Some of you may know about my roommate, Rivka - she is by far one of the smartest people I know. Example: not only can she name every US senator, but she actually knows their track records, what committees they're on, etc. She's working on the representatives, and getting pretty close. (The other day we saw "PA 4" written on something and ( Read more... )

You know the 72 virgins that are supposedly awarded to each Islamic martyr in Heaven? Rivka's favorite professor, Robert Art, told her class the other day that the word "virgins" might actually be a mistranslation of the original text.

I looked it up, and apparently it originally promised not virgins, but -- are you ready? --

...raisinsAnd not ( Read more... )

Rivka and some of our friends watched this video maybe five times in a row last night. The last second is the best part.

Small British children are awesome.

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EDIT: Rivka guessed that the other kid's name was Harry, just because she thought it would make sense for two British kids to be named Harry and Charlie.

...she was right. The kid's name is ( Read more... )

Rivka has been obsessed with the movie There Will Be Blood lately - well, really, just obsessed with the "I DRINK YOUUUR MILKSHAKE!" line ( Read more... )