But I’ll have a warm, green Christmas… 1 With P away, I wasn’t planning to the do the Xmas thing this year. But my hand was forced; there are several people in my megalab who aren’t going home or have any relatives in the US. Well, neither do I, but after three decades of commemorating […]
Why the sudden interest in air guitar? Is it a geek thing? Ah, no. It’s that bloody Guitar Hero game. That episode of South Park was hilarious1. And I thought this would be a geeky teenager sort of thing, but no… A couple of 30-something friends recently informed me that the game is awesome and […]
[to the tune of the jingle bells chorus]1 Is it cold, in the snow? Have yer balls dropped off? What is the temp’rature outside, Are cow pats all frozen? Hey! It looks like, it will be The warmest winter yet In thirty years of history You might not need a hat!2 1 Sorry one and […]
There’s one day left to enter the raffle for this year’s Menu for Hope. $10 to obtain one raffle ticket with all proceeds will be going to a school lunch program in Lesotho. My nearest “outpost” is posted at Rasa Malaysia1: West Coast of the USA. It all looks really good, but I can’t decide […]
One minor quibble about the latest thing-that-used-to-be-thought-of-as-bad-for-you is actually good for you report. Since I can’t find the abstract online, the following quote will have to do: A pint of the black stuff a day may work as well as an aspirin to prevent heart clots that raise the risk of heart attacks. Drinking lager […]
The Trumptown saga continues. What bothers me the most about the whole affair is the speed with which the Scottish government involved itself. The “call in” happened just a bit too fast to be due process. Surely some pressure was placed on them. Having been in the US for a couple of years now, I […]
Q: When you go on a trip away from your family, do you: call when you get to your destination; run to the nearest phone box and pick up some local “business” cards; switch the phone off at the airport and leave it off for the duration of the trip; or hire a canoe and […]
that the Doctor is leaving. B..bb..b..but I’ve only just watched The Runaway Bride! Attempts to pace ourselves at one episode a week to eke the third series DVDs out failed miserably and we succumbed to watching Freema Ageyaman’s first episode. Opening the book for bets on how many episodes I end up watching while Mr […]
Holyrood’s Donorgate has been superseded by the Trumptown affair . But that shouldn’t stop us from enjoying this montage tri(al)bute to Labour’s buck-stopper at Holyrood. (via Tartan Hero)
What they said. As a researcher, albeit of a different speciality, if I put out crap that hung on a tenuous piece of evidence, I’d be jobless. Granted, I have a modicum of control over my experimental settings. But if the result is not what I predicted or does not fit my hypothesis, I don’t […]
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