'Random Stuff' Category
Judge Crater, Call Your Office
It was exactly 80 years ago today that Judge Joseph Crater was last seen walking down W. 45th Street in NYC at around 9 PM and was never seen again. His disappearance earned him the title of “The Missingest Man in New York”. Judge Crater had been away in Maine with his wife when he [...]
Johnny Appleseed
Beth is a student in the Baccalaureate Honors Program at her university. Students in the program get the opportunity to meet an author at an informal dinner and discuss their book with them. She was recently sent the book The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan. Beth is reading another book at the moment so [...]
Mister Rogers
XKCD doesn’t usually run comics quite like this: The alternate text for those who missed it: “Mr. Rogers projected an air of genuine, unwavering, almost saintly pure-hearted decency. But when you look deeper, at the person behind the image … that’s exactly what you find there, too. He’s exactly what he appears to be.” This [...]
Kulula Airlines
I found this on snopes. Kulula Airlines is a low-cost airline from South Africa. Apparently they have a sense of humor about themselves and like to decorate their planes in a way that puts a smile on their customers’ faces. Here are some pictures of one of their most recently purchased Boeing 737-800s. And here [...]
From a Sweet Daughter
I spotted this on PassiveAggressiveNotes.com. I hope my sweet little girl never has to do this for me!
Five Movies
There is a fad floating around among some blogs to record your five favorite movies. So I’m going to do that but since my five favorite movies change so often I will add on that these are the five movies that I can watch over and over again. Casablanca – “Here’s looking at you, kid.” [...]
Right or Wrong?
“Recht oder Unrecht mein Vaterland” – Sign posted on the gatehouse of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Translation: “My country, right or wrong.” The slogan was adopted by the Nazis from the US.
Don’t Do It Without Your Fez On
I actually have had this link for quite awhile but never got around to posting it. Fortunately the students at MIT never deleted it and the government was never able to force the college to remove it. So if you are wondering whether you should be wearing an aluminum hat to protect yourself from the [...]
Citizenship Test
We test people from foreign countries who want to be citizens. Maybe we should test everyone. So how would you do on a citizenship test? MSNBC has a sample test which the link to is just below. An 80% score is passing. The Citizenship Test I scored a 95% because I couldn’t remember how many [...]
Things About Cats
I found this website that has some cool cartoons. This one is “17 Things Worth Knowing About Your Cat.” It’s definitely worth reading so click the picture:
