My boss kindly let me take my last floating holiday off after we discovered the current fiscal year cut off four days before the beginning of the next fiscal year. So I took off on Friday, which promised to be the slowest of the days available (everything went to hell regardless). So, in the interest […]
It’s always interesting to see how long it takes the world to catch up with Neal Stephenson. Maybe that’s why he’s been writing about the past – to give us time. Diamonds that Fool Experts Grown in the Lab – Smithsonian Magazine It’s because of these admittedly unglamorous properties that lab-produced diamonds have the potential
Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility; or so I thought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation. The commencement speaker that day was the distinguished British philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock. Reflecting on her speech has helped me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I can’t remember
I’m getting too old to feel obligated to keep my mouth shut about crap like this, so you’re going to hear my bra story.* I have a new mantra: I hate my dryer. I hate my dryer. I’ve never had problems with bras and dryers before. Never. But this one has turned all my bra
by Lili Thal and John Brownjohn (trans.) Wow. Go check out this book. I’ve seen a bunch of YA fiction that tries to introduce teens to more literary writing. Aside from The Book Thief, I don’t remember reading anything recently that manages to pull it off. Most of the time, the beginning looks promising, but
Apparently, there was some kind of book-reading challenge going on over the weekend, or at least, that’s what Kate says. So here’s the score for YT: Over Hexed, by Vicki Lewis Thompson Desert Blood 10 pm/9 c, by Ronald Cree Azu Manga Daioh, the Omnibus, by Kiohiko Azuma Hell House, by Richard Matheson …And part
What colors should you include in your house? This personality test lets you know. –Actually, it worked pretty well for me. I got “mosaic and tapestry” first and “water beads” second. Our house pretty much reflects that. Although it does make me wish for purple tapestry curtains for the living room.
Wealthy postal worker and goofy daughters seek sunken treasure in sinking vacation homeStarring Bruce Willis and Catherine Zeta-Jones Random Movie Generator. via Randy
Ray made this up by herself, y’all: –Why did the dinosaur cross the road? –To squish the chicken.
A chica at work looked at me and said, “Oh, you just reminded me of this board game a friend of mine has…” Mwahahaha! (That’s the name of the game. I wonder why she thought of me.)
