Many readers have requested a look at Owney, or rather at the carcass of Owney, the late postal mascot dog, who/which is on display at the Museum of Postal History, in Washington, DC. The Museum’s web site now has a lovely photo. Owney’s tale is told, we have just learned, in yet another (yes, there’s […]
Category: Arts and Science
Research and other stuff that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
The Atkins Diet Opera
The words to "The Atkins Diet Opera" are now on our web site, along with several photos from the mini-opera’s debut performance, which occured as part of the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. (Video of the entire mini-opera — and the entire 2004 Ig ceremony, is also online.) Today is the day of the annual […]
Viva Filterbag
Investigator Teresa Wilcox writes: I have long admired the reporting of your man Emil Filterbag. Viva Filterbag! This is probably pointless, but I thought you should know that if you go to the (to me) very strange web site maamumiaa.tripod.com/index59.html, you will find the phrase "email filter bag." As I said, I thought you should […]
author Not Available
Investigator Marc Sadowsky writes: “I’m not sure if you’re familiar with the author Not Available. Amazon.com has figured out I’m a big fine of his (more likely hers) and has notified me of his/her latest book. Here is their letter:” Dear Amazon.com Customer, We’ve noticed that customers who have purchased Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition […]