He looks as if he knew a great deal that can never be any use to him

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Signs of Incipient Geekdom #1381: A friend signs an e-mail "SC" and your first thought is, "Who signs an e-mail 'scilicet'?"

I suppose it should follow without saying that I spent this afternoon researching Roman laws on citizenship and resident aliens for no project of my own, except that someone asked me a question to which I did not know the answer and I was curious. The process turned out to involve rather more Cicero than I had bargained for. Why does no one ever ask me questions that involve rather more Anakreon, or Lucan, or even Lykophron?

Miniver coughed, and called it fate,
And kept on drinking.

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Sagacious Clitoris are working to create a Superb Clogging routine for their stage performances. Something about the smashing of heavy wood with their feet against the floor excites a primal frenzy. The addition of celery, strewn across the floor and stuffed in their pockets, Morrissey style, heightens the pleasure.

However, their varied endeavours caused them to be too distracted to notice:

a) The Second Coming
b) A Storm of Comets
c) Stampeding Caribou
d) A Sudden Cyclone
e) A Severe Chill