Fortuna's Iron(y)

...when you have once put your neck beneath the yoke of Fortune, you must with steadfast heart bear whatever comes to pass within her realm... Ah! dull-witted mortal, if Fortune begin to stay still, she is no longer Fortune.

» Dr. Whateveryournamewas, thank you, for being a great art history teacher. Even though it was 30 years ago, and I've forgotten far more than I remember, you were, unwittingly, one of those teachers that may become anonymous, but are never really forgotten. You instilled a life-long appreciation and love in others for the subject you taught, so you were by all accounts a great success at what you did.

You sure would have loved the internet, sir. Maya Blue

» Check out the Internet Anagram Server - I have to admit, after viewing anagrams for "Fortunalee", I'm left wondering about some really serious issues, and am impressed not by the wisdom of Solomon, but the wisdom of "Anna Graham", and its potential as a cure for writer's block. Or not.

Feta Rule On - I didn't realize there were rules to feta. It's cheese - how many rules could be broken in the name of cheese?
"We have rules here," the Wisconsin Cheese Commissioner barked. "You can't walk in here and ignore the Feta Rule, just because Cheddar Court has been temporarily suspended!"

Lone Fur Tea and Other Anagrammatical Stories 

» We received an interesting offer for franchising in email yesterday. I'm sure you'll all be as intrigued by the opportunity this as I am. For further details, including rules, regulations, and requirements and ridiculocities, read on...

Full "Tower of Babel" story at Fortuna's Favor Rites

»You're familiar with the Lolcat internet trend, or meme? No? Ok, go check out this page first, then come back here to find some more links. Go ahead - really. I'll wait.

[Queue Jeopardy music]

Back yet? Good! 

What does it take to create a lolniche or macro? not much, really...

Read more about the lolmeme.

»Remember Carl Sagan? Remember how he popularized astronomy with his Cosmos series, made science understandable, and talked to us in a friendly, "c'mere, I wanna show you this cool stuff I found!" kinda way? Well, Carl is gone now, but he's got a successor, and if you don't know him by now, you haven't been living on the right planet. He's been on Mars, where have you been?

Science Saturday: Steve Squyres is below the fold, and is also the subject of a new SquidWho.

»Shades of the 50's! The original 1951 Duck and Cover drill public service promo, with its star, Bert the Turtle. In this film, we're reminded that nuclear war can break out at any time, with or without warning, and all Americans should be ready day and night. "Burns from a nuclear explosion are much worse than a sun burn... duck and cover!"

The rest is below the fold: Duck and Cover!

»They're hot. They're sexy. They're Finnish, and they're classically trained.

They play hard rock, bill themselves as playing Gothic/Metal/Classical and can make you like it even if you don't normally, because {gasp} they're real musicians.

They're as famous for covering Metallica {gag} with four cellos as they are for their classical pieces. But oh my pod, wait until you hear The Unforgiven. Or their wild version of "Hall of the Mountain King." As one commenter said, "headbanging to classical!"

See When Cello Gets All Sexy