** Ok, so she admits it. They knew all along that the kid wasn’t in the balloon. I’m so happy that’s over. We won’t hear any more about now, right? Right? Right? ** Asterix turns 50! I remember first reading Asterix as a kid. The Romans all spoke in Latin phrases that have made it […]
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Bollards!
I didn’t know what a bollard was. Do you? If you have to have them in front of a library, this is the way to go. Another pic.
Books
I’m a book guy. I like good books to read, and I like pretty books to look at and handle. But I don’t like musty-smelling books. For those who do, there’s Classic Musty Scent. Check out the list of compatible files. [Link from @foliosociety]
Error Message
Dealing with my health insurance’s online presence is amazingly frustrating. One small example is this error I received when trying to reset my password: “The reset function is unavailable at this time. NOTE: Representatives at this phone number can only help you with Registration, Forgotten User Name, Forgotten Password issues. For all other issues, please […]
Patriots Should Use Sacagawea Dollars
There, I’ve said it. If you live in the United States and want to fight the national debt, then buy and use Sacagawea dollars. The potential savings to the US is apparently 500 million bucks. Ok, that’s paltry when compared to the actual national debt, but it’s nothing to sneeze at. Don’t think about the […]
Old and Tired
Well, I don’t actually feel old (unlike a certain spring chicken I happen to know). But I did turn 40 last week, and my wife turned 36 yesterday. We still feel young. Gray hair is irrelevant. But I am tired. So instead of a real post, even though it’s been a week, I’ll pass on […]
Guilt-Inducing Sign
Seen on the train in Melbourne, Australia. They could have said “passengers” instead of “passenger.” The sign would have worked just fine that way, while avoiding the awkwardness of the verb-subject disagreement. But I don’t really mind. We don’t have a good way to say he-or-she, so I’m ok with “they.” I do present heorshe […]
Comments are Fixed
Go crazy.
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weeklyrob is broken and won’t accept comments. My technical friends (JB) are working on it.
Birdies
boingboing.net directs us to cloudboxer, where you can see pictures of birds in the guy’s backyard. Incidentally, that was a hard sentence to write because I originally wrote: “… pictures of birds shot in his backyard.” Then images of bloody starlings came to mind and I changed it. Incidentally again, the word “backyard” is a […]