John E. Karlin, Who Led the Way to All-Digit Dialing, Dies at 94

The UK has spent more money bailing out its banks in the past 12 months than it has spent on science since the time of Christ.

You know, it’s interesting to me how dependent we are on oil — far more than people realize. Here’s an example: all over the metro area, people are blowing away fallen leaves using gas-powered leaf  [more...]

Via Ray Everett: “I learned two things from this article: 1. Jack Klugman made important contributions to encouraging the development of life saving medicines; and, 2. Orrin Hatch’s asshattery has been in  [more...]