For work attire, I should be mostly into my polos by now. Instead I am still wearing oxfords and even sweaters about as often, because winter won’t quite let go. There is ample bitching about this. I don’t mind it at all. In fact, I prefer it. It retards insect reproduction. It keeps our comfort … Read more
My various feeds dutifully continue to keep me up to date on Bill Cosby, presumably because I’ve written about and searched for him a few times over the years. Apparently a new trial has started, and his attorney Tom Mesereau is in full attack dog mode. The plaintiff is a con artist who wants Mr. Cosby’s … Read more
Unless you were a fellow Usenet hound, odds are pretty good I’ve known about Snopes considerably longer than you have. David Mikkelson, when he would post in the newsgroup alt.folklore.urban, used to sign his posts ” – snopes.” So, when he and his wife Barbara (also an alt.folklore.urban denizen) founded the most prominent urban folklore … Read more