If you plan to put new energy-saving fluorescent bulbs into light fixtures, I suggest you not install them into ones that require multiple bulbs. The main bathroom has a four-bulb unit, and I just replaced two burnt-out regular bulbs with two of the new variety. There’s a split-second time lag between the time the switch …
For the science-fiction or fantasy reader, Patrick and Teresa have compiled a list of all the nominees for the 2007 Hugo and Campbell Awards. If you want knowledgeable commentary from fans of the genres, read the comments (177 at last look).
In the GEICO caveman commercial in which he’s talking to the therapist, when his phone rings and he determines the caller is his mother, why is the punchline “I’ll put it on speaker?” I don’t get it.
Yesterday, for no discernible reason, it dawned on me that of all the people who have declared themselves running for President on the Democratic ticket in 2008 (Clinton, Edwards, Obama, Biden, Kucinich, Richardson, etc.), there’s one name noticeably absent: General Wes Clark. According to the always-reliable Wikipedia, the following have actually filed papers with the …
Synopsis: Expos? Hurley begins to suspect that Sawyer may be involved in an island mystery surrounding two fellow survivors, and Sun learns the truth about her past kidnapping attempt by The Others. And from my newspaper’s teaser I’m told we get flashbacks about Nikki and Paolo. Do you suppose those two have been sitting around …
Looking at the floor around the barber’s chair after you get out of it doesn’t send you into clinical depression, does it?
What’s the NRA been up to lately? Take a look at this pdf file of a recent pamphlet it’s published. The graphics are great, although they’re very reminiscent of Soviet-era government-sanctioned art. Found at Drum’s place.
This is of no particular interest to anyone who doesn’t have to eat what I prepare every night, but I’d sure like an answer to it. Why is it that when I’m serving up something (cheeseburgers, steak) that I want to augment with sautéed mushrooms I invariably forget to put the mushrooms on the plate …
I feel very badly for Elizabeth Edwards. I feel equally badly for Tony Snow. But I had a similar thought to this one stolen from Garance Franke-Ruta at Tapped, the final paragraph of an item commisserating with Tony Snow about the metastization of cancer to his liver: Note that there’s no word here on whether …
Dan Froomkin picks the editorial cartoons so I don’t have to: Tony Auth, Jeff Danziger, Tom Toles. Toles in particular espouses “vigilance, Grasshopper.”