Surplus to Requirements
Next Tuesday Argentina dresses up as gauchos for Día de la Tradición. The trousers in that outfit were sewn for the Turkish army and arrived as leftovers from the Crimean War.
Honest Intentions
Tomorrow Britain burns Guy Fawkes again, and protesters everywhere wear his face. The man wanted a different king, and every official mask pays Warner Bros.
Minus the Bomb
Godzilla turns 72 today and Godzilla Minus Zero opens in Japan. The first time America got him, it paid $25,000 and cut out the bomb.
The Parade Came Second
On Saturday 1.6 million people watched Mexico City's Day of the Dead parade. Eleven years ago there wasn't one. James Bond walked through it first.
The Brilliant Project
Thirty-eight years ago tomorrow, a Cornell grad student crashed the internet by accident. He got probation, then tenure at MIT, then co-founded the firm that funded Reddit.
