Day: January 5, 2009

A few words about “ouch”

Since an online discussion brought this back to my mind today: That’s a habanero pepper. (It’s a close cousin of, and more or less interchangeable with, the scotch bonnet pepper.) For most people in North America, it’s the hottest pepper you can easily get your hands on–indeed, there are probably lots of people who think it’s the hottest pepper, hands… Read more →

How Did I Miss This?

Well, apparently I missed this year’s Massey Lectures. Quite a change from last year, when I was even part of the broadcast, eh? This may be in part because this year’s lecturer was Margaret Atwood, and I have a deep-seated and utterly irrational dislike of the woman. (I’m not saying that it’s irrational to dislike her, just that my particular… Read more →

Aside

No blogging tonight. I got distracted. In fact, I think probably not even enough sleep.

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