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Ripping the Headlines Today, 5/9/19
Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to The news doesn’t need to be complicated and confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft is for. And, as in the case with […]
Florence Nightingale, Lie-Down Comic
As she lay upon her sofa, gasping, Florence Nightingale devoured blue-books, dictated letters, and, in the intervals of her palpitations, cracked her febrile jokes. Eminent Victorians, Lytton Strachey Thank you, thank you . . . […]
At the Viking Poetry Slam
A mastery of poetry was a must for any young Viking. A few Viking poems dwelt on love, but the heroes often undermined their happiness by chasing adventures that separated them from their beloveds. […]
Alexa, Tell My Neighbor to Mow His Yard
Consumer technology has come a long way since Al Gore invented the Internet. Amazon has always been a pioneer – first with its mega-store retail website, then the Kindle electronic book, followed by their ingenious […]
Breakthrough May Make Hospital “Johnnies” Even More Embarrassing
BOSTON. This city’s many teaching hospitals makes it a magnet for innovations in healthcare, with spinoff uses that often ripple through the rest of the economy. “The first surgery using ether anesthesia was performed right […]
