Random roundup III

Thanks to Geoffrey for holding down the fort this weekend. Some links I found this morning:

Joanne Jacobs fondly remembers the Childhood of Famous Americans children's book series. My friend Chris was also a fan of these books, but I was a ValueTales reader. Without them, my lifelong obsession with Marie Curie would never have been. (I visited her house in Warsaw.) Sudeep Agarwala recently made a remark that could be seen as disparaging of Mrs. Curie. I hope it was not meant so!

A discussion on the phenomenon of drinking Coke for breakfast.

Phoebe doubts the gender of my classmate Waddling Thunder. Men can cook. Will Baude, for example, makes a mean chicken paprikash.

This is pretty funny.