your post is pretty all over the place... howabout making one concise point that we can talk about?

Tell that to the many people who see a guy with hair that reaches his neck and label it "mullet"

This should be in 'Murica not Murcia!

In old Latin typography, j and i are interchangeable as in Julius and Iulius - the same for u and v - as we see on many old carved stones - e.g. Jvlivs - which is less weird in granite than on the internet.
Fun fact, this is part of how the names John, Ivan and Juan all come the Greek Ioanas.

People were very anti-semitic back then. They kept out the JUs.

I vividly recall my girlfriend coming to my house for the first time. After spending a considerable time checking out my bookshelves, she proclaimed, "There's so much fiction!" Not being one known for witty retorts, the best I could come up with is, "I deal with facts all day". But truly, many years later, with all…

Just a word of advice: save Uranus for at least the 5th date.

That would be like watching a movie about eating breakfast or driving to work. You know... stuff everyone experiences anyway.

"Utopia" is never about scarcity or resources or the Big Rock Candy Mountain. It's about human nature changing—and that's why post-scarcity won't necessarily bring "utopia".

mxyptik above has the origin right. The other thing that should be mentioned is that, in the -ing ending*, <ng> doesn't really ever represent a cluster of [n] and [g], it's a velar nasal [ŋ] — basically you are routing the air through your nasal passages the way you do when you produce [n], but with your tongue in the…

I assume they'll be bringing on Bob the Builder to discuss the bathroom situation later today.

In my old Cav regiment our first responders carried unscented tampons for this very purpose.

"So, that went well," Bob said, gazing up at the spreading horror as it consumed the skies. "Exactly as expected, really."

An ethereal tendril, violet and black like a fresh bruise, oozed down into the city. Everywhere it touched, the neat, clean lines of manmade buildings warped and twisted into non-Euclidean shapes.…

Agreed. This is heartbreaking.

"I really wish people on this site would stop speaking on behalf of the Sami culture. I am Sami. I was born and raised in Norway (Where Frozen takes place.) I know alot of other Sami people. I am white and blonde. I look like Kristoff. Most of my Sami friends are also white. We are white. When people say that Disney…

Is anybody still in denial about climate change?

I'd like to see a Nova movie to maybe as a lead in to a New Warriors movie

Interesting comparison. Tell me more about version of Neuromancer.

Note: Water is not available until the room above you is occupied.

I remember reading these excerpts in high school history. Around the time we were learning about Leakey and Lucy.
Same teacher who told us to please read all the instructions before beginning an exam where one instruction at the top said to please only answer question 7.
Also a world geography test we were given:…