I’m a rum drinker (I acquired the habit in Puerto Rico), but not a rum snob. I can’t imagine paying this much for a bottle.
Site Down
It should be working now. Not sure what the issue was, but it’s been resolved.
[Update a few minutes later]
Someone was attacking the email services on my server. No idea who, or motive, but the IP has been blocked.
Terrible Nutrition Advice
More of the usual nonsense:
The study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that at the 34 fast-food chains they analyzed, the average combo meal contains 1,193 calories, and that the quantities of sodium, saturated fat and sugar are through the roof.
But all a person has to do is hold the dipping sauce; remove toppings, such as cheese; and opt for water over soda — and you’ll be good as gravy, says lead author Kelsey Vercammen of Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health in an interview with Reuters Health.
The problem with fast food is not calories, or saturated fat, or sodium. It’s the bun and the potatoes. The only good advice here is water instead of soda.
Twin XL Beds
An interesting history of bed sizes, including in dorm rooms.
I had dinner with Eileen Collins a couple months ago, and we were discussing the virtues of community college. In addition to all the other benefits of better education and lower cost, this article reminds me of another one: It eliminates the need to live in a dorm as a freshman. I was in Ann Arbor for three years, but I never lived in one.
Boris Shows The Steel
…and Tory support doubles.
They’ve been waiting for a leader since Thatcher.
[Update a few minutes later]
Conrad Black: The European now know that they have to take BoJo seriously.
[Monday-afternoon update]
Unlike Corbyn, Tony Blair isn’t stupid. He can see that Boris is setting up a trap for Labour.
Jeffrey Epstein
Mickey Kaus on why it still matters. Yes, he is a symptom of the deep corruption of business, national, and world leadership.
Trump’s Nuclear Threat
Heh. It apparently scared Dorian off from hitting Mar A Lago.
Starship/SuperHeavy Progress
An interesting report on doings in Cocoa Beach from Teslerati.
Slavery
No, America did not invent it.
Such is the state of our educational system.
Brexit And Trump
How I learned to stop worrying about the first, and love the other.
The left seems determined to push us into Trump’s and BoJo’s arms.