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Update: Some quick notes… I didn’t compile or make these images; I found ’em, thought they were neat and posted them for everyone to see. You can find more images like this at Actualidad Simpson. Here are some still from Steamboat Scratchy, side-by-side with matching ones from Steamboat Willie: Images courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

Update: Some quick notes… I didn’t compile or make these images; I found ’em, thought they were neat and posted them for everyone to see. You can find more images like this at Actualidad Simpson. Here are some stills from the Simpsons episode Stark Raving Dad, which pays homage to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s […]

A recent posting in the blog Making Light points to a Flickr photoset of science tattoos. Remember the Simpsons episode titled Homer Goes to College? Benjamin (one of Homer’s nerd roomates): Come on, Mr. Simpson, you’ll never pass this course without learning the periodic table. Homer: I’ll write it on my hand. Benjamin: Hoh! Including […]

According to the folks at Houghton Mifflin, every high school grad should be familiar with the words in the list below. I’m not surprised that I was unfamiliar with the word abstemious given its meaning, and moiety is now part of my vocabulary. abjure abrogate abstemious acumen antebellum auspicious belie bellicose bowdlerize chicanery chromosome churlish […]

My best math teachers and professors used to encourage the class to get a better feel for numbers by playing estimating games of all sorts: “How many jellybeans do you think are in this jar?” “How many bricks do you think are in the far wall?” “”How many houses are there on the next block?” […]