Random thoughts and randomer searches

The latest installment on thoughts.

• In the latest Priceline web ads, William Shatner looks a lot like the German baritone Thomas Quasthoff, with whiter hair. It's really creepy.
  
• What's the rule which governs when final l's in verbs get doubled in the participle? [That is, travelling versus snorkeling.]
  
• While watching Spielberg's Taken, one of the more unfortunate facts of life is that two of the characters--two of the less savory ones--attended Yale. What freaked me out was not that they were Yaloe attendees, but that the producers of the series had done enough research to know about the freshman "Perspectives on Science" course.
  

And searches:

• Dukakis in a dunk tank
  
• Gollum full 3d glasses
  
• Tom Brady "Patriots" democrat republican
  
• Andy Serkis' Arabic
  
• Songs for baritenor
  
• borderline personality 2004 globe and mail
  
• non-accredited web for a meteorologist
  
• Andy Roddick commerical [sic!]
  

People on the web are scary.