Monthly Archives: February 2011

“Cat Got His Tongue?”

Posted on February 22, 2011 by
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Sushi for newborns

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

This book was just too cool not to share. We found it in the American Embassy in Rome. Omnomnom…

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Pizza and goats

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

Nostalgia is never an entirely pleasant sensation, especially when you’re being nostalgic about the present. But this is what happens when you’re leaving a place you’ve lived for long enough to have developed a complex attitude to it. It happened … Continue reading →

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Happy Darwin Day 2011!

Posted on February 12, 2011 by

I don’t have a great deal of time this morning – or really any morning – to blog (thus, Twitter). So, to celebrate Charles Darwin’s 202nd birthday and his enduring contribution to modern creationism (anyway something about apes – I … Continue reading →

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Italy just got that much more embarrassing

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

Miseraestupendacittà took this photo. It’s a 2011 Mussolini calendar. Please, don’t touch. We all know how vain dictators are.

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Mark Twain on New England weather

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

I’ve been ruffling through my bookshelves, preparing to box up my library (again!) for the impending move. It is at such times that I come across the most interesting passages. The following comes from Mark Twain’s Complete Humorous Sketches and … Continue reading →

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Let’s all get smashed on homeopathic heroin

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

This weekend the 10:23 Challenge will be held across the world. That’s exciting, because any opportunity to poke a little fun at homeopathy is worth taking. I do it all the time, and the effects are strikingly similar to those of … Continue reading →

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Killer gnomes!

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

Remember when you were a kid in the ’80s and your sister had a copy of that gnome book with the weird cover? Well, now gnomes are back, hot on the heels of vampires, zombies and Android Jesus. What’s next, … Continue reading →

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