Quack, Quack
The theory was perfect but the patient stubbornly died. Two new books set Druin Burch a'thinking.
Wes Phillips
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Drunk Fruit Flies Don't Lie
Why you get more of a buzz from that cold beer on a hot summer's day. (News you can use!)
Obligatory ITLAPD Post
Jill Lapore on how she spent International Talk Like a Pirate Day in 2003. It's a good 'un, me barnacle-encrusted boobies.
Greatest Operatic Performance Ever?
My first year in New York, my friend Larry Bassman was stunned to learn I'd never been to an opera, so he picked up the phone and ordered two tickets to that night's performance at the Met. It was Peter Grimes, starring Jon Vickers. What a tough act to follow.
This Can't Be Right
This comic strip from the Perry Bible Fellowship seems to suggest that you can screw your way out of a crises. If they say so . . . .
Royal Society Rocks!
I am in nerd heaven! The Royal Society has just put all of its journals online, going back to volume one in 1665. Read Robert Boyle's "Observables upon a monstrous head," Ben Franklin's kite experiments, Edmund Stone's invention of aspirin, Daines Barrington's observation of a "remarkable young musician" (Mozart), William Henry Fox's first accounts of photography, and Watson and Crick's discovery of DNA.
Male Restroom Etiquette
Somehow it all relates to Maslow's hierarchy of human needs.
Avast Ye Chumbuckets!
Just a reminder: Tomorrow is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. If John Atkinson sticks to his guns and actually observes this holiday, it's going to make for an interesting day of jury duty.
Guenter Grass Discovers Racism
Amir Taheri has an interesting take on Grass' recent revelation of his Waffen SS past.
Does LSD Cure Cluster Headaches?
At two points in my life, I experienced cluster headaches that lasted for about six months. They're completely incapacitating—not only is the pain crippling, but you live your life anticipating that every change in your internal balance is the onset of your next session.