Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- We live in a world where Playboy has more integrity than Harvard or any Ivy League school.

- VDH on Israel, Hamas, and the White House. Interesting that this appears on X where VDH knows his thoughts and words won't be censored.

- Glenn Harland Reynolds on Is Everything Going to Hell? He sees evidence the pendulum is swinging in the other direction.

- Noah Smith on how Western Leftists have lost the plot. When someone shows you who they are - believe them!

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Heh heh - this picture is so good

- What space travel does to the human body.

- NASA's supersonic airliner of the future

- Did an asteroid destroy Sodom and Gomorrah?

- Because I also liked Zima

- Every Playboy Playmate centerfold ever! (I'll be back in five minutes)

- Does seem like the best way to respond to a Trump supporter

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- No more nudes at Playboy. Surprising but understandable move when you think about it.

- Tom E. Curran defends Alex Guerrero

- Very touching and classy move by the Bruins yesterday with Travis Roy

- Tasmanian Devils being returned to the wild

- As if I needed another reason not to like the Cardinals

- Growing up in New England I just assumed that Columbus Day was a national holiday. Boy was I wrong

- Best alternate universe ending for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

- It's hard to to feel for Ed Werder and his family after reading this

- This is Exhibit 2,389 of why I'm not a fan of soccer

- Cool Firefly article on their reunion at this year's NYC Comic Con

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

The term of the day is "hapax legomenon". That's something that is only mentioned once. An example would be Gopher wood which is mentioned once in the Bible (Genesis 6:14). That was the wood Noah was told to use for his ark... Hugh Hefner originally wanted to call his magazine Stag Party but there was already a hunters magazine called Stag. The name Playboy was his second choice... Next to Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner - my favorite one hit wonder is Murray Head's One Night in Bangkok... Went for a walk yesterday. The streams in Massachusetts were swollen as if it was a sudden Spring thaw. Is it strange for you out there to consider a 40 degree day with no wind to be good weather?... Have you ever heard anyone use the word "spangled" in normal conversation? Do you even know what the word spangled means? Spangled could be a hapax legomenon of American history... It was five years ago today that Jerry Orbach passed away. With him and his character Detective Lennie Briscoe went my interest in watching the show Law & Order... For the record - spangled means "A small, often circular piece of sparkling metal or plastic sewn especially on garments for decoration." So another way to think of it is the Star Bedazzled Banner...