While You Were Sleeping

In 1969, William Safire* wrote a speech for Nixon which was to be delivered in the event that Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin would find themselves stranded on the moon.

— In Watergate.info via Seed Magazine, from London.

* I confess that when Jason told me Safire had died, I went: “who?” Let this serve as a retroactive homage (she said, sheepishly).

“Using Windows is like living in a communist bloc nation circa 1981. And I wouldn’t change it for the world, because I’m an abject bloody idiot and I hate myself, and this is what I deserve: to be sentenced to Windows for life.”

Happy Monday, everyone.

— From London.

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Go on. You know you want to.

— From London.

Crisis averted. No guerrilla projections of Creation required. Oh well.

— In Greg Laden’s Blog, from London.

An enterprising Danish company is offering sperm from the strapping sons of Denmark to childless Londoners. They’re charging up to £1,000 for a premium-quality jar of Scandinavian jizz, and are targetting hospitals in wealthy areas such as The Lister Hospital in Chelsea where the kid-free can afford it.

Thank you, Londonist, for the hilarity after a long day.

— From London.