Monthly Archives: May 2004

end of the night

Realms of bliss Realms of light Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to the endless night –The Doors

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choose your universe wisely

I don’t often laugh aloud at cartoons, but this one got me.

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should be better than the crowd

Michael Quinion of World Wide Words has a book out.

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a great name

I’m tempted to see about getting a spare mailing address at this domain.

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the world is a very big place

Michael Jennings watches the Eurovision song contest. I’ve seen this phenomenon at least once, circa 1977 (the winner was the French entry, about a child and a bird), but most Americans will go “huh?”; it may help to mention that … Continue reading

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it normally comes after Thursday

Friday? How did it get to be Friday already?!

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and more to come

Brian Micklethwait took a mess of pictures of the EU complex in Brussels. One that caught my eye shows the words “European Parliament” in eleven languages, leading me to ask myself what rule decided the sequence. It appears to be … Continue reading

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