Dinner Party Advice from an Expert on Database Programming

When grilling outdoors, remember not to pierce the sausages or over-flip the burgers; or, you might ruin the inedible chunks of charcoal you’ll be serving. Themed dinner parties are fine but avoid unappetizing themes such as the Medici family, historical infections and typhus. How do you determine when to break out the good china? Think […]

This Day in History: October 22nd

On this day in 1964, Jean Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. He refused the award because he felt that literature was a tool of the bourgeois used against the masses. Sartre was known for views not so much controversial as they were jaw-droppingly surreal. His works Nausea, The Wall and […]

Why I Built a House on the North Pole

Every window has a southern exposure. My nearest neighbor will feel compelled to bring me a house warming gift and my nearest neighbor will be Santa Claus. I’ll save a fortune on air conditioning. After a few more decades of global warming, I’ll be able to grow mangoes in my backyard. Six months of darkness […]

Fun Facts about Independence Day

When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he left the names of the two nations blank so that, if the American Revolution fizzled out, he could sell the document to Ireland. A big part of celebrating how independent we are is buying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fireworks from China. Only two […]

Things Better Done Drunk

Night Swimming: If the movie Jaws taught us anything it is that drinking and swimming don’t mix… with sharks, anyway. Without sharks, drunk swimming is GREAT. You can just drift off to sleep above or below the waves (your choice). Was it suicide or stupidity? No one knows!!! Golf: Golf goes with alcohol like softball […]