Archive for March 24th, 2006

Amazing footnote

Friday, March 24th, 2006

I think this may be the best legalese footnote I’ve ever seen: A certain four-letter verb for “copulate,” of possible Scandinavian origin (see Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary (1977) p. 463, col. 2) appears frequently in the record along with its gerundive and a related noun involving the maternal parent. From footnote 1 of this California […]

Engineers Against Cancer?

Friday, March 24th, 2006

Sometimes you get a very well intentioned email that makes you stop and think.  This morning, I got an email with the subject Fw: Engineers  Against Cancer.  Even though it came off the ECE department listserv (they forward just shy of 15 billion emails a day), I glanced at the message and got to thinking.  […]