We’re On to You, Brits!
“I shouldn’t be saying this, high treason really, but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren’t fooled by our accent into detecting a brilliance that may not really be there.” Stephen…
The Odd and Miscellaneous
Science Marches On
What causes people to become heterosexual? It’s a puzzle that has intrigued some investigators, as Paul Varnell chronicles in “Origins of Heterosexuality.” It is possible for instance that young pre-heterosexual…
“No to 2007!”
Contributing to Global Warming? This is simply brilliant! In the most clever parody of 2006, Charming demonstrators in Nantes brought in the new year last night by demonstrating against it….
If you live with cats, this will not surprise you…
Cairns cat saves owners from fire. My Siamese cat woke me up, rather insistently, when there was a fire truck in front of the building sending it’s red lights into…
Free the Undertakers…
The Late King of Tonga: Taufa’ahau Tupou IV This BBC story is clear evidence of progress: Having touched the late king’s body during the funeral preparations, the royal undertakers are…
Unmistakable Signs of the Advance Into a New Century
The Queen of England’s annual Christmas message has been made available as a Podcast and the televised speech included images of British Muslims at Friday Prayers in the London Central…
Ok, Taliban: No More Beardless Boys in the Barracks!
According to a CNN report about a new Taliban guideline book, “The Taliban’s Rules,” Along with rules about not smoking cigarettes and not allowing murderers to join the Taliban, there…
“Hastert and Boehner need to get on the same page or Republican troubles will continue to mount.”
….from the October 5 editorial in The Hill, The Newspaper for and about the U.S. Congress. Hat tip to Rick Sincere, who noted, “You can’t make this kind of thing…
Life Imitates Comedy
No Peace, No Sex The Colombian sex strike against gang violence has been hailed as a success and called off, although the BBC notes, “There was no immediate indication whether…
A Little Smug Chauvinism?
Documented Sense? According to the BBC, some people in a little village in the north of Japan claim that Jesus was not crucified, nor did he rise from the grave….