Category: Uncategorized
Go to your hockey game and, when you get to the arena, discover that your beloved Palm Treo Smartphone is not in your jacket pocket. Look around your co-op car, but don’t find it, and tell yourself, “oh, I’m sure it fell out of my pocket when I had my jacket on the couch. It’s […]
Just received this email: From:DR NICK COLE.Manchester M27 5FX, United Kingdom. This is to inform you that your funds of US$10 Million has been approved for immediate delivery to you.For the purpose of clarification,you are advised to reconfirm:(1)Your Full Names———(2)Your Direct Telephone Numbers——–(3)Your Physical Address with Zip Code——- So that there will be no error […]
Ever wonder what 3 months worth of recycling looks like? Well, wonder no longer: This is the recycling that has been piling up in my kitchen since the city workers’s strike started back in July. They are *finally* going to pick up recycling this week and I can’t wait to put this stuff outside and […]
OMG. I just saw this over on Kris‘s blog and I had to share it with you. HAD TO.
I’m pleased to announce the publication of my latest study! Click here to read the whole paper (.pdf). Seriously, you want to read this paper. I promise you won’t be disappointed. It’s even got pictures or, as we science-y types call them, “figures.”
In response to this morning’s posting, Dave did waaaaaay too much work sifting through my old blog postings not to use one of his suggestions for a new blog title. And seeing as how I just sliced the hell out of my thumb making dinner tonight, I laughed my ass off at the thought of […]
Dear Every Other Driver on Highway 1 in the Pouring Rain Last Night, That space between me and the car in front of me is there for a reason. And the reason is not that you can zoom into said space at a high rate of speed and then slam on your brakes because, lo […]
For years, I’ve been using a visor on my hockey helmet that doesn’t fit properly1. In fact, I’ve been using it since I started playing hockey almost 5 years ago. It was a handy-me-down from my ex – he didn’t like playing with a full face shield, so got himself a half visor and I […]
According to Wikipedia, there are 69 nicknames for Elizabeth: They kind of cheat by counting “Lili,” “Lillie” and “Lily”, and “Liz,” “Lizz”, “Lizzie” and “Lizzy” all as different names, but even still, that’s a lot of names. But then they don’t have “Bethy” or “Bethie” (which a surprising number of people actually call me, given […]