Keeping Yourself to Yourself

Those wacky English folks! Some of them are so introverted, you can’t even tell if they’re here…. or gone (And their families aren’t much help either)!

A Holiday I Can Believe In

Hey kids. We’ve really got to celebrate this one. February 12th (next week Thursday) is Darwin Day. If anyone has any ideas about how to celebrate this, post ‘em here!

Forced perspective

I was just perusing Jaime’s blog, and found some of the most amazing chalk drawings I’ve ever seen. A lot of work went into them, especially since they only “pop” when viewed from a specific angle. Neat stuff! Update: Deana found out on the Snopes site that the creator of these is Kurt Wenner. His [...]

Gettin’ hitched, Massachusetts style

Yay! The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples can’t be barred from getting married. Specifically, the court ruled that offering civil unions isn’t enough, so civil marriage must be made available to any couple. “The history of our nation has demonstrated that separate is seldom, if ever, equal,” the four justices who ruled in [...]

Time Warp

I happened upon something interesting at Slate magazine. Apparently back in the early 70s, John Kerry was a subject of some old Doonesbury cartoons. When I saw the link, I thought that the comic strips might be “old” ones (as in not really old, but meant to look like it), but they appear to be [...]