July 2007

Headstone Acrostic

07.31.2007

This is a real headstone in a Montreal cemetery. The epitaph was ordered by John’s ex-wife and mistress. It wasn’t until the job was finished that the engraver noticed something unusual about the message. A bona fide acrostic!

The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Last 50 Years

07.31.2007

From the Sony Walkman to Milton Bradley’s Simon to the Atari 2600 to the Speak & Spell by Texas Instruments, this list will bring you back in one way or another. ps: What, no Clapper???

Order of things

07.31.2007

A couple months ago there was a very orderly moment at 12:34 in the afternoon. For one minute, it was 12:34 5/6/7. For those of us not on military time, it happened twice that day. I was chatting with somebody recently and he pointed out that an even cooler moment happened seventeen years ago (and [...]

Thinking outside the box

07.30.2007

A classic exercise in creative thinking, with a solution that offers the essence of how to think about design. Your task: Without taking pen off paper, and using only four straight lines, connect the nine dots. I’ll post the answer in a few days.

“Altogether” and “all together”

07.30.2007

These are not interchangeable. The former is synonymous with “entirely”, while the latter means “all in one group”. He is altogether (entirely) too lazy to be a success. The papers are all together (all in a group) in the binder I sent you.

The Face of Mae West Which May Be Used as an Apartment (Dali)

07.30.2007

A Skunky Haiku

07.29.2007

Kona skunked again. Happens twice a year or so. The fun never ends.

James on the kit

07.29.2007

Honesty, arrogance, hypocrisy, and humility

07.29.2007

“Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.” – Frank Lloyd Wright

Best in Show

07.28.2007

Figure out what’s unique about this horse.

Polite Requests

07.27.2007

Another useful grammar tip from ProofreadNOW.com: In order to be polite, requests, suggestions, and commands are often phrased as questions. Use a period to end this kind of sentence if you expect your reader to respond by acting rather than by giving you a yes-or-no answer. Will you please call us at once if we [...]

Missing People

07.26.2007

Find the missing people.

Find the hidden baby

07.25.2007

The Two Black Eyes

07.25.2007

So two guys, each with a black eye, are sitting in a bar. They look at each other and notice that they each have a shiner.

Family of Birds

07.25.2007

Find Mother Nature.

Toss the noise

07.24.2007

“Do not keep anything in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” – William Morris

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