“Let us think the unthinkable
Let us do the undoable
Let us prepare to grapple with ineffable itself 
And see if we may not eff it after all”

The Dutch are the tallest people on the planet, and getting taller (and fatter, but who isn’t). I stomp on those puny Brits! Link

God I love the Onion. “We have strong evidence that the University of Michigan granted academic degrees to students in exchange for hefty payments, often totaling tens of thousands of dollars…” Link

Someone I know has a habit of making up words when the real word to describe a thing is lost in the rush to get it out (much like this sentence). The list that follows are just some of the…

Sorry for the hiatus, but I’ve moved. Now residing in the reality-surrounded land of Ann Arbor, MI. (It’s an old joke; “Ann Arbor?” “Yeah, you know, the six square miles surrounded by reality.”) I’m back to technical writing, not that…

How’s this for pressure? You’re a Hollywood stunt pilot on contract to NASA to catch a 500-pound canister returning from a three-year, two-million-mile mission containing particles ejected from the Sun. The project cost NASA $300 million and, in order to…

You gotta give this kid credit for sticking up for his rights. He wanted to protest the political indoctrination he was receiving by putting posters around his school. So, why the big hub-bub? Because he’s a conservative, hawkish protester, not…

Thanks to Boing Boing. Hate RealPlayer? So did the BBC, enough that Real made a version of RealPlayer without all the crap that normally comes with it.. You can download it here (for Windows) or here for others.

I don’t know who runs Ottawa Wireless, but good on yah, boys! These geniuses (and for once I’m not being sarcastic) set up a WiFi network to cover six square miles of the city (I’m assuming this means downtown and…

I don’t know why I’m so excited; I didn’t watch a single game. In other news, a few rowdy fans did manage to tip over… Aretha Franklin (gratuitously stolen from Chick McGee on the Bob and Tom Show, 16 June…

Title pretty much says it all. My very British name is Quentin Watson.Take The Very British Name Generator today!Created with Rum and Monkey‘s Name Generator Generator.