Ah, thank you. You're right about the proportions. I should have been more sure of what I was saying.

That is a photo of an octopus, not a squid. Squid have fins on their heads, look more elongated and generally fish-like, and a bunch of other differences.

Possible soundtrack?

If the gaps in other dating systems or lists of kings or whatever coincided with the purported gaps in the Gregorian calendar, you could have a point. As it is, the "misty" periods in some of the non-European cultures you mention took place a lot longer ago than the dark ages in Europe.

If the chemicals the article identifies as "drugs" are already approved for human use, then it could be quickly. Usually the word "drug" essentially means "chemical approved for some beneficial human use," but who knows? Cystic fibrosis runs in my family, too. Details will trickle out if there is anything more to this…

Wow, it would be so great to have the fastest box in the world, if only its parts didn't start to go obsolete instantly.

I hope to god kids stop going to the movies. Think of how much the quality would improve if everything weren't completely aimed at emotionally unsophisticated people who aren't old enough to get into R-rated movies.

The New York Times: fighting toward profitability with multiple column inches devoted to verbose corrections on the terminology of Middle Earth, as it relates to baseball bats. It's not like we'd sold any ads to go there anyway.

Some are tastier than others. Maybe it's an English muffin in England, and it's happier in its native land.

I believe it's an English muffin. They are yummy. Especially with cinnamon.

Just sayin'.

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It's just so magical when vaginas become "birth canals".

That sounds plausible, especially since I heard that the log was establishing location information via cell tower triangulation.

It's important to make the distinction that the researchers who discovered this said they found no evidence that it was "Apple secretly tracking" iOS users, as is stated in this post. They don't believe the location logs are being transmitted back to Apple.

Yes, but if you don't want to offend people, you have to be reasonably inclusive when they add you. I'm aware you can consign people to different lists, and all that, too.

Way, way, waaaay too much Grand Theft Auto.

"Is Facebook geared to dullards?"

Step 1: Deactivate your account in the knowledge that you can reactivate/deactivate it again if you ever need to, without losing any of your "friends".

I'm just glad I have a fairly uncommon combination of names.