Melchett! Or Cnl. (memfault) from Blackadder. Or Jeeves.
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
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Fry and Laurie on Language: [link]
Teppy--he's a comedian, actor, writer (very good novelist) and director.
I feel like there must have been some weird temporal fold to cause Teppy to not know about Stephen Fry....
Joel on Software just had a really good essay on customer service.
Well, Fry is considered a national treasure in England, but he'd be easy to miss if you managed to avoid Wilde, "Bones", and Gosford Park.
There's some hope.
Cool. I've been waiting decades for management to come around to this attitude....
The world's first Ferris wheel was at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
That was a great essay, Tom. I can't imagine calling my cable company's customer service line and not being irritated. I just accept that it's going to happen, which is sad.