lexicity

 Through the incomparable Languagehat , I discover that there is a new website, Lexicity , with resources for learning a wide range of ancie...

missed it by that much

It turns out that while FedEx will gladly offer to let you pay 4x over what you otherwise would, they’ll still group your separate package...

wie immer

Increasingly, restaurants are recording whether you are a regular, a first-timer, someone who lives close by or a friend of the owner or m...

Sublet in Berlin

I am looking to sublet my apartment in Berlin from October 1 for 5 months or longer.  Pictures and details here . The rent is €600 a month i...

only one

Why does no one send ME these witty rejection letters?  Publisher to Gertrude Stein, here .

The Spanish men’s intellectual disability basketball team was stripped of its gold medal after it emerged that many of its members  were not...

that clinking clanking sound

Weird piece in NYT on private schools. Though expensive ($40,000 or so a year), they can't cover their costs by tuition -- donations mu...