"Life is the lust of a lamp for the light that is dark till the dawn of the day when we die."

A walk-through of XKCD strip number 1110, including a link for seeing the image in a panning, zooming window.

How the US health-care system wastes G$750 annually. In case anyone overseas wonders why this is such a big deal. (via lost in browser tabs)

Of more local interest: tax cuts don't lead to economic growth, per historical data.

Word Spy's earliest citation for mansplain is 2009. Does anyone recall it being used earlier? Or better yet, have a cite?

(Subject line is Swinburne parodying himself.)

---L.