Did you know that the Uzi is named after its inventor? It’s like naming a gun the Steve. The Venn diagram, less surprisingly, is also named after a person, John Venn (though I gather people had used similar forms before,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I have a little golem, I made him out of clay, and when he’s dry and ready, then fascists I will slay!
This is only the second time in many years here that I’ve seen a mouse in my apartment, and I did try to catch it before one of the cats could get to it, but I was unsuccessful. Once Kaiju[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a memory of my mother, the most dedicated knitter I have ever met. She has been knitting now for almost seventy years. I don’t know how old I was when this exchange took place. Eight? Twelve? Probably not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m sure I’m not the first person to notice this thing, but I may be the first person to notice it and then draw a stick-figure comic pointing it out.
I honestly don’t know what the deal is here, because this is a very cheap model of treadmill and according to the documentation it is not equipped with Bluetooth. It does have a remote control—something that makes no sense to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It wasn’t actually all that unspeakable—she didn’t put me under—but you don’t feel a burning need to witness it, do you? I certainly don’t feel a burning need to draw it, especially as I don’t have a desk at the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I hate exercise, but I want to keep my body from falling apart for as long as possible, so I make myself do it. And it’s outrageous how much better I feel after an hour of the treadmill. I think[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…