September 24, 2012 0 Münchausen by Internet On August 10, 2000, the New York Times ran an article (here) looking into a new item that college kids were [...]
September 21, 2012 0 Swing and a Miss When World War II came to America, baseball was one of the early victims. Many Major League players were in [...]
September 20, 2012 0 The Last Straw The rule of thumb, in the United States at least, is that one does not wear white after Labor Day. That [...]
September 19, 2012 0 Tastes Great, Can’t Buy It Ask a community of beer aficionados which beer is the best, and chances are they’re not going to shoot [...]
September 14, 2012 0 Embargo Elixir Fanta, the fruity flavored soda, is sold in more than fifty countries. There are nearly 100 different flavors [...]
September 13, 2012 0 The Agony of the Feet Flip-flops are popular summertime footwear with an onomatopoeic name derived from the sound they make when [...]
September 12, 2012 0 Naked at Harvard and Yale The following people are — or, perhaps more correctly, were — members of an elite and unique [...]
September 11, 2012 0 Dennis the Coincidence Dennis the Menace, pictured above, is a comic strip which was first published in the United States on March [...]
September 10, 2012 0 Feeling Buzzed You’re sitting at your desk, standing in the kitchen, watching TV, etc. All of a sudden, your cell [...]
September 7, 2012 0 Lakefront Property Lake Titicaca, located in the Andes between Peru and Bolivia, is South America’s largest freshwater [...]