January 2010
December 2009
WatchActually Ironic (unlike the Alanis Morissette version.)
…PS: Is it just me or is this really good camerawork?
Delta/Northwest Airlines Launches New Class of...
At Sanity Defense:
Until recently, airlines offered only two types of luggage transportation service: (1) carry on and (2) lost. Delta Airlines (owner of Northwest) has introduced a major new category: lost carry on, adding to the many conveniences awaiting its customers. I had the privilege of being an early adopter today in one of the first commercial runs, and can report that the service is...
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Justinian’s Flea
William Rosen discusses his fascinating book, Justinian’s Flea
In some ways, [Justinian I] is the most interesting of them all, but also the most contradictory. Here is a Roman emperor who never set foot in Italy; a great conqueror – the greatest since Julius Caesar – who never led troops in the field; the most powerful man in the world, and one of its most paranoid; the richest and one of the...
“In the evolution of civilization, if it is to survive, all men cannot fail...”
– General Douglas MacArthur
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With My Own Eyes
Throughout the era of the Communist domination of Eastern Europe, there were many heroes who suffered and died in prison for trying to help Christians behind the Iron Curtain. One of the most well-known of these heroes is Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, a Lutheran minister who started an underground ministry in Romania in 1945. Of the next twenty years, he spent fourteen in prison. Finally ransomed out...
WatchThe twelve most beautiful words in the English language: “And I thought: ‘Hey, why not put rocket launchers on my motorcycle?’”
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WatchTrailer of the Day: Hot Tub Time Machine. (via thedailywhat)
“Follow… But follow only if ye be men of valour, for the entrance to this...”
– Some call me… Tim
What is the nutritional value of one cubic light...
Wolfram Alpha knows.