Chairs

are out to hurt you.

Against Chairs

I wouldn't have thought so, but it must be. I've now read it on the intertubes...

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Top Badass?

Top 10 Badasses of Classic Literature

Sure. Why not?

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I'm not sure

Bubble Tea: The all-in-one beverage and snack

There have been a few places here that have sold, or specialized in, bubble tea, but it doesn't look like the fad has caught on here in a big way. The author says that Asian food stores carry the tapioca pearls and they're usually brown. It makes me wonder if they're special somehow, as most grocery stores carry the white/translucent tapioca pearls. Tapioca used to be a fairly popular desert item or component itself.

I just find it interesting. Food that has play value, like Shanghai Noodles...

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A really good story

(Though I wonder why the 'f' word is becoming so commonplace. It seems to be used without even any thought. It seems out of place with the rest of the article's tone and language...)



Officer, I Can Explain

I love this quotation (anyone who has taken any sort of antidepressant can relate to this):

"This drug (Effexor) did nothing short of wrapping my soul in plastic."

What a perfect description!

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We went to a concert on Sunday

It was a concert put on by the people attending and putting on a workshop by the

One Human Family Gospel Choir

It was wonderful! It was so good, in fact, that we're interested in taking part in the next workshop they put on. Really. It was that good!

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Scruples and stones?

Scruples and Stones: A pebble for your thoughts

Joe Kissel always has such interesting little factoids in his articles on 'Interesting Thing Of The Day'...

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Now, this...

is a castle!

Subterra Castle: Missile Silo Home

Even if one is not a paranoid cynic, this would be a great place to live!

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The idiot genius?

Bobby Fischer: Genius and Idiot

It's often said that genius is close to insanity, not necessarily idiocy. One must remember that proponents of 'skeptical inquiry' view any religious belief as a kind of delusion...

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Did you know that

"In early 18th-century London, men needed a license in order to "wear" a walking stick. The accessory was a privilege of class as well as a fashion statement."

To say nothing about an aid for walking.

I haven't had time to research this little bit of history, but I got it from the BBC, so who to better trust?

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Surely

this falls into the category of some sort of illness...

Life without record-breaking fingernails

30 years! She obviously wasn't a guitar player...

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The moral of the story is

'Know Your Pictograms!'

Burlesque Matinée at the Max Planck Gesellschaft

They had an 'Oops!' moment. It makes you wonder what those Chinese characters you had tatooed on yourself really mean, doesn't it?

I re-post about this

probably once a year. I just love it!

The coolest clock on the intertubes...

In reference to the article below

Did you know what a MacGuffin was? (I did, but it was neat to see it referenced in a review...)

MacGuffin

(And no, it's not a fast-food breakfast burger. That's a McMuffin...)

whither handwriting?

"A century from now, our handwriting may only be legible to experts.

For some, that is already the case. But writer Kitty Burns Florey says the art of handwriting is declining so fast that ordinary, joined-up script may become as hard to read as a medieval manuscript."

The slow death of handwriting

I don't know

who these people are.


The BetterWorld Movement

Their sentiments seem ok, but if their really a global organization they need to work on their website skills. It could really use some work, with less busy pages and fewer circular loop links. AND I would like to know who they are, if they're some small cultish group or some group really focused on this one thing. Are they really altruistic, or...

(Sorry to be so suspicious, but no one knows you're a dog on the internet!)

An interesting post

and the last paragraph is especially good:

Modern Mummies: Resurrecting the art of arrested decay

All for the all-important afterlife...

A very interesting website...

Universcale

"From the nanoworld to the universe -- The worlds we measure using our infinite yardstick."

It's difficult to describe...

I found this photo

I had taken of SWMBO quite a long time ago. She has it up on her website and it hasn't changed, but my copy has changed. It's amazing. It must be a miracle!



She didn't have a halo in the photo before. This is remarkable! (But I knew it all along!)

Perhaps a Shiraz or Merlot?

"The fruit is picked by hand at the peak of ripeness, then crushed, fermented in oak barrels, and aged for three years before being bottled. The final product is a distinctive shade of red, and is served in fine restaurants all around the world."

Tabasco Sauce - The pickled pepper potion

This,

while really interesting to some of us, won't prove so interesting to everyone...

The Equation of Time: When what you mean is not apparent

But it can serve as a good excuse when you're late. (I'm just trying to help you out, SWMBO )