I dunno exactly what this means…
…(and I wonder if anyone else does, either). But it seems potentially important, not to mention “beautiful in its simplicity.”
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The oldest photos
[Hat tip: Althouse.] Here’s a fascinating look at the world’s oldest photos. They’re probably older than you think: But they’re not older than I’d think. That’s because my mother has in her possession a bunch of family photos from the … Continue reading →
You know you’re getting old when…
…you’ve never even heard of the man People magazine chooses as “the sexiest man alive.” Or his runner-up.
Continue reading →Michael Totten…
…on the Christians of Egypt. Remember them?
Continue reading →The sages at TNR chime in: again with the “Newt served his wife with divorce papers when she was in the hospital with cancer” yada-yada-yada
Surely there’s enough truth with which to attack Gingrich without resorting to lies. But apparently not, just as I predicted (don’t mean to blow my own horn, but…). First on TNR’s list of terrible things Gingrich has done and said … Continue reading →
Spambot of the day
Hyperbolic bot with a smile: This is not just an article; this is The Article. 🙂
Continue reading →I’m with Ann Coulter on Romney and Romneycare
I’m with Ann Coulter on Romney. Ordinarily Coulter is hardly a favorite columnist of mine, although this isn’t the first time I’ve agreed with her. But it very much surprises me that she’s touting Romney; I would have thought she’d … Continue reading →
Pilot trapped in bathroom
This seems both scary and embarrassing in equal measure: “The captain has disappeared in the back and, uh, I have someone with a thick foreign accent trying to access the cockpit right now”¦,” the co-pilot reported. “What I’m being told … Continue reading →
Another public service announcement on shingles
[NOTE: A while back I wrote this post to warn readers to be on the alert for the rash of shingles, because the illness can be devastating and early detection and treatment can help avoid the worst of the complications. … Continue reading →
This is the way…
…one wing of the attack on Gingrich will go: he may seem to be an articulate intellectual, but he’s really a stupidhead. And now that Gingrich is officially the Republican frontrunner du jour, Joan Walsh chimes in right on schedule … Continue reading →
Justin Timberlake…
…writes movingly about his evening at the Marine Corps Ball. Yes, Justin Timberlake. (And I bet he can pronounce “Corps” correctly, too.)
Continue reading →Dance interlude: meet Moses Pendleton
The following is a long video. You might want to watch the whole thing, or only a portion. But either way you’ll get an introduction to a gifted and exceedingly quirky individual: dancer Moses Pendleton, New Englander, scion of the … Continue reading →