that when he was aboard the USS Semmes, and someone asked whether you had seen, for example, Petty Officer Smith, the approved snappy answer was, "Do I have the Smith Locker?". Try it on your friends.

that after yesterday's discussion, it only remains to be decided which is the more flexible, expressive and convenient language for everyday home and business use: Middle High German or Old Norse?

to tell you the expression his mom (Phyl, or as a certain grace, "grum-grum" to her grandchildren) used to repeat: "Great Minds run in the same track. And so do Pigs!" He has found both alternatives to be true.

that he finally caved for the great Comcast TV/Internet ScamaRama. Now: do I get a TV people shouldn't laugh at?

Some very science-fiction-y photographs from Chernobyl.

that there is a very moving interactive article about the Chernobyl accident at The New York Times.

that what REALLY needs to banned is texting while breathing.

that much of the human stupidity, selfishness, and will-to-death in the eastern US has been concentrated in a narrow strip of land about 160 miles long, I-95 between Aberdeen MD and Ashland VA.

that "he [or she] is trying to manipulate me" is usually not even part of the truth. Rather, "I allow my negative idea of this person to play a manipulative role in my thoughts."

Spring Cleaning.