I used to teach ESL at a private school (adults, mostly bankers and diplomats and their kin) and the elevator was often the locus of much confusion. In the West, we are taught, a gentleman would allow a lady to enter the elevator first. In Japan, it is the gentleman that enters first. Tiny elevator, a lot of…

I love facts like these! Also, without beer, no pasteurization or electric refrigeration, which are also useful in reducing disease. Well, they might have been invented at some point, but my point is: Beer!

I both sew and live in NYC so Spandex House (the happiest place on Earth, fuck you Disney) is my heaven. I've made people smile with my running tights that are: tartan, have old movie images of Hedy Lamarr, are covered in honeycombs and bees, or are wood grain. Whether it makes me edgy or not, I don't know, but…

If I'm not mistaken, there is a large Christian population in Korea (Methodist, from what I can tell by churches here in NYC), so I would assume that antisemitism would have flowed from that. I'm guessing that Japan's historical resistance to Western colonization probably spared them that fate.

So when my dog sniffed people's crotches, I should have handed them a bill for diagnostic services instead of an apology? Missed opportunity...sigh.

Beret of poodle, on my noodle!

I'm sure I read it here first that the contraceptive exception battles playing out right now were a toe in the door to broader discrimination—As an rationalist, can I refuse to do business with anyone that fails grasp the basic law of physics and theories of biology? Like can I give a quiz and decide whom I can…

Back in my day, the Olympics were for amateurs only, but I guess since they now allow professionals...

Of Course God's Harvard Has a Sexual Assault Problem (fixed).

Eastern Mountain Sports. It's like REI, but based in, umm, the East.

I like Mr. Excel and Excel is Fun! Both have videos and downloadable practice spreadsheets. Both are free.

VLOOKUP has impressed more people at my firm than I should admit to (I'm the Excel guru where I work). Seriously, it is like magic for people who've never seen it before. If you truly want to make them believe you are a witch, index(match) is the shizz.

I saw it last night. It's big enough to sit on the head of a person about 5'3" or so. The assistant curator said it fit her.

Ahhh! I went to the Met to see this last night and got sidetracked by Byzantine textiles. Will try again today.

I went last night. It is right around the corner from the Metropolitan Museum. Worth the detour. Also, an often neglected but amazing gem is the NY Historical Society, next door to the American Museum of Natural History.

I went to see this last night. The museum is only two little galleries but it's very well curated. In addition to the oldest crown, there is the oldest known compound bow. This, clearly, was a culture not to be fucked with.

If they are open this weekend, I am going this weekend.

I want to thank you for calling my attention to a frickin' Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. How is that a thing that I didn't know about?

Maybe he's just trying to leverage that love now. All good.

If the animal is unsuitable for breeding, why isn't neutering an option?