I had to do a double-take when I read this headline over at Diogenes’ Middle Finger: Standing Up to Pee Gives Boys an Unfair Advantage in Physics I mean . . . WTF??? Click over there to read the article (and follow the links). It’s actually a serious claim, although whether or not it’ll… Continue reading Headline of the day
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Uncomfortably true…
From Stephan Pastis, who has an almost infallible gift for putting his finger on the pulse of current events and portraying them with humor. Click the image to be taken to a larger view at the ‘Pearls Before Swine’ Web page. Sadly, it looks like the partisanship plague has now claimed Canada, too, and… Continue reading Uncomfortably true…
A slight miscalculation…
Found on MeWe this morning (I can’t link directly to the post – MeWe doesn’t allow that): Lt. Colonel Robert Maclaren retired from the British Army in 2001 after a long fulfilling career. On the day that he retired he received a letter from the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Defence setting out… Continue reading A slight miscalculation…
How “woke” culture works
As explained by Stephan Pastis. Click the image to be taken to a larger version at the “Pearls Before Swine” Web page. Isn’t that precisely how the “woke” go about stirring up trouble? When they can’t succeed, they try to make everybody else fail; when they can’t get their way, they do their best… Continue reading How “woke” culture works
Starting the day with a smile
Received this from reader D. N. 1. When one door closes and another door opens, you are probably in prison. 2. To me, “drink responsibly” means don’t spill it. 3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9:00 pm is the new midnight. 4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and I’m off like… Continue reading Starting the day with a smile
The Lord of the Rings – calculus edition
Found on MeWe yesterday, and I’m still laughing every time I read it. Click the image for a larger view. A professor after my own heart! Peter
Keeping New Year resolutions real
Here’s Stephan Pastis’ suggestion. Click the image to see a larger version at the ‘Pearls Before Swine’ Web page. *Sigh* . . . I resemble that remark! Peter
The English language strikes again!
From Stephan Pastis (click the image to be taken to a larger view at the ‘Pearls Before Swine’ Web site): Peter
Heh
One of the Web comics I follow daily is Jennie Breeden’s “The Devil’s Panties”. Yesterday’s cartoon made me chuckle. Click the image to be taken to a larger version at her Web page. If you aren’t reading “The Devil’s Panties” regularly, you’re missing some prime-grade snark. Peter
I feel that way sometimes, too…
There are very few cartoonists who can capture the human dilemma so consistently and so accurately as Stephan Pastis. Click the image to be taken to a larger view at the “Pearls Before Swine” Web page. It’s like the well-known wail of complaint allegedly uttered by many trainee computer programmers (of whom I was… Continue reading I feel that way sometimes, too…