54-40 or Fight
Rich Galen
Monday March 7, 2011
- "� FUBAR ... ": I know, I know. I was on active duty. That's the joke.
The Oxford English Dictionary lists Yank, the Army Weekly magazine (1944, 7 Jan. p. 8) as its earliest citation. A milder alternative to the version with which you are familiar is "Fouled up Beyond All Recognition."
- "� Al Jazeera ... ": Here's the piece on al Jazeera's website on a pan-Arabic mega-country.
- "� 54°-40' ... ": Here's the Wikipedia entry for how the long border between the U.S. and Canada, west of the Great Lakes, was determined at 54 degrees, 30 minutes north latitude.
- "� Mexico Borders ... ": If you had asked me where "Belize" was located before I looked at Mexico's southern border I would have thought it was some island nation off Indonesia.
Here's a map of Mexico courtesy of the CIA's World Factbook:
Mullfotos of the Day
Notwithstanding my driving expertise, I couldn't maneuver to get next to the driver to see what was what.
Catchy Caption of the Day
Actual Caption:
Volkswagen's Bulli concept car is presented during the press day of the 81st International Motor show in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. The International Motor show will run from March 3 to 13.
A throwback to the VW Bus beloved by Hippies. No, I am not going to define a "hippy." You can look it up.
(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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