Category Archives: Humor

Neutrinos

“…We don’t allow faster-than-light neutrinos in here,” says the barman. A neutrino walks into a bar…” —Neutrinos: Everything you need to know, New Scientist, by Chelsea Whyte and Celeste Biever Send to Kindle

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Quote for the Day

In ancient times, cats were worshiped as gods. They have never forgotten this. –Terry Pratchett Send to Kindle

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Quote for the Day

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. –Robertson Davies, “mehitabel” Send to Kindle

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Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Once again it is Talk Like a Pirate Day, an event which arrives every September 19. Talk Like A Pirate Day is an original concept created in a moment of temporary insanity by John Baur and Mark Summers. Send to … Continue reading

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Quote for the Day

The Solution by Bertolt Brecht After the uprising of the 17th June The Secretary of the Writer’s Union Had leaflets distributed in the Stalinallee Stating that the people Had forfeited the confidence of the government And could win it back … Continue reading

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Erased

In the first Back to the Future movie, as Doc Brown examined Marty’s photograph of his family in which his brother and sister’s images were slowly vanishing, he commented, “Erased from existence” to describe what was happening to them. I’ve … Continue reading

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Quote for the Day

The Yiddish author, Sholem Aleichem, “never uses humor to escape from what’s terrible. He creates a perspective from which the most terrible things are funny too. He believed that the highest form of faith was not to accept but to … Continue reading

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Happy Towel Day!

Towel Day is an annual celebration on the 25th of May in honor of the late author Douglas Adams (1952-2001). On that day, fans around the world carry a towel in his honor. Douglas Adams was the author of The … Continue reading

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Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis

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