Friday, August 8, 2025
The Sorrows of Pluto by Tim Kreider
This cartoon was drawn shortly after Pluto was demoted from being a planet back in 2006.
My favorite Tim Kreider cartoon
He was kind enough to write back with fun sketches when I sent him a fan letter from Africa. It's sad that he seems to have sunk into obscurity. His website has been a ghost town for a while.
internet gem - The Nietzsche Family Circus
The Nietzsche Family Circus
It's Family Circus cartoons paired with Nietzsche quotes.
My favorite shows a dotted line of Billy's path through the backyard while the caption intones "life is wandering without purpose".
Since I can't find that one, this will do as a substitute:
learn languages for free - 2 great online resources
I learned of this site while a student at DLI. My advice is to listen to the audio while reading the transcript. Then read the transcript out loud. For best results, transcribe the audio.
The Ilovelanguages channel has a good mix of modern, ancient, and fictional languages.
Thursday, August 7, 2025
The real landshark - the epaulette shark
From Australia, of course:
You can pet one at the Mote Aquarium in Sarasota, FL.
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