Vanity Fair pulls no punches in their headline for this article about Lindsey Graham. (via Fark)
The Energizer Bunny of the Arctic. A hare named BBYY traveled more than 240 miles in one 49-day period!
Here's the story behind Black History Month — and why it's celebrated in February.
The Planned Death of the International Space Station. (via Damn Interesting)
Winter Olympic Sports, Ranked by Perceived Danger. (via Digg)
When Your Name is Kovid. (via Metafilter)
Why Wayne’s World Needed "Bohemian Rhapsody."
Robert E. Lee's descendant proves his lineage and pushes for 'honest' history of racism. You don't have to think the same way your ancestors did. (via Fark)
A blast from the past (2013): 11 Functional Homemade TARDISes.
A New Zealander walks into Starbucks and asks for 354mL of coffee.
ReplyDeleteThe barista says "well, that's a tall order..."
Happy Friday Miss C!
Happy Friday, gwdMaine!
ReplyDeleteI don't get it, either.
ReplyDeleteI don't drink coffee, but I think the 12 oz cup is called a "Tall".
ReplyDeleteShort/Tall/Grande/Venti/Trenta - Just to be different.
Not counting a certain local airport where at 5am you have no choice, I have been inside a Starbucks exactly 3 times. None of them voluntarily. I always order "the equivalent of a large coffee" because I refuse to play their names game.
ReplyDeleteI don’t understand why Rev Lee has to prove he’s a descendent of the General to speak out against racism. He never met or talked to the general so how would he know any more about the General’s thinking than anyone else. The General was an Army man, West Point I think, and took the job of leading their army, who the hell knows how he felt about slavery other than it’s financial benefits to the South.
ReplyDeleteThe Rev says questioning his heritage was a distraction. I think the whole discussion of what happened in the 19th century is a distraction when we should be discussing the last half of the 20th and the 21st centuries.