As I understand it, Kryptonians don't have knees; asking someone to kneel is one of those shibboleth things. As you have obviously noticed, never in the entire history of Superman does he ever kneel. (Except Action Comics #34, "Can Superman's Mechanical Knees Save A Date With Lois Lane?")

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Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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A very sad farewell to Stephanie Cole, queen of British comedy in every form. May an inexpensive charter jet fly her swiftly to her rest on gilded wings.

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Having been a token first Black girl for many a suburban New Englander, I can almost guarantee that racist kid’s horizons were not broadened to the same extent that the speaker was inconvenienced and stressed out. A kid should be able to go to a camp and have fun without being someone’s “lesson.”

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I was just reading Seneca's letters (70.20) and came across an awful anecdote. He writes of a German gladiator who, finally alone in a latrine, used a toilet sponge on a stick to suffocate himself to death. "Hoc fuit morti contumeliam facere." (Literally: "This was to make an insult to death.")

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