This Office Supplies Store in Mexico seemed disproportionately concerned with theft
Category: Explanations
Poison High School Tacos
Sometimes you eat something delicious and then weird stuff happens to your butt.
CORRECTIONS: The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes, by Raymond Smullyan
A quick list of the few errors (along with corrections) in this otherwise excellent book.
Being Sherlock
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be Sherlock Holmes?
The Aryan Pirate
Bitter Lemon Soda, Rum, and Blueberries
X’s and Eggs
Do you know what it means, when you see an egg with an ‘X’ on it? I bet you do. I do. But why? Why do I know? Did someone tell me? If they did, it was a very long time ago. If they didn’t, I must have just figured it out. But what I’m…
Hot Eggs and the Formation of the Earth
One day, back when I was living in a trailer park in Te Puke, New Zealand, I boiled an egg. Now, if I am eager to eat a recently boiled egg, it is my custom, once the egg is done, to remove it from the heat and add cold water and let it overflow in…
Meditations on the Role of the Raisin in our Daily Lives
Most people don’t think much about raisins. So long as they are found in the right cookie and stays out of the wrong cookie; so long as they sit in the peanut butter on the celery or continue to be effectively motivate lab animals; so long as their prices to not fluctuate to a great…
what this is
a series of letters I send out to my friends while I’m abroad. Here you will find a selection of the back-issues. . .