Pulp Fiction

My nephew had a birthday last week.  I am surprised by how many people have birthdays these days.  For his birthday I gave him an orange. 

If it was a lemon it would be a sour pus

The orange I gave him had, “Orange you glad it’s your birthday?” written on it.  In addition to the scurvy fighting ascorbic acid contained in every orange, it also had a 20 dollar bill inside.  The banknote made its way inside the same way it does in the following magic trick.

When was the last time you had a 20 dollar trick?  My nephew had one last week.

SOPA My Windows

On January 18 of 2012, Reddit, Wikipedia, and a handful of other websites are going offline to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).  Without Wikipedia, many students will have to actually do research.  Some may even learn what a library is.  I know I will actually do my job rather than read about zebras.

Google and its services will remain online.  This a shame because some institutions would be utterly lost without Gmail and its services.  It is also a shame because this is the one chance for Hotbot, Lycos, and Ask Jeeves to make a comeback.