Category Archives: Diversions

At least my day at work was never this bad

Apropos of nothing, well, apropos of the Get Smart episode we watched last night that included a CONTROL agent who was also a snotty opera diva – I was reminded of the horror stories I had once heard about Kathleen Battle. Remember her?

If not, fire up the Wayback Machine and read this old Time [...]

Excuse me

Today on Mrs. Thudfactor’s blog

Remember Googlism? Back in 2002 I had a good time finding out about elves and noodles, but “elfnoodles” didn’t come up back then.

I tried again this morning, and… it did. There is just one entry, and it says:

“elfnoodles is my wife’s blog”

Ah. So it is thudfactor who wears the e-pants [...]

Reading: interesting symbols

I took to wondering a little while ago what the meaning of the symbol associated with the Chalice Well at Glastonbury was. I found this good description on About.com. Also be sure to check out the link explaining the Vesica Pisces symbol, which is part of the Chalice Well design. I don’t [...]

Information age

Comedian Don McMillan describes nearly every PowerPoint presentation I have ever seen:

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