Talking of which ...

Shakespeare ridiculed verbose police reports too.

A piece of string walks into a bar ...

On the other hand ...

My bank recently changed their email policy is to use 'Good day [name]' as a salutation.

Headline graphic of tidy fridge makes me wish my family shared my borderline OCD love of neatness 'n order.

In his book 'Republican Party Reptile', P. J. O'Rourke has an illuminating chapter on advanced driving entitled "How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink".

With your beer gripped firmly between your knees?

Velcro brand straps and ties are worth the few extra pennies they cost. They're reusable and they don't gunk up your cables like electrical tape.

AAPL stock?

Good question.

"The best telescope is the one you use all the time."

I found them incredibly useful, but I guess I was in the minority because it seems they're not available anymore.

You kinda have to spell things out for Windows users, poor things. They get confused easily.

The cave painting at Les Trois Freres is somewhat unconvincing, especially when seen in context.

There ya go ...

It seemed likely that the person in the picture on the left was XhoiSan, so I googled 'khoisan musical instrument'. Google books led me to Culture and Customs of South Africa by Funso S. Afọlayan which details the evolution of this type of instrument on the sub-continent.

I've recently come to the conclusion that it's better to fold dress shirts than to hang them. By laying the shirt flat you can ensure the top button is perpendicular to the others - the way it is when you buy a shirt.

First they're there, then they're not. It's almost like the Pillars were the cosmic equivalent of a comment, banished to #offtopic by a petulant deity.

Uh, oh ... looks like I've stumbled into a controversy again :)