Death of a Pig. E. B. White tells the story that inspired Charlotte's Web. (via Kottke)
The Immigrants Ruining U.S. Democracy: Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, and Peter Thiel. (via Fark)
50 Times People Nailed Halloween Snacks And Just Had To Brag Online.
This Chart Highlights The Biggest Difference Between The European And American Mindset. Europeans take vacation days because they get paid for those days.
We Are Living in a Golden Age of Apples. Apple experts divide time into “before Honeycrisp” and “after Honeycrisp,” and apples have never tasted so good (via Metafilter)
10 Baby Name Trends for 2025, According to Nameberry. Learn why we might have a class of students named Novalie, Xochitl, Suede, Abner, Bliss, Guinevere, Valkyrie, and Prairie in a few years.
This simple test can show how you’re aging. Flamingo pose, anyone? (via Real Clear Science)
My Weekends With the Dead. In 2017, I decided to solve a longtime mystery about my family. It led me to a controversial pastime that consumes thousands—and has changed untold lives. (via Damn Interesting)
This Might Be the Worst Thing Happening in Texas Right Now. They've made cruel and unusual punishment into an art form. (via Nag on the Lake)
RE the Flamingo stance: I have been old all my life, I guess. As a child I had foot problems. The podiatrist told my parents and me that the way my ligaments were routed, I would never be able to balance on one foot. He said it would keep me from being drafted by the Army. Fortunately, I never had to test that.
ReplyDeleteI flamingo good :-)
ReplyDelete"That'll do, Pig. That'll do." The problem with raising pigs is they have personalities, all of them. They vary like kids and dogs but can be quite personable... pigsonable?
ReplyDeletexoxoxoBruce
If those Europeans did get so much paid time off you could afford a Mercedes or Porsche.
ReplyDeleteAre the later Apples Honeycrispians? Honrycrispitarians? Honeycrisplics?
Flamingo stance is for the birds.
Do what ever blows you skirt up but I don’t understand the genealogy freaks chasing their dead kin.
If they didn’t leave you property, gold, tea cups, or doilies, what does it matter. Will you shape your life to someone you think they would approve of? Better to be the person you approve of.
I wonder if these ghouls writing memorials from Obits and local gossip take pictures of smoke coming from a crematorium?
xoxoxoBruce