Today's Question
What’s in a Mickey Finn?
Every now and then I hear someone complain about being slipped a "Mickey" in a bar. But none of my bartender friends has any idea what a Mickey is or how to make one. How about some background and a recipe?
Cecil's Classics
What does the filler text “lorem ipsum” mean?
It's all Greek to us! In this week's Classic Column Cecil gets into the arcane art of text in the graphic biz.
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