The difference between nauseous and nauseated: "Choosing among the various adjectives derived from nauseate is becoming a problem among English speakers. The cause of the urge is either nauseous or nauseating. The experience of nausea leaves you nauseated—not nauseous. A dill pickle with chocolate sauce and whipped cream is nauseous because it nauseates us. We, on the other hand, feel nauseated at the thought of consuming such an 'indelicacy'." ‡
Nancy Reagan (as well as several other politically and socially prominent people) is a direct descendant of Pocahontas. Also, Pocahontas was just 23 when she died. ‡
I do not advise drinking a large cup of coffee in addition to taking a tablet of Midol. Midol contains caffeine, which aids in its effectiveness, but the extrapolation theory that more caffeine would further the pain relieving properties does not hold as I now feel shaky, anxious, tense, weary and unable to consistently improve my shallow breathing. ‡
There's a NEW laundromat going in across the street from my apartment. ‡
"Darkness on the edge of town" is not just a lyric in a Dead Moon song ("Walkin' On My Grave"), it's also the title of an album by Bruce Springsteen. It should be noted that Springsteen came first. ‡
About Syd Mead: the "industrial designer best known for his vehicle designs in science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens, and Tron." He also worked on Star Trek: The Motion Picture, 2010, Short Circuit, Timecop, Strange Days, and Mission: Impossible III among several other projects and achievements. ‡
The term "cruft", after looking up "foo" on Wikipedia. Subsequently I noticed its usage, for the first time, in the documentation for Drupal i.e. "Drupal's generated markup is clean, standards-compliant xhtml. No old school tables. No cruft. No kidding." See also: kipple, kludge, and "metasyntactic variable". ‡
I am now being charged a monthly fee for my checking account. ‡
French fries are hot. "A new front-runner in the battle for the perfect French fry has emerged: the very thin, very crisp ones served at the new Chez Papa Resto, presented in a cone, are not to be missed. But our old favorites remain—how to resist a huge bowl of fries at Universal Café, tossed with handfuls of herbs? They remain the undisputed champions. And, if you want the complete Bastille Day experience, some very fine fries can be ordered at Café Claude, where you can also sample soupe à l'oignon and a fine pan bagnat (the French take on a tuna sandwich)." --from 7x7sf.com ‡
In an informal sample of 14 magazines' websites, only one was wider than 1000 pixels (Traditional Home at 1024), six came in at exactly 1000, and STEP Inside Design's website is unbelievably bad (go ahead, resize your browser, I dare you.) ‡