The ‘y’ isn’t silent

Yemen. Sure, it’s spelled with a ‘y’ but through a weird quirk in translation, it’s actually pronounced like an ‘s’. I know…I’ll never graduate from middle school.

Cannae hear it

Really jacked that the BBC ended shortwave radio service to North America. I can listen to the Scottish referendum results online but that just doesn’t have the same feel as good old-fashioned analog static booming in from over the pond. Something as momentous as this feels a bit more post-war and less post-millennium and the…

It’s not even an ethos

Listened to this [1] earlier today. Now I’m fighting nihilism/pessimism again. Expect increased levels of sardonicism in the near future. [1] http://www.radiolab.org/story/dust-planet/