Archive for April, 2010
Just heard a clip of Tom Paxton's rendition of "I Remember Loving You" (which is more or less by Utah Phillips), and was a bit startled at the lyrics: And...
Just happened across the Greek phrase "Μολων λαβε" (not sure how to get the accent marks to appear in HTML), often transliterated "molon labe." Apparently it was King Leonidas's response...
Back in March, I came across this AP headline: More than math, reading important I read it as saying that reading was more important than math, but the article is...
This just in from the AP, by way of AOL: [...] spacewalking repairs may be needed sometime after Discovery leaves this weekend. The problem is exasperated by the fact that...
Not long ago, I was chatting online with a friend, and something made me laugh, and I realized I wasn't sure how to type that. I often use heh or...
From an article about rescued Chinese miners: But today rescuers hailed a miracle as they pulled more than 100 miners to safety after eight days trapped underground. They had survived...
Heard an unintentionally funny line on the radio this morning: "There's only one person who can answer this, and that's y'all." —Car Talk caller, 4 April 2010. Of course, "y'all"...