James Saft , the Reuters' columnist, has a piece in the IHT about a talk by Andrew Haldane , the executive director for financial stab...

Rapture had been scheduled for May 21, and was then rescheduled for Oct 21 (an error in the calculations). Yesterday, folks. And we missed i...

Click here for earlier acts. Interlude.

Act II. Somewhere in 1978 or 79, the Amsterdam department store De Bijenkorff opened a new sales corner on its 4th floor, mysteriously name...

(Go   here for earlier acts) Act V. Now comes the part that is omitted in all the obituaries. A few weeks later, still 1985. The Apple la...

(Go   here for earlier acts) (Another) Interlude . Perry sends this picture of the Lisa: Go here for the next act.

(Go   here for earlier acts) Interlude.  A friend sends this picture and writes... Apple Store, Palo Alto, CA. ..."did you kn...

(Go   here for earlier acts) Act III. We're now at Dartmouth College , NH, and the day is Jan 16, 1984. I had become interested in ...

Act II. Somewhere in 1978 or 79, the Amsterdam department store De Bijenkorff opened a new sales corner on its 4th floor, mysteriously nam...

Progressives are convinced that mankind can progress, in particular modern mankind, us. And we do, in fact, progress on many measures, such ...

We haven't heard from the washed-up scriptwriter in quite some time. He was washed up in Kazakhstan, and wrote some poems for President ...

A friend of Dirk relates: "My flight was being served by an obviously gay flight attendant, who seemed to put everyone in a good moo...

...and says: "I have a dream." (click on the picture for a larger image)

"You are not my long-lost half-sister. No-no. Not you!"

Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann have signed a pledge , which obliges them to monogamy and more. Michele Bachmann (note the flag) ...

Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmua...