The Quantum Mechanic

has new meaning.

A friend of mine has a company called SmartFlix. The idea is that instead of buying how-to videos for $N00, you can rent them instead. Check it out — lots of interesting stuff.

The remastered Balance of Terror will air locally on Channel 5 at 02:05 on 18 September. Set your TiVos on stun!

You have to read this.

Take that, Mach 3!

A frighteningly time-wasting site where you can look up the TV shows and toys you frittered away your childhood on. You know you can’t resist…

Well, here’s a local example.

Tell her to join the cheerleading squad:

In the United States, the National Federation of State High School Associations issued a new rule for the 2006-07 school year requiring that cheerleading uniforms cover the midriff.

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Dear Miss Manners:
What is the proper way to request cash in lieu of gifts via a bridal registry?

Sit on the floor with a hat turned upside down on the floor beside you.

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In a depressing article in the WaPo, we learn that America is increasingly culinarily illiterate, on top of all the other increasing illiteracies.