CEOnistas on the loose
Cute article at Satirewire titled "Remaining U.S. CEOs Make a Break for It." Opening: Unwilling to wait for their eventual...
Missing music
The most frustrating thing is that I'm sure they're around here somewhere. Or maybe the most frustrating thing is that...
Dear to us ever
Just came across this quote from Homer: . . . dear to us ever is the banquet, and the harp, and the...
Not the next Doctor
There's a rumor being bruited about that Anthony Head (Giles from Buffy) is slated to play the Doctor in a...
Faux toes
I keep meaning to mention that Mary Anne posted wedding photos in her journal. (There're four pages of 'em; keep...
Jedediah wasn’t a bullfrog
It occurred to me that more unusual names might produce better results in the Google-name-game. Jedediah is curious about this...
Locked for processing
I initiated a banking transaction this morning, and have been checking its status all day to see whether it had...
Wedding addendum
It occurs to me that various people read this journal whose weddings I've attended, so I should note that I've...
Wedding
Arthur and Pam got married yesterday! It was a lovely ceremony (performed by Tad; I've never gone to a WorldCon...
Good old Jefferson
There's plenty to disagree with Jefferson about. But I quite like this quotation from him, which I've seen before but...
The ignominy of heathenism
This is remarkable: the history of the "In God We Trust" motto on American currency. In 1861, a minister wrote...
Robot librarian
According to the New York Times, Johns Hopkins is developing "a robot that can move about inside a library and...