Month: December 2009

LATER NOTE: This is what it looked like on 26th January 2010:

Simon Singh has been hampered by English libel law and requests signatures for his petition. National Petition for Libel Law Reform This doesn’t just affect people in the UK, as England is becoming a libel tourist destination. Wikipedia on Singh: In 2008, Singh was sued for libel by the British Chiropractic Association for criticising their…

It looks as if the city council wants to counter the impression that nobody ought to sit down in the pedestrian precinct. Or was this the plan all along? (The ‘water’ beneath is solid ice).

Stolen coffee cake bei Criggo. Note the comments: Hans knows better.

This is over a year old – pre-Obama – but somehow I missed it till now: Das tut gut: Entspammung vor dem Wochenende Dear Thoxan, I would like to express an interest in working for you as your German>English translation agency. I am a lifelong speaker of American English, but have also done extensive translation…

The Observer reviews Manhood, by Mels van Driel. And as for rigour, well I am no urologist, but I do doubt whether researchers really found that the “average diameter of the fully erect penis was approximately 121mm”. That is nearly five inches or about the same size, in cross section, as a compact disc. A…