Here’s a link to a beautiful piece of artwork made from melted steel from the WTC towers.

Well, I think it’s beautiful, anyway.

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If someone isn’t nice to you today, you can kick them in the shins. It’s the law.

I was asked, late last night, to take a visiting candidate for my fellowship program to lunch today. I was given very little information about his schedule, except that he would be at BST-3, at Pitt, at noon, and that’s when I was supposed to meet with him. I was also given the name and phone number of someone from the lab at Pitt in order to ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, Jameel!

Your commentary would be much easier to understand if you would unwrap your lips from Tom Brady’s cock ( Read more... )

Orson Scott Card is a considerably better writer than I am, and this is a scientifically important message, so I’m posting a link to it here.

I’m happy to note that Occam’s Razor is alive and well. Just not in Canneto di Caronia, Italy.

It’s called “Taste”. Look it up.

For those of you not watching the Steelers game (or, I’m sure, any other NFL game today) - I’m referring to the remake of “Viva Las Vegas” as “Viva Viagra”.

After almost 48 hours at the hospital, Teldra came home last night! She’s still fairly lethargic, but she’s eating (at the hospital, she only ate after we visited her and brought her treats). I’m 99% certain she’s going to pull out of this, and it’s just a matter of time. That being said, I appreciate the support, both financial and moral, that ( Read more... )

Teldra is sick. She’s been throwing up all day, and started up with the bloody diarrhea this evening. We just got home from the Emergency Vet, and she’s been admitted to the hospital, and she’s getting IV fluids and antibiotics now. She can have visitors, so we’ll be going out there tomorrow to check up on her. If anyone wants to come with us, ( Read more... )