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Opening Ceremonies are starting! Strigoi, that is my cookie ( Read more... ) -
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The Olympics start tomorrow, and I am very excited, because before there are sports, there is the opening ceremonies. And the opening ceremonies are always completely cracked. The gold standard for Olympic wtfuckery is, of course, Turin, featuring as it did treemen, women with giant balloons on their head, and ballroom dancers in cow motif. I ( Read more... ) -
Another shining moment in social interaction
On Saturday, the museum staff all went out for dinner, and I met the general manager's new boyfriend. I took an instant dislike to him, and spent the remainder of the evening trying not to so much as look at him. The thing is, there was no reason for it. Sure, he monopolized the conversation, but that's kind of a male thing. There was ( Read more... ) -
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Narrator: "The calf shelters next to its mother, but the water is too cold and too deep. The calf is swept into a log jam. It is struggling."
Me: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not the baby buffalo! SOMEONE HELP THE BABY BUFFALOOOOOOOO!"
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What fresh hell awaits?
My jeans have worn through at the thighs. My bra straps have lost all elasticity. I have to go...shopping. Ugh. -
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This week, I have been working on an exhibit about train wrecks. Part of this is compiling a list of significant train wrecks, accidents that spurred technological innovations or ways of thinking about safety. It's rather depressing. Like most new technology, railways had a bit of a learning curve. However, unlike say, VCR's or toasters, bugs ( Read more... ) -
Scroll exhibit closes amid controversy
Michael Valpy, The Globe and Mail, Monday, January 4, 2009 ( Read more... ) -
Seasonal archaeology news
Turkey seeks return of Santa Claus' bones ( Read more... ) -
This is an actual Sarah Palin tweet
Earth saw clmate chnge4 ions;will cont 2 c chnges.R duty2responsbly devlop resorces4humankind/not pollute&destroy;but cant alter naturl chng
Oy.
