donate direct to one of those two organisations? In the words of the website

When donating via Non-Believers Giving Aid, you are helping to counter the scandalous myth that only the religious care about their fellow-humans.

You are also helping to promote aggressive bigotry. Assisting hypocritical opportunists. Oh and because neither Doctors without Borders or International Red Cross is a development agency you are making a default choice about effective help – Haiti’s needs will not go away any time soon.

But it’s your money.

[A quality assurance organisation recommends that] the University finalise its academic integrity policy and procedures in order to strengthen education‐related academic honesty processes.

Entries are invited for this new competition, inspired by Dr M______ P_______ of N__ J_____.

Aim: to create a new book jacket for a classic novel. A classic novel is defined as one whose title is familiar to lettered people. “Lettered people” are those who recognise the titles of classic novels.

Prize(s): the warm glow of achievement & perhaps a bauble or trinket.

Method: combine an inappropriate image with a paronomasiac title. (Thank you Dr Gillard for this succinct wording.)

Format: any standard graphic file type (jpg, gif etc) Maximum width 520px. Attach file to email.

Submit to: competition {at} wordability.com.au

Multiple entries: welcome

Deadline: 28th February 2010

Copyright: yours to keep.