Gotta try this! If only I knew someone with a Wii…

In which Paul Graham discovers that the essays they teach you to write in school are completely unlike the essays you might want to write in real life. Essayer is the French verb meaning “to try” (the cousin of our … Continue reading →

Now this would make a cool project for a science fair: He was nominated for a Nobel Prize. I don’t care about any of this. Shafik won my heart by publishing a paper in European Urology in which he investigated … Continue reading →

S’funny how your perspective changes with a new piece of information. While I was briefly under the impression that Bill Bryson’s The Lost Continent was written by the cuddly old curmudgeon pictured on the back cover I rated it LOL … Continue reading →

Is he famous? Is he someone I should know? So far only one person has claimed to know who he is. Could you be the second?

…my life story. They’ll write it at the New Old Lompoc. Same as I did. Possibly the best beer I have ever had in America.

Get out of here atheists Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago)

I got StumbledUpon in February. Over a 1000 visits. Woohoo! [click map for bigger image]

I Stumbled Upon a cool site for kids at the BBC. They have a whole bunch of games but I am playing this one: Questionaut Key Stage 2. It’s a bit like the Python Challenge for little kids. I am … Continue reading →