Her understanding of the parts of a computer and their function equals that of my community college students, who are ten years older. Nice job, kid.
Her understanding of the parts of a computer and their function equals that of my community college students, who are ten years older. Nice job, kid.
I saw Peter perform three times, once with Davie and Mickey, and twice with his band Shoe Suede Blues. I twice shook his hand, got an autograph and chatted with him a bit; he was a real nice guy. RIP, Peter.
“... shoved off this mortal coil.”
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This puts me in mind of the old, almost certainly apocryphal story about the dog and the dynamite. It seems two duck hunters drove a new SUV out onto a frozen pond, planning to use dynamite to blow a hole in the ice for their decoys. One guy lights the fuse and chucks the dynamite out onto the middle of the pond. His…
In 1955 the historical romance I, Libertine reached the New York Times bestseller list. The only problem was, the book didn’t exist. In those days the list was based on both sales and requests for a book. Late night raconteur Gene Shepherd invented the title and general storyline, and asked his many listeners to…
I have three of these and they’re dandy. However, I’ve always wondered why they stopped at 299, instead of throwing in one more band-aid and making it an even 300.
I have three of these and they’re dandy. However, I’ve always wondered why they stopped at 299, instead of throwing…
Fun fact: elevators do free fall, just not very often. In November of last year an elevator in the Hancock Building in Chicago fell some 86 floors; happily the fall was arrested by safety cables. In 1945 a B25 bomber hit the Empire State Building in bad weather, cutting elevator cables and causing the car to fall 75…