Contrary to popular misconception, MacArthur Park is not the worst song ever written.

We present initial results from our study of the outer halo of the Milky Way using a large sample of RR Lyr(ab) variables datamined from the archives of the Palomar Transient Facility.

Under the rule of Kalākaua, they had revived the hula, which had been condemned by the missionaries.

And indeed, malingerers and lead-swingers (a prewar nautical term for an easy job aboard a ship, adopted by soldiers to refer to those shirking their duties) were mixed among the truly sick. There was a whole bunch of us - various complaints - some real but most of them lead swingers, trying to dodge a working party.