Stranger than Fiction

I don’t think Olivia Newton-John wanted to be remembered this way

Yes, it’s another one of my regular reminders to double-check your work (or better yet, have someone else double-check it)…

3 years ago

A six-word story that’s right up there with Hemingway’s

There’s a famous six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway that goes as follows: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. The…

3 years ago

It REALLY sounds like a Philip K. Dick book title

Here’s the source tweet. (Need context? Dick’s best-known novel is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, published in 1968 and made…

3 years ago

Hurricane Ian follies, part 7: Just use the unlubricated kind!

There are still a lot of prudes here in the Excited States, as evidenced by these headlines, listed in order…

3 years ago

I found a signed limited edition book by Ferdinand Marcos in a dumpster

Last Monday, I stumbled across a social media post that led to a very rare and relevant (at least to…

3 years ago

Worst. Mnemonic. Ever.

This is a good set of checks to perform before attempting a forced landing of your airplane, but the mnemonic…

3 years ago

Oh, my sweet summer child…

Here’s the text: Tweet 1: How can Charles be King and head of the church after cheating on his wife…

3 years ago

Yet another reminder to have someone else check your work

Again I remind you: see if you can have someone else check your work. There’s a chance they’ll catch something…

3 years ago