Quiz time...

We should all be goddesses, of course. With a small "g".
( You, too, can be a goddess... )

Of course, this is just Chinese astrology:
( You were actually born under... )

( Do you believe in Angels? )

Too many lines!

Quizes, cont.

Remotely connected to the business:

( Scott's quiz of first lines! )

( Are you a plausible character? )

Hummm....

Yes, these outbreaks interest me. I think we're overdue for a pandemic, and the question is, can we keep a lid on it in the country of outbreak? How far will it spread, in the age of air flight? And now the Chinese are mum once again.

This is AP, so look fast...

China Bans Media From Covering Outbreak

"Chinese authorities have banned local reporters from visiting areas where an outbreak of a pig-borne disease has killed 34 farmers, ordering newspapers to use dispatches from the state news agency, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Sunday."

But I want a sundial....

Apparently we're closer to abandoning sun time forever. I can see the point of those who wish to change--but I also know that I feel a need for the seasons and the sun to have some connection to each other. The day after we go off daylight savings is always very strange to me. I will have been noticing that time was feeling stretched...and then suddenly it snaps into a place and time. But then I believe in that form of time travel where we are seconds into a loop of time...

The WSJ reports--see the article for the graph.
( And this is officially a secret, mind. )

Deep down, though, the opposition is more about philosophy than cost. Should the convenience of lazy computer programmers triumph over the rising of the sun? To the government, which worries about safety more than astronomy, the answer is yes. In Mr. Allen's view, absolutely not. "Time has basically always really meant what you measure when you put a stick in the ground and look at its shadow," he said.

Write to Keith J. Winstein at keith.winstein@wsj.com