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.
…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.
Mickey Kaus on why it still matters. Yes, he is a symptom of the deep corruption of business, national, and world leadership.
Heh. It apparently scared Dorian off from hitting Mar A Lago.
An interesting report on doings in Cocoa Beach from Teslerati.
No, America did not invent it.
Such is the state of our educational system.
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.
I wanted to make some salmon croquettes with some leftover king salmon, but all the keto recipes recommend substituting almond flour for the bread crumbs. Problem: I’m allergic to nuts, including almonds.
[Update a few minutes later]
OK, here’s another option, which would be fine, except I don’t have any on hand: pork rind crumbs.
This study does not prove that people aren’t born that way. Of course there is no “gay gene.” That would make no evolutionary sense. It has to be a complex of them that, combined, cause it. Plus this seems to ignore pre-natal environment. There’s some evidence that this is a cause as well.
[Friday-morning update]
And then there’s this: “Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior.”
Elon is starting to scout out sites.