A story from the Daily Mail tells of a couple who married, divorced, and unioned (with intervening sex change). What is not explained is why “They had to divorce after the switch” though they continued living together and being in love. Seems like common law would be fine with them staying married. But it’s a […]
From the 1920 book Manual of Library Economy, a description of an early hipster PDA: The Card Diary.–A useful little card index is one which may go on a desk, and is guided with the days of the week, and has such other guides as “This Week,” “To-day,” “Next Week,” “Miscellaneous matters,” etc., which serves […]
It’s been pretty clear from recent quotes that Davies is on his way out of Doctor Who. Steven Moffat has just been tipped to replace him. He wrote “The Empty Child”, “The Girl in the Fireplace”, and “Blink”, so we may see a yet spookier vision moving forward. Or maybe The Doctor will start travelling […]
Partly dyslexia, partly Scrabble, I think led to my noticing this clause in a BBC story about new Barry Bonds perjury indictments: Making it into the record books as the man who had hit more home runs than anyone else in baseball history should have been the crowning achievement of Mr Bonds’ storied career 'cause, […]
Highlights from an article about procedure changes to assist Federal Air Marshals (important: not made for your convenience or safety): “the mix-ups, in which marshals are mistaken for terrorism suspects who share the same names, have gone on for years—just as they have for thousands of members of the traveling public.” “one major air carrier […]
Until I saw this Serious eats article, I hadn’t really thought about how horribly calorific those Chipotle burritos are. Plenty of fiber, though. Nutrition Facts Amount Per Serving Calories 1008 Cal from Fat 356 % Daily Value* Total Fat 41g 63% Saturated Fat 17g 85% Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 125mg 42% Sodium 2511mg 105% […]
Man finds chicken in egg, uses phrase “fixin’ to” twice in interview.
I ran across danelope through a series of events that don’t really bear posting here, but it seems to be chock full o’ goodness. I owe the blogger a beer for the article about userContent.css alone. No more blank spots on the BBC News site where ads would go for me!
A very odd story of a guy who defected to North Korea because he was drunk and afraid, and spent decades in the same state in that same state until he was freed to work in a Japanese cookie shop. (4/14: link fixed)