Every few years, there is a massive sewage spill in this area. To my distress, there seem to have been no significant political costs to the Democratic politicians who run Seattle and King County, fr… (View Post)

Until I learn the reason(s) for the container ship losing power, I will lean toward a Hanlon's Razor explanation. (Bayesians will understand.) Probably after we know the reason(s), too, but for the m… (View Post)

"The I-94 corridor on the eastern seaboard is literally what connects the North and South." North-south interstates in the US have odd numbers; beginning in the West. (There is an I-94. You… (View Post)

I don't know how popular the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip is in the UK -- but I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand the Loser. There are bits of dialog in it that are spookily similar to … (View Post)

The story of Caligula's horse inspired this memorable put down by an American politician*, objecting to an appointment: At least the emperor sent the whole horse. (*Probably said by a senator in the … (View Post)