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How come when a character in an sf story says "[word] is an ancient Terran [or human, or Earth] word,...

Been mostly offline all weekend; unusual for me. I did go to the march on Saturday; I'm intending to write...

Virginia Woolf on Robinson Crusoe: Thus Defoe, by reiterating that nothing but a plain earthenware pot stands in the foreground,...

Had a performance review at work the other day. Apparently I'm doing an excellent job in every way, except for...

Things to do on Saturday: Decide whether to go to the peace march in San José. Finish reading a novel...

Happy Arizona Statehood Day! Today is the birthday of two friends of mine, but since I believe they don't like...

Everyone else my age remembers Schoolhouse Rock. But when I was a kid, we weren't allowed to watch anything but...

So cool a Flash! Arthur points me to this nifty Escheresque video. Requires Flash....

Doesn't this look like an Onion headline? "Most People Kiss the Right Way, Study Finds." But in actuality it's a...

A couple of odd things about spam lately: First, I've been getting a lot of spam containing cryptic words or...

All through this latest Christmas season, this kept running through my head at odd moments: The holly bears a blossom...