given that we don’t see any of the ancient navajo any more, that magic either doesn’t work at all or it works splendidly.

maybe they just laid off the titchier ones so that the average size of team members did indeed increase.

even the strongest amongst us would quail

on hearing the specifics of every such tale.

one would be ever so inclined

to declare that the worst of mankind

lives today in that state of israel.

what do they have playing on the radio? lionel richie?

i was getting ready for forty winks

when, lo, up popped this post on the Sphinx;

that ensued in a long stroll

down the wikipedia rabbithole

and a whole host of now-purple hyperlinks.

correction: switzer was the first registered woman to compete in the boston marathon.

bobbi gibb had not only completed the marathon the year earlier, she was also an hour ahead of switzer when this iconic photo was taken (as an untegistered runner in both instances).

that’s not to take away from switzer’s own part in history, though.

steve davis! the six-time world snooker champion?

ah, a famous egyptian mummy!

wouldn’t those funds be better invested into developing a hard mode that makes you fly only boeing aircraft?