YHB has at last opened up some of the boxes of books and filled a few shelves. The comfort books have come out. I was surprised by how not-awful it was to live without them, but it’s much nicer to…
The flossings will continue until hygiene improves: it’s Talk Like a Pirate Dentist Day again. Wider, ye lily-livered land-lubber, wider! chazak, chazak, v’nitchazek,-Vardibidian. Post Script: Arrr, and PZ “Hawk of Damnation” Myers over at Pharyngula, sorry, Pharrrrryngula, is automating his…
I have several times mentioned Tom Mahon of the magnificent blog English Cut, who has been on a roll since returning from his holiday in the south of France. Any Gentle Reader who has not added it to his aggregator…
OK, my own personal Top Five Constitutional Provisions: Article 2, Section 2: …[The President] shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court,…
Well, and as long as Your Humble Blogger is going to blog all day, here’s another little tidbit. The New York Times op-ed page hosted a column called Just What the Professor Ordered, by Ian Ayres. It’s about textbook prices….
Jed’s comment down in the Balls and Strikes convo has tipped me into saying a few things about the nomination process for Judge Roberts. Let’s start with his question: So, say a conservative President, with a conservative-dominated Congress in session,…
I hope y’all Gentle Readers are aware that Your Humble Blogger yields to no one in admiration for the Constitution of the United States, a magnificent and profound advance in governmental philosophy and practice, and a blueprint that has proven,…
Now and then I pick up a Terry Pratchett book from the library. I find there are usually about four, maybe six funny bits in the book, and the rest of it goes by pretty quickly, particularly if one is…
Well, and Your Humble Blogger has fallen into the Make A Word game, spending too much time and wrist muscle at its challenge. I’m not terribly good at it. I did, once, get a Grand Master level score, but as…
Here’s a question, Gentle Readers. You know how Help! and A Hard Day’s Night are both brilliant movies? I mean, even if you don’t particularly like The Beatles, these are funny, funny movies. I suspect you could forward through most…