I can hear the dolphins now: "Hey, don't you idiots know that humans dump their raw sewage onto their beaches? What are you trying to do, get pissed on? For God's sake, get away from there and go clean off in deep water. What a coulple of meat-heads..."
Raymond Chandler is a fantastic author. Phillip Marlowe is one of the best characters ever created and is the personification of film noir. Chandler just blows me away.
I think part of the overall fascination with LEGO is that, deep down when I look at these creations, I think, "I could do that!" Of course I probably never will. But I still feel a sense of accomplishment without having to do anything. And that is a special feeling.
When 'Casino Royale' was first published, the name James Bond was thought to be sufficiently bland as John Smith. I know a James Bond and his life has been a living hell from all the puns, jokes, and ribbing he's had to take.
The police are still searching for the bear's accomplice. There was never a good, physical description. Eyewitnesses only described a bouncy blur and the sound of "Who ho ho hoo".
If the state of Indiana had had their way in 1897 (or the state of Alabama according to Mark Boslough's joke of the same context), then they would have reset the value of pi to 3.0. Then what would we have done?
My guess is that the knife penetrated just above the innermost aspect of his right eye and is angled toward his left eye. By taking the x-ray from the front, the entire knife is within the frame of his skull. The hilt of the knife appears to be right at the edge of his nose.
Birth control eyeglasses - Back in the day when you needed eyeglasses and were in the military, the government would issue you a pair for free. However, they had thick, black plastic frames and very little style. This type of frame was referred to as 'birth control eyeglasses' because there was no way you could ever, ever pick up a girl while wearing your eyeglasses.
It's just to bad we can't have a phi day.
For my part, the kid's a hero.