Today is Juneteenth, named in honor of the 19th day of June 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger of the United States Army, newly arrived on Galveston Island, issued a declaration that the Emancipation Proclamation would be enforced in Texas. … Continue reading
Contrary to popular belief, “May you live in interesting times” isn’t actually a Chinese curse. And even if it were, I can easily think of a lot of interesting times in which the good outweighed the bad. So it doesn’t … Continue reading
The eternal debate on when decades start In the comic above, Ponytail accuses White Hat of being pedantic. Hah. I'll show you pedantic. The 21st century began on the first day of 2001. This has nothing whatsoever to do with … Continue reading
Found in a shop in the Philippines, courtesy of the website Engrish.com: by … Continue reading
The comic book characters Archie Andrews and his friends have been popular since the early 1940s, so most people reading this are likely familiar with Riverdale as home to the wholesome red-haired teenager Archie Andrews and his parents, classmates, and … Continue reading
The original Captain Marvel was the star of a comic published by Fawcett Comics starting in the 1940. The premise was clever: A wizard bestowed on a young boy the power to turn into a Superman-like superhero by exclaiming the … Continue reading
At the start of last week the latest report from the Social Security Trustees (link) was released, leading to predictable but misleading warnings that the system was going to "run dry." For example, the headline on this article from the … Continue reading
Following up on the last post, more from the Game of Thrones customer support hotline: Link: https://youtu.be/MuxmSHyDUYs Somebody needs to call that number. by … Continue reading
Customer support hotline for confused Game of Thrones viewers (from Jimmy Kimmel Live:Link: https://youtu.be/e4-R3JvGdJs HBO's forthcoming spinoff shows (from SNL). Pay attention to the guest stars especially in the last bit: Link: https://youtu.be/r8EF3X8EI2o by … Continue reading
When Banting and colleagues discovered insulin and saved countless lives they refused to profit from it. Their successors are making millions from Americans. The price used to be low, and it's still low elsewhere, but pharmaceutical companies have jacked up … Continue reading