Well, duh! Many a time and oft. But this does raise the issue of parochiality on the interwebs. Many items on the original TID list would seem remarkable only to a Murcan, and despite the clearly global nature of the net, many users thereof (and not only Murcans) seem to have no ability to use it t...

They weren’t this tiny. And yes, that’s a plural. They used to be quite common where I lived, and crazes waved through the school periodically. Same for silkworms. And, in later life, stick insects. Parents desperate to place some of their kids’ babies with a new and loving home. Cleaning out the t...

New readers begin here: A while ago I succumbed to the lure of an internet list. Then I decided to expand on the Things I’d Done.

What constitutes a mountain? “There is no universally accepted standard definition for the height of a mountain or a hill although a mountain usually has an ident...

On my first trip to the US my new-found friends and I went to Walt Disney World. I wasn’t impressed. EPCOT was a bit more interesting, but I still had the feeling that it was a substitute for actual travel. Years later I went back on someone else’s dime, and had the horrible experience of being rob...

August a couple of years ago I was far enough away from city lights, and the shower was at a reasonable hour, that I did see more than a handful of the Perseids. Exciting though it was, I wish instead I could say that I had seen the aurora borealis. Now there’s a heavenly phenomenon to reckon with....