I don't know how they keep track, but apparently somebody keeps track: English contains more words than any other language on the planet and added its millionth word early Wednesday, according to the Global Language Monitor, a Web site that uses a math formula to estimate how often words are created. The site estimates the millionth English word, "Web 2.0" … Read More
Publius Outing Ends In Apology
Somewhat unexpected but the right thing to do, Whelan apologizes for exposing the identity of Publius. Publius moves on. The debate, however, doesn't. While most in the blogosphere, including many of Whelan's colleagues, understand why a person might have personal or career-related reasons for blogging under a pseudonym, there are still a few who don't: My view is that "publius." … Read More
Go West
Data from the census bureau shows that we have been gradually moving west, as a nation. The mean centre of US population is “the point at which an imaginary, flat, weightless and rigid map of the US would balance perfectly if weights of identical value were placed on it so that each weight represented the location of one person on … Read More
Outting
One of my favorite bloggers is "Publius" — a really smart guy and excellent writer. Some wanker on the right outted him, for no other reason (apparently) than to be a douchebag.
I Dream Of Geneology
I’ve been getting into tracing my heritage and, with a few hours to kill last night (that could have been put to better use, but what the hell), I built up on some basic research I had started about a year ago. I decided to climb up my family tree, and go out on the branch marked “Mother”. This was … Read More
The First Blogger…
…was, arguably, Doogie Howser, M.D. He was blogging before there was the word "blog". His "personal journal entries" from 1989-1993 are archived here.
Virginia: For Lovers, But Not Smilers
The Virginia DMV now bans smiles on all driver's licenses. Seriously.
Today’s Favorite Lede Paragraph
From Goshen, NH: GOSHEN — State police say a construction company owner shot his only employee on two different days this month with a BB gun and now faces felony assault and other charges. Twice? On two different days? Why, oh why would the employee be anywhere near the company owner after being shot the first time?
New York Update
Well, the shows are done. Audiences seemed to like it, although almost everyone who attended was a friend or family member of someone in the cast…. so that doesn't count. After-show outings were entertaining: HGTV's Libby Langdon ("Small Space, Big Style") took us to a nice restaurant for which she had interior designed (Libby is the daughter of cast member … Read More
In Honor of Graduation Time, Here’s a Gallery of Horrific Senior Photos
The entire collection is here, but they don't get worse than this: Their parents must be so proud. Then again, there are even far more embarrassing things that can show up in the school yearbook.
Manny Ramirez: Am I In Trouble?
Classic from The Onion: LOS ANGELES—According to his teammates, his coaches, and the media, Manny Ramirez has appeared visibly confused and anxious since receiving a 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy, and has repeatedly asked those around him if he is in some sort of really big trouble right now. "Uh-oh, things are not going so good … Read More
Yankees Prices
As some reader to the NY Post pointed out, if you want to see a Yankees-Mariners game, it's cheaper for a New Yorker to see them play (twice!) in Seattle than to see them at the new Yankee stadium: Reader Gary Cicio, NYC podiatrist, did the research, and asks us to choose one of the two options to see a Mariners-Yankees … Read More
The Nebula of Georgia — Less Than Two Weeks Away
Gearing up for our NYC production in two weeks. The online version of our program is now posted here.
Glad We Got Rid Of Him
I knew he was a bad egg. UPDATE: And I'm getting tired of this excuse: "Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was okay to give me. Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy. Under the policy that mistake is now my responsibility. I … Read More