Radiation is dangerous...

In case you didn't know what the old radiation symbol meant, the International Atomic Energy Commission has designed a new one that makes things a bit more explicit:

Manny being Manny

Ah, The Onion:

SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-While watching a live spring-training report from the Boston Red Sox training facility in Fort Myers, FL on SportsCenter Wednesday, outfielder Manny Ramirez reportedly told his family that he "had the weirdest feeling [he] should be somewhere else right now." "I don't know what it is... Am I usually someplace else at this time of year?" Ramirez asked his wife, adding that the people on television looked vaguely familiar and that he felt "the strangest urge" to be in Florida. "Wait, is that guy there on the TV... is that Big Papi? But why would he be in Florida now?" According to Ramirez's wife, her husband then looked at the calendar on the wall, frowned, and continued to watch television while idly popping an old ball into his baseball glove.

Presidents' or President's or Presidents Day

I was reading the New Yorker this week and I came across an amazing article. I turns out that there is no Federal law declaring Monday to be Presidents' day. The law still on the books refers to it as Washington's Birthday. Presidents' day started when some advertiser called it that, and found that sales were better than when they called it Washington's Birthday, maybe because it was easier to say.

This article from the same issue, about the conservative creator of 24 and how the show is causing young recruits in the military to think that torture works great, was a pretty good read too. Although I'm still going to watch 24 since I don't see myself in the position to torture anyone soon. Those of you who love 24 like me but also find it to be ridiculous at times should check out Dave Barry's 24 blog. His live-blogs of the episodes have me laughing out loud.

It is my destiny...

I have wondered for a long time what the name "Mielcarz" means in Polish. A polish guy I worked with said he thought it meant "miller." But it turns out, according to this page, that Mielcarz is an archaic noun meaning "maltster or brewer." I don't care if the page is accurate or not - I love it!