"It would be weird to keep a man around to fetch things!"

Something I said in the comments to an October 2008 post titled "So, I've been thinking of getting a dog...." Note that I met...

At the Aconite Café...

... it's still winter, and yet... Ah, but I see winter aconite is poison : In Greek and Roman mythology, Medea tried to kill Theseus by ...

"Wound licking is an instinctive response in humans and many other animals to an injury."

"Dogs, cats, rodents and primates all lick wounds. The enzyme, lysozyme which is found in many tissues is what is the aid for the wound...

"South Park" takes on Occupy Wall Street.

Here , watch the whole episode, "The 1% Solution." Or just check out the part with Michael Moore: 1% Get More: SOUTH PARK Eric Car...

These kids today are so afraid of looking stupid that they won't get serious, collectivize, and change the world — declaims Mark Ames, spittle flying.

Stephen Green (via Instapundit ) calls attention to this Mark Ames article (from October) "The Rally to Restore Vanity: Generation X C...

"Mythic Giant Earthworm Not Extinct, Spitting, or Sweet Smelling."

If only it were extinct , we could imagine that it spit and smelled sweet. Is it better to know it's still around, but not that interest...

"I thought the 'vomit' tag was a joke, but you actually have dozens of posts tagged 'vomit." Was 'bodily fluids' too generic?"

Asked Michiel, in the comments to this post . And indeed, the answer is yes. There's a limit to how many posts Blogger will show on the ...

Mouth-corner spittle, in HDTV.

Amanda Hess (via Instapundit ) was watching Obama looking nice and "crispy" on HDTV and then, suddenly, there was "a small c...

I return to the old question of laptops in the classroom. Or: Why do law professors hate freedom?

In the comments here , XWL wondered why I hadn't blogged about this Ian Ayres' Freakonomics post about laptops, then quickly added, ...

The end of "Air America" in Madison.

I'd say: if they can't make it here , they can't make it anywhere. Mike Malloy reading long passages from Orwell's "198...

Guns don't kill people. Guns make people want to kill people.

Psychologists did an experiment that is said to indicate that handling a gun brings out the aggressive instinct in males: Psychologists at ...

The echo-y comfort zone of rage.

Armando over at Daily Kos, links to me and awkwardly calls me one of the "theoretically not stupid folks [who are] wondering what hit ...

Blog post gets new life.

In the last day or so, I've gotten more traffic to this old post than to the front page of the blog. It started when RedState wrote thi...

Me and those precious bodily fluids.

My reference to bodily fluids in this post has gotten a lot of attention, but do you know this isn't the first time I've gotten a s...

Speaking of spittle-spotting.

As noted two posts down, the Washington Post and the NYT are paying attention to my paying attention to a glob of foam that formed in the co...

The New York Times notices "Althouse.com."

I noticed from my Sitemeter that I'm getting referrals from the Washington Post , so I check over there and see: Jim Rutenberg in the N...

The last debate live-blog of the presidential campaign.

Okay, I'm getting set up now for the big live-blog of the last debate. I've been pre-linked by Instapundit (thanks and best wishes ...

Freud and counterculture girl.

Yesterday, I was walking down State Street and there was this young woman leaning forward with her mouth open, making an odd gurgling noise,...