Comeuppance

| June 26, 2003

I think I’ve had my punishment for threatening olfactory crimes towards grieving relatives at my deathbed some (many) years hence. [Not, mind you, that I am eager to be on my deathbed, but I figure if you have to go, go out with style (as opposed to class).] Punishment, indeed. But allow me to fill […]

If ya gotta go, that’s the way to go

| June 22, 2003

You can find all sorts of odds & ends on the ‘net. Emphasis on the odd. Back in the 17th century, a fellow named John Graunt compiled and tabulated the data on causes of death in London over a number of years. All sorts of odd-sounding (and for that matter, many normal-sounding (to 21st-century ears)) […]