an abundance of katherines, Green. Yes. Differently annoying from looking for alaska, particularly in having to wait most of the book to find out why presented-as-smart kids are misusing a perfectly fine word. Green (or his editor) is docked points for “anyone except whom he’d already been.” Also, the misuse of “theorem” and the misspelling […]
looking for alaska, Green. Yes. I’m made suspicious when a character in a book is presented as a smart kid but doesn’t behave the way smart kids in my experience have behaved. Even if a person’s particular talent seems very limited in scope, part of being smart is to be curious about the things one […]
As the Red Cross is warning about being prepared for potential power outages during high winds, FP would like to add some items to your preparedness checklist: -battery-operated twinkle lights -Triscuits and smoked clams or sprats -canned hummus and more Triscuits -bulky sweaters -trashy magazines and a flashlight
Hey, does anyone want to buy me this for Xmas? It has ninjas!
Watching Miss Potter last night, I had a geek “that’s not right!” moment: while a young Beatrix Potter is telling the story of the Two Bad Mice she says that the food in the doll house was porcelain. I said “but wasn’t it a plaster ham?” Upon checking today, yes, it was indeed a plaster […]
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has launched a free market data service. I don’t see anything compellingly different from what’s available at Yahoo! finance, but that’s probably because I have all the Yahoo! ads blocked.
I’m not reading the whole article yet, but some Torchwood writers (including the actor who played Mickey the idiot) attended Comic-Con this year and talked about stuff, including (according to Whedonesque) what would happen if Captain Jack met Captain Reynolds. Two items I did note: Torchwood starts this weekend on BBC America, and Russell Davies […]
I was quite fascinated by the assortment, cheapness, and eclecticity of the items sold by DealExtreme. My only guess is that it’s the output from a particular industrial city in China. Some highlights: Digital Buddhist Jukebox in Tibetan (5 Songs) $4 The Poking Man Pen Stand $8.72 Piggy USB 2.0 Multi-Memory Card Reader $5.74 Islamic […]