cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman_Ghost

So, parents can have daycare for only $50 a month?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
Explains it all.

Show of hands: who else read that as "Taikhar Cthulhu"?

He appears to have killed Mark Mothersbaugh.

I just saw Flying Spaghetti Monster!

Me, too, please. And thanks!

I *had* that Addams Family Game! I seem to recall that its slogan was, "whoever wins, loses" or something similar.

I also had that dominoes set, and it was awesome to see that since I hadn't seen that box cover in, oh, 30 years!

What, no Pareto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilfredo_Pareto)?

'Strange Deaths' is a monthly column in every issue of the Fortean Times, if you find this stuff morbidly fascinating.

I specifically remember learning that i.e. can also mean "in exemplum," which makes that usage of it identical to e.g. Anybody know of a debunking of that notion?

They left out September 26, 1983, when Stanislav Petrov saved the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov

I remember hearing that for his effort, the Russians rewarded him with a telephone.

Vi and emacs are text editors, and there's a neverending holy war about which one's best. O'Reilly offers books on both, but the vi one's cover looks like this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1565924266/ref=dp_otherviews_0/102-2416972-4845712?ie=UTF8&s=books&img=0

O'Reilly uses the Tarsier pretty much as their trademark : http://oreilly.com/ (It's even used in the favicon!)

Five comments, and no one's made a crack about vi vs. emacs?