Ever since the other person who lives at my house told me about it, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about the arrow in the FedEx logo. It’s genius, or maybe just inevitable:

Update: here’s an interview with the creator, in which he answers several of my questions.

The BBC has a rundown of five actors deemed likely to play the next Doctor. Here’s my take on their picks:

David Tennant: too fey (or maybe it’s just the photo they used)

Bill Nighy: too old

Richard E Grant: too famous

David Thewlis: no opinion (possibly too actory, but Eccleston seems to have done okay)

Alan Davies: could be

And what about my favorite, Eddie Izzard?

Yes, you can laugh at dated 70’s Ozark tourism, or you can gape in awe at its present day splendor!

Not only is history being made, but you can watch the process online: Bhutan’s first constitution is in the making! When one writes a constitution these days, one has to be far more specific (electronic communication, the environment, torture and so forth), but one is still able to soar to inspirational heights:
“The State shall strive to promote those circumstances that will enable the successful pursuit of Gross National Happiness.”

Unfortunately, my unfamiliarity with Bhutanese culture results in some passages sounding a bit like science fiction:
“The title to the Golden Throne of Bhutan shall vest in the legitimate descendants of His Majesty Druk Gyalpo Ugyen Wangchuck as enshrined in the inviolable and historic Gyenja of the Thirteenth Day, Eleventh Month of the Earth Monkey Year, corresponding to the Seventeenth Day of December, Nineteen Hundred and Seven”

Let us all strive for Gross National Happiness!

Foods That Will Win the War and How to Cook Them, from 1918 advises:
1. Buy it with thought
2. Cook it with care
3. Serve just enough
4. Save what will keep
5. Eat what would spoil
6. Home-grown is best

Don’t waste it!

If Weird Al‘s math is right, on Ted’s 1275" tv, Robert De Niro’s mole would be only about six feet wide.

Hey, look! A portable office, only 1.5 Tatami! From the people that brought you a slightly larger portable room.

Bobby Fischer, paranoid recluse and former world chess champion, has been granted Icelandic citizenship (presumed to be a show of gratitude for Fischer’s role in drawing international attention there in 1972 by defeating Boris Spassky in Reykjavík), leading to his release from Japanese detention.

I hadn’t ever seen the "Don’t" sign (symbol of universal hatred over a plain blue field) before we were in Iceland, and I finally decided it must mean "no parking," since I believed a plain blue field meant "parking okay." I had to take the BBC Roadsign Quiz to find out I’m wrong.

Joss has signed up to write and direct Wonder Woman!