"A friend in need is a friend indeed". It only recently occurred to me that this must mean "A [person who is a] friend [to you while you are] in need is a friend indeed ( Read more... )

In the course of my observations of Earthlings, I have noticed curious variations in the behavior they call "applause". Please note that these observations were made of Western societies and thus may not be true of other human societies.

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In the beginning, I would only eat creamy peanut butter. Chunky peanut butter was an abhorrent concept to me, just as banana bread with chopped nuts was ( Read more... )

vroomsplat has posted a challenge I can't resist: "[list] chronologically the places where you have worked, starting with your first real job, with notes about lunch culture."

( The list, and a description of a lunch )

I'm sure I wasn't the only person to think over this New Year's, "Hey, we made it to another of Arthur C. Clarke's years." This year, we can expect the planet Jupiter to implode and become a minor sun, bringing forth life on its former moons.

Hope to see you all in 2061...

Saw this randomly on PBS the other night. It's like "We Are the World", but for MLK Day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGKW3O6EpMo

I'd be lying if I said I recognized all, or even most, of the old-school folks in this video. But I enjoyed the haircuts.

You may recall that I was growing out my beard for a contest at work. The contest was officially to end on Tuesday, December 8th, the day of our holiday party. Unfortunately, we were too disorganized to come up with any system of judging whatsoever, so no final winner was ever pronounced. Thus, in answer to your question, "Did you win the beard- ( Read more... )

Why is it that TV stations always air The Sound of Music during Christmastide? What, exactly, is so Christmassy about the movie? As far as I recall, nothing in the movie takes place during Christmas ( Read more... )

And now, to take minutiae blogging to new heights ( Read more... )

Remember the Fifth Avenue Pier 1 Imports I told you about last year that had both "Spooktacular Savings" AND nutcrackers in its storefront window? Yeah, well, this year, they didn't even bother with Halloween. Around October 1st, the Christmas stuff went right up ( Read more... )