July 2010
13 posts
Leatherman Patent Invention →
Slideshow with early designs of the original Leatherman tool.
ATMs in Antarctica: An Interview With Wells... →
Penguins need banking too?
WatchUndercover Karaoke with Jewel
Jewel goes to a Karaoke Bar in disguise. Hijinks ensue.
Tooth Regeneration Gel Could Replace Painful... →
laughtershock
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. an embarrassing memory from middle school that slips back into your head from out of nowhere, a fault line in the crust of passing years—whose ever-thickening strata warp and buckle between the pressures of this week and a mantle of forgotten things two thousand miles deep—which is part of a theory on the evolution of the self known as cafeteria plate tectonics.
Nick Patrick: Did Americans in 1776 have British... →
Reading David McCullough’s 1776, I found myself wondering: Did Americans in 1776 have British accents? If so, when did American accents diverge from British accents?
The answer surprised me.
I’d always assumed that Americans used to have British accents, and that American accents diverged…