That was a dive. No doubt about it. Grosso is a fecking cheat. That was not a fair end to the game. I hate teams that progress by cheating. It turns me off, watching the beautiful game ruined by these CHEATS! They did not deserve the penalty. They did not deserve to win. They do […]
Of their graduate lives… It’s graduation weekend at UCLA. And what a difference it is from the more sedate ceremonies at Edinburgh. A vast class of over 2000 students “walked” yesterday in UCLA’s basketball stadium to lots of cheers and wolf-whistles. It was a little more like a basketball game than what I’ve been through. […]
Had a glorious morning off watching the opening ceremony and first game of the 2006 World Cup. (Paid the price by having to work till late tonight; but it was worth it!) Strangely enough, none of the “sports” channels had coverage of the opening ceremony. Instead, it was up to KXLA, the local Korean news […]
Further kick in teeth: I am, as of yesterday, not an official employee of the university. My contract expired, and I fell through the cracks. I am persona non grata. So while I’m still expected to work all hours, I cannot access my lab out-of-hours or on weekends. Ah ha ha ha. I will not […]
One of those weird papers that pop up in my PubCrawler searches: Effect of explosive noise on gastrointestinal transit and plasma levels of polypeptide hormones. Translation: Rats can get so scared they shit themselves. P.S. I’m not dead; just depressed.
I’ve always thought of Texas as a truly alien land, possibly biased from an early age from watching those odd “dream” episodes of Dallas. But this takes the biscuit. Something I’ve learned since arriving here is that the American male is always right. This seems to be a country built on the alpha male (not […]
I cannae believe it: Scotland scored the *first* try against France! And as I post this, it’s 10-0… It’s been near impossible to catch any of the 6 Nations here. Update: It’s noo 13-3. Chicken-counter P is a wee bit upset that France managed to claw back 3 points before half-time. Him and the other […]
busy busy at work… no lunch for the wicked all this week, nor much of a dinner, so no food posts or photos. 😦 It’s the lunar new year tomorrow, and although I was kinda excited about celebrating it in a city with a large Chinese population when I first arrived, it looks like I’ll […]
Sawtelle Blvd’s many nurseries beckoned last weekend. Salad leaves may result. Strawberries less likely. A wee Totoro was acquired and someone threw a tantrum until I bought him the neko bus from the giant robot store. And failing to learn his lesson from our visit to BCD Tofu House in Korea Town, someone upset his […]
Have today’s teens even touched an LP? Proof my family is weird #567: My dad threw out all his records when cassette tapes became popular, instantly regreting it years later when the quality started deteriorating. And when CDs first appeared, he immediately jumped on the digital bandwagon, and re-purchased his favourite Gramaphone records. This meant […]
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