Where was Sarah in 1787?

Article 1, Section 10, paragraph 2.

There shouldn’t be an apostrophe. See the misspelling for yourself on page 2 of the copy of the Constitution at the National Archives.

Happy Constitution Day!

Constitution Day resources at the Library of Congress web site

I can’t believe I forgot to get out the Constitution Day decorations.

To celebrate, why not download the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence, Pocket Edition [PDF, 416kiB] from the U.S. Government Printing Office?

Please, oh please, don’t let this suck

“Hitchhiker’s Guide” series to ride again

LONDON (Reuters) - Children’s author Eoin Colfer is to write a sixth novel in the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” series, seven years after the death of its creator Douglas Adams, publishers Penguin said on Wednesday.

Addy gets new glasses

“Now, see, with these glasses, you won’t get any older and you won’t ever die.”

Brad’s contribution to the English language

col•lins |ˈkɒlɪnz| informal
verb [ intrans. ]
move in a predictable manner until a particular time or until a particular event occurs : he chose to collins around until his wife came out of the store.
ORIGIN : named after American astronaut Michael Collins (1930–), member of Apollo 11 crew who orbited the Moon while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the lunar surface.

Won’t someone please think of the children?

Oh my God! What are they doing to this baby! Someone help!

You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have babies with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads!

Allan jammin' to the beat

Ken Jennings’s alphabet mural

It took him over a year, but Ken Jennings (the guy that won all that money on Jeopardy a few years ago) painted a beautiful mural on his daughter’s wall.

A-C D-G H-L M-P Q-V W-Z

Buying the correct scissors for the Oval Office

From The Economist:

WHETHER Barack Obama or John McCain triumphs in November, the victor will be the eighth left-handed president of America. While making up just 10% of the general populace, 18% of American presidents have been lefties, perhaps given extra drive by centuries of persecution. Of the past six presidents, four have been cack-handed.

Those four were Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. Both Elena and I are left-handed. Or cack-handed, but only when we’re in Britain.

Allan crawls

Helen saw Allan crawl for the first time yesterday, and she captured some of it on video. You can see a larger version of the same video here.