So I was thinking about sandwiches, 'cuz they're tasty... and then I was thinking about bookwiches, and then I got to thinking about Pegasuses... err, Pegasi... and then I thought about monocorns. The monocorn, much like the unicorn in that it has one horn, is unlike the Pegasus in that it resembles a bull rather than a horse. That's right: one- ( Read more... )

"Everything is fine, nothing is ruined, my eyebrows are intact."
- excerpt from The Book of Things Which Are Said Only When False.

And the Out-of-Context-Quote-of-the-Day Award goes to Amy, for:
"I like slavery!"

It's not the Stow & Go bong, it's the Stone & Go.

Also, after breaking the blind and sorting through all the data, the results for the Week of Pants research project are in. Conclusion: there is insufficient data to provide a meaningful answer. It was originally going to be Sunday through Saturday, but ended up being Sunday through Sunday. ( Read more... )

For Andrew:Tunare commits the naturalistic fallacy.

Because I know that I sure am!

This does not fix the world, but it's a step in the right direction. The highlights:"It's time for the politicians to catch up with the public on this [issue]," Congressman Frank said. "The notion that you lock people up for smoking marijuana is pretty silly."

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Why support this legislation?- Currently, 1 out of ( Read more... )

"EVAMTOG" is a word, just so long as enough people insist that it is. Or, alternatively, if one person insists hard enough. This is how language works. Swear to Thomas Jefferson.

This was discovered while playing no-holds-barred Scrabble. No joke.

It is definitely possible for things to be too amazing. What happens is that the body becomes exhausted from continuous, unrelenting amazement.

Is the Platonic form of Bookstore filled with Platonic forms of Bookshelves, or does it only contain the Platonic form of Bookshelf? Similarly, for each Platonic form of Bookshelf, is it filled with many Platonic forms of Books (like, say, the Platonic form of War and Peace), or just the Platonic form of Book? Do Platonic customers browse ( Read more... )