We were on our way to the Center for Kidney Mediocrity when our plans were challenged by an alternate:
Sign says it all.
Well, we can’t pursue excellence in every single thingamajig. It could give you a headache. But in the spirit of open-mindedness, we dropped into the Center for Kidney Excellence. And sure enough, they all had headaches, and their kidneys were nothing to write home about—or even to you. Now we are considering affiliation with the Center for Kidney Above-Averageness. That should make everyone happy, or at least as happy as everyone’s going to get. Especially this
week.
And speaking of mediocrity, some questions have been raised about the treatment of Julian Assange’s cat. Trust us, we treat our kidneys better.
And now that Assange is in a private room "elsewhere," the cat—one of our most devoted readers—appealed to Flossophy Friday to help cure acute cabin fever, after being stuck for seven years in one room with a nutburger. (Remember, we invite Reader Response on any subject.) (That means you.) Well, at the risk of being obvious, we were able to arrange a nice outdoor junket between Assange’s cat and Schrödinger’s cat.* They are presently engaged in a thought experiment in the wilds of the Ecuadorianjungle: each knows the other is dead, which suggests that at least one of them is alive.
* Wikipedia Friday Favorite: In honor of the intersection of curiosity and logarithmically expanding human knowledge, we offer a weekly favorite obscure Wikipedia page. See Schrödinger's cat:
Fictionary Friday: Words You Need. Whether you know it or not.
Feliose(fee lee ohs) Noun: When your cat pretends not to know what you’re talking about.
In a sentence:When told, "We’re going to Ecuador!" James yawned with feliose abandon.
Fizzdom Friday: from our collection of favorite quotes.
"If you are irritated, and your cat is not, your cat has the advantage." – Sloven of Thrace, ca. 300 B.C.
Friday Fluff: FamousLastWords:
That shouldn’t be a problem.
It doesn’t matter who you vote for.
That’s a big
iceberg.
How do you say "oy" in Russian?
You should have been more careful.
I never said you were crazy. I said you were stupid.
What’s the difference between a rifle and a shotgun?
We can jump it.
Everything happens for a reason.
Write if (do) or (do not) encounter a random subatomic event that (may) or (may not) occur. (You should have checked out Wikipedia.) Parenthetically, don't Passover Easter.
