Amusements in Nikola Tesla's Autobiography...

kellinator may appreciate this one...

Page 344:
"Golka, a Massachusetts physicist, Tesla disciple, and lightning experimenter, has pursued the ephemeral fireball with the fervor of a hunter of snarks."

All you snarky folks better lay low.

Of course, I originally thought the above was a typo. This is likely due to the fact that I haven't read enough Lewis Carroll. Snark was coined by Lewis Carroll in 1876, and refers to an imaginary animal and is used to refer to someone or something that is hard to track down.

Who knew? All this time I've seen it used in the context of people making clever quips about that which annoys them.

Goooood Morning, LJ!

I'm not too thrilled about leaving town for another week, but I gotta grow up and get over it.

I do have some links to share, however:

1. A wrap up of the Republican Debates from Daily KOS. This is a keeper if only for the following line: After all, calling everyone in Hollywood a loon, then fawning over any third-rate actor who will give them the time of day, is a Republican tradition.


2. Y'all remember the joke "The Aristocrats"? Well, a new one has entered the compendium.

3. A History of Disbelief. Jonathan Miller was interviewed on Moyer's show that aired recently. I'm not sure if this will show up in America, or if it has shown up in American television. (and the videos are no longer working for me, at least, so I'll have to find another source, dammit)