I just learned that “guacamole” is Nahautl (the language of the Aztecs) for “testicle sauce”. https://www.babylon.com/definition/ahuacatl/Spanish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guacamole

Have you read about this whole “AACS numbers” thing? It may just be a historical milestone in digital content rights, and it’s happening right now. Boing Boing: Secret AACS numbers, the photoshopp...

Hurray, we’re getting a tax refund! I decided to use a professional tax preparer this year, and she added up enough deductions for us that we’re going to get a refund. I had originally expected to ...

Ooh! I want one! Or even a dozen… Boing Boing: Cookie Millennium Falcon

Today’s my 38th birthday, and I decided to take the day off work to relax doing some of my favorite things. Beth made me breakfast of waffles, melon, and bacon. Once I got things straightened up at...

I rode my bike to work this morning for the first time of 2007. It wasn’t too fast of a ride, partly because I was feeling lazy and didn’t want to really push it, but more importantly because most ...

Ever wonder how Bob Dylan would sound singing Dr. Seuss books? Well here is your chance to find out: Dylan Hears A Who!

US may grow medicine producing rice - Food Business Review So let me see if I got this right. The federal government is approving a modified rice that contains human genetic material in the hopes ...

I took Beth to Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs last Sunday. She wasn’t very excited at all about going to a hot dog stand for supper, but I asked her to trust me. I told her these were much better hot dogs t...

When this news… I. Lewis Libby Jr. News - The New York Times …that Scooter Libby is now a proven felon was announced, Beth asked me if I thought he would be pardoned. I said, “Of course he will. ...