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Australia wins the Ashes test

England lost their last five wickets for just 77 runs in 90 minutes to be all out for 370 half an hour before lunch on the fifth day after resuming on 293 for five chasing 648 to win.

I read that as “England lost…. something…. half an hour…. lunch…. something… something…. resuming… something-something…. five chasing something…. to win.”

I once asked an English friend of mine to translate a Cricket story in the paper, to tell me who won, because after reading the story in its entirety, I couldn’t tell; it took him many, many moments to tell me that no one had in fact won, that the game was still ongoing. That’s several orders cooler than anything that makes its way into our papers.

This site purports to explain Cricket, but it’s in some sort of code. Also, this site explains via Flash the history of Cricket from an Australian perspective.

for when your computer explodes and you need your best links safe somewhere else:

Stellarium: a nice open-source planetarium for your computer. Zoom in on some planets, why don’tcha. And check out some Chinese constellations while you’re at it.

South Park, seasons 1-10. It’s South Park.

TVlinks: links to various tv shows and episodes. This link has a bad habit of dying and moving; I can usually find it again by googling “tvlinks” and taking it from there.

There used to be a site at allsimps.com which had, naturally, all the Simpsons episodes, but the proprietor got hassled by the Fox Man and it went away. Most (if not all) of the Simpsons episodes can be had at the TVlinks site linked above.

CNN: House Goes to Democrats, Senate Still Up in the Air

Because “Springtime in America” has already been registered by the forces of darkness, and because you might metaphorically go down and get a free tree at the county barn this time, even though planting it’s a hassle. And it’s not like you’ll be able to enjoy the shade anytime soon. And because it’s better to notice Arbor Day’s next week than it is to notice your first proctology exam’s next week.

I thought that one of the reasons why I originally couldn’t find this strip was that I was remembering the caveman-speak wrong. Which is still probably true, but it’s interesting that “hom tink issa gul” (the incorrect spelling and the way I remember it) gets google hits, and “hom ink tissa gul” (the correct spelling) gets none.

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