Rejoice, It's Wednesday

When I was in school, I thought of Wednesday as my salvation day: Wednesday was the day before the day before the last day of the week, Friday. I always liked Wednesdays, and still do. Wednesday is also called "hump day," but nobody seems to be able to pin down the origin of that phrase.

Today's going to be in the lower 60's with a chance of rain, but tomorrow we're likely to see 70 degree weather again.

In case you've lost track of time, it's the year 2010. I mention that because linguists just discovered a new, spoken language in a remote part of India. We're not supposed to find any new, living languages in the year 2010. But we have. The language is called Koro, and is spoken by between 800 - 1,000 people.

Xbox Bans Gamer Because He's From a "Gay" Town. No, Really.

Photo taken in the UK by Mike Fleming

This story relates to the District of Columbia because it's about a town in West Virginia near the Kentucky border. And West Virginia's near Virginia, which is next to DC. Oh, forget it. I just wanted to report on this because it's an interesting story.

Xbox Live, the multi-player game run by Microsoft, has a rule that they enforce pretty vigorously that says players cannot create a gametag or use text that offends other players. What offensive word did gamer Josh Moore put in his profile? He listed that he was from Fort Gay, WV.