Archive for January, 2008

Two Americans

Entertaining mistake, from a statement by Barack Obama about Edwards dropping out of the race: John and Elizabeth Edwards have always believed deeply ... that two Americans can become one....

Uranus

On the radio the other day, someone said "Uranus" in such a way that it sounded like an adjective, "urinous." According to Wikipedia, that's actually the earliest of the current...

griesel

"Griesel" is apparently another term for biodiesel, more specifically for vegetable oil used as diesel fuel. I first encountered the term in a story submitted to SH; did a web...