Existentialism meets high-tech
Wow, science and technology really can solve all philosophical problems. More Savage Chickens by Canadian cartoonist Doug Savage.
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Humor
Grumpy grammar guy
I seem to be hearing more jarring language than usual. The major recent ear offenders have been pronouns in relational contexts: Is she taller than me? On the test, he got a higher score than me. Egad. One should say: Is she taller than I [am]? On the test, he got a higher score than
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How to insult like an Elizabethan
Get thy reeky hide hither, sirrah, and desist with the pewling — beslubbering puttock thou oft art. (Via John Enright: no mammering lewdster he.)
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Sinistromanualism
I am a member of an oppressed minority. I have known this for a long time, but recently came across a smoking gun — or at least a smoldering gun — irrefutable evidence of the calloused underbelly of our culture’s indifference to those who are different. Click on this image for the full size to
Religion in America, 2009
Since 1990, the percentage of Americans who are Christian fell by 11 points, while the percentage of atheists rose 7 points. Those are, as Cathy Lynn Grossman of USA Today writes, “dramatic shifts in just 18 years.” According to this Pew Forum survey, religiousness in Illinois is below the national average, which may explain the
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The twelve days of Christmas: consumer price index
How much do the twelve days of Christmas cost this year?
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A 3 a.m. poem, after a marathon grading season
Examinations: done. Recreation: begun.
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A 3 p.m. poem, after hours and hours of exam-week grading
Mind becomes numb; Words do not mean; World out of plumb— Man needs caffeine.
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