Interesting fact of the day.
“Caligula” means “little boots”. My buddy Sarah’s cat is named Lil Boots. He’s not completely unlike Caligula; Boots once nominated Wee consul of Rome. But after that the parallels diminish with assuredly unastonishing rapidity.
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And speaking of drinking beer…
Floridian Witzbold Dave Barry looks back on 2003.
Today on Fresh Air they reaired interviews with Bob Dorough and Fred Rogers. I had heard both before but were worth hearing again. I am definitely a Bob Dorough freak. Three is indeed a magic number.
But what knocked me off my ass was a story Mr Rogers told. When asked if the crew ever played pranks on him, he recalled in his inimitable manner how the crew once put an inflatable date in the closet.
Poor Richard set us up the bomb
AP - The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning. . . The FBI noted that use of almanacs or maps may be innocent, "the product of legitimate recreational or commercial activities."
Mousetrap styley car commercial. Over 600 takes to get it right.
LWD
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Little Wee Diary escapes the “more” section.
Wee and I are having a lovely Saturday. What with the shops open this morn, I went down to Plus searching for hay. They didn’t have it, but the petshop did. Three bucks, ouch. But it was worth it because one of the cages at the shop had several cavies and a larger grey hare. One of the guinea pigs was literally riding on the back of the hare. That was very cute.
It is the birthday of Chuck Babbage, creator of the analytical engine.
Yet even more fascinating to me the life of
Lady Ada Lovelace, who was his valuable assistant. She was perhaps the first person to envision AI.