my Twitter handle is@stuartcantrilland my username is ‘Stuart Cantrill’; very similar, but not quite the same. The fact you have both can be quite handy for organizations (or people) with long names. For example, the journalNature Communicationsuses its full name as its Twitter...
Trump Names Wile E. Coyote His Roadrunner Czar President-elect Donald Trump has announced his intention to appoint Wile E. Coyote his Director of the Bureau of Roadrunner Affairs. “He’s smart,” Trump said of his nominee, “So very smart, you wouldn’t believe. And very, very persistent...
He dropped names of his “friends” in the neighborhood, like legendary hippie criminal defense lawyer Tony Serra, and Paul Kantner, founder of the Jefferson Airplane. It seemed like he’d once been intelligent, before drinking himself into his present sorry state. At times he talked nonsense....
it is now believed that 28 people from Northern Ireland perished aboard theTitanic. Additionally, eight Harland & Wolff workers (5 of whose names are known) are also believed to havedied during the constructionof theTitanic.
Although the demand for alcohol had changed, it hadn’t ceased. Sales began booming online, and people started making cocktails in their bars and kitchens. One instance of how Diageo cashed in on the trend is when home-bound drinkers became creative by using Baileys in their...
Of particular importance to the locals is the small shrine in front of the Grand Hotel D’Angkor containing two standing Buddhas of the names Preah Ang Chek (taller) and Preah Ang Chorm (shorter). They are surrounded by stories of power and indestructibility. Visitors are welcome to make ...
The book starts with a six page section on “Time & The Calendar”. It names the days and months – something we already know from the world guide – and adds a little bit of helpful flavor, like which day is usually a market day. It confusingly adds “common names” for the months...
Take the latest gem that showed up in my inbox, just in time for my annual New Year’s Eve gayla and yours, too: An invaluable* feature called ‘Five of the Most Expensive Cocktails in the World’. * We who lust after linguistics like to launch a liquid load over the idea that ‘...
You never knew when an unannounced guest might drop by as well -- names like Allen Ginsberg, Abbie Hoffman and Bob Dylan, to name a few. Radio Unnameable collages tapes of some of Fass' most memorable programs with archival film footage of NYC, and features an original score by Jeffrey ...
Why two names? Armenia and the people of the enclave prefer Artsakh, a name for this land dating back more than two thousand years, to a time when Greater Armenia stretched between the Caspian, Mediterranean and Black Seas. Azerbaijanis call the territory by a Turkish name: Nagorno-Karabakh...