They’re really pushing me to read some novel series called “Dungeon Crawler Carl”, claiming it’s the funniest, best fantasy they’ve read ever.

This is a factual question although I have not been able to find the answer on Google, but it has an obvious political implication. Trump’s grandfather emigrated to the US in 1885. Incidentally, I have no idea if my grandparents, immigrants all, ever naturalized. I can’t imagine it would have seemed very important in those days.

See if you can make anything out of this lot: 1. David Meadows from Derby was the inaugural winner 25 years ago of a competition organised by the Guardian and Cutty Sark that basically involved solving anagrams, crosswords, and word puzzles, etc. What word, meaning “addicted to word puzzles” was coined for the event? 2. What was the rather appropriate surname (to an Englishman) of the ...

Ok, I’m as much a sports fan as the next guy, but there’s one thing I’ve often wondered. When a player signs a contract, is he obligated to play at a certain level? Let’s say Alex Rodriguez decides he just doesn’t want to put any effort in his game and just collects his quarter billion over the next 10 years. Can he do that? Of will that somehow void his contract.

One dividing line is that a boat can be carried on a ship. So when the USS Cole was put onto that dry-dock ship and carried home it became a boat I guess.

& The memo, which was posted online Sunday alongside Hegseth’s video, said that the promotion and selection review will look at officer evaluations, promotion and command selection boards, and how professional military education is conducted “in order to enhance the lethality of the force.”

I just read an article on black holes and it explained that they have a point of “infinite density”. Now, I have a hard enough time wrapping my brain around the idea of “infinity”, but this one really threw me. How can s…

Walking the dog around the block, a few days ago we noticed blinking exterior lights on a house behind us. These are “coach lights” on either side of his garage door. The blinking seems to occur at a constant rate, rather than an irregular flickering (or morse code!) First, both lights were blinking. Then, on a subsequent day, both were on but neither were blinking. Then, only one was ...

How come some drinking glasses have the script-looking “L” on the bottom and what does it signify?

With some scissors and a sewing machine she could easily re-shape the hood into a rounded one, but so few people sew anymore. A needle and thread will also work, but she’d need to be very careful about her stitching, and examine it after each washing to make sure it wasn’t coming apart on her.