Archive for November, 2006

An interview with Wikipedia

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

Today I wanted to mend an article of clothing. In situations like this, a woman typically turns to her mother (source: Women’s Day, May 1942). However, my mother lives far away, so I decided to ask Wikipedia. Here is a transcript of our conversation.
Wikipedia, what is mending?
Mending is referred to as the fixing of something […]

We all help in our own way

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

Do you think helping the world has to be hard? Think community service is all about building houses for the poor, or traveling to Africa to immunize infants? Do you wish that doing something useful was a little more, well, fun? Then listen to the wisdom of Ross Stackhouse, Brown freshman and New […]

Barristers and glucophages

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

Today we have two spams of note. The runner-up:
BARRISTER CHARLES DICKENS(TRAGEDY)
Is it a special offer on a copy of Bleak House? No, the e-mail contains the following:
LETTER OF INTENT!
I am Barrister Charles C.Dickens, a legal practictioner and the personal attorney to Late Mr. Andreas Schranner, a German property magnate who lost his life and his […]