Wednesday, November 29, 2006
The John Wilkes Toll Booth of the Information Superhighway
1. A friend had to explain the process by which Wikipedia articles are written to her seventh graders after a number of them "turned in mini-biographies about Charles Dickens indicating that, in 1836, he married his first love, FLAVA FLAV [emphasis original]."
2. From Unshelved, the hip librarian's favorite comic strip:
"I need to miss work tomorrow. Grandma's having her sicsempertyrannus removed."
http://www.overduemedia.com/archive.aspx?strip=20061128