"RAT is an anagram of ART. Do you think that inspired them, perhaps subconsciously?"

Asks Dr Weevil. "A weevil is any beetle from the Curculionoidea superfamily. They are usually small, less than 6 millimetres... and he...

The man who published all those dirty books... and turned down "Lord of the Rings" because he "couldn’t understand a word."

Barney Rosset, of Grove Press and Evergreen Review, dead now at 89. Besides publishing [Samuel] Beckett, he brought early exposure to Europe...

"Fatwa banning Muslim women from touching bananas and other penis-shaped foods makes Internet rounds."

"Unconfirmed religious order says the phallic foods may spark sexy thoughts." Hmmm. Emphasis on "unconfirmed." I don...

"19-year-old man... was buried in sand up to his neck for two hours..."

... after he dug a 7-foot deep hole and — as a joke — jumped into it. It took 60 rescue workers to dig him out. ADDED: Reminds me of the Be...

Auto-correct hilarity.

The Frisky picked out 10 great examples from Damn You Auto Correct . (Via Instapundit .) They had me screaming in hysterics with tears runn...

Why are so many Democrats still doubting Obama?

What does he need to do to close the deal? IN THE COMMENTS: 1. Some people want me to answer the questio n for myself, but have you forgotte...

"Samuel Beckett, not known for displays of strong feeling, cried his eyes out over 'Effi Briest.'"

The 5 best books about marriage. "Anna Karenina" and "Madame Bovary" don't make this list, but don't complain u...

Those "Germanic compounds."

John Updike has a nice, long review of Jed Perl's "New Art City." The thesis of the book, to be blunt about it, is that art i...

Small and large falls.

Today, I was struggling to drag out the gigantic, three-paneled whiteboard contraption in my classroom when the handle came off, and I fell ...