XOR is a lot of fun and I've talked about it before. I'm not particularly concerned about this being the least suitable forum for this discussion. LJ is mostly dead it seems, other than as a space for weird survey memes ( Read more... )

"And he went back to the fox.

'Good-bye,' he said.
'Good-bye,' said the fox. 'Here is my secret. It's quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.'

'Anything essential is invisible to the eyes,' the little prince repeated, in order to remember.

'It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your ( Read more... )

Food Discovery 1.
You're eating breakfast at a diner or in a cafeteria, and you're having a classic large plate -- something with a combination of foods like hash browns, scrambled eggs, waffles, syrup, sausage, bacon, french toast, pancakes, grits...Anyway, you pour syrup on your waffles/french toast/pancakes and it spills over into the eggs ( Read more... )

My Powerpoint brings all the formatting rules to the yard
And damn right, it's better than yours
Damn right, it's better than yours
I could be a graphic designer but then I'd have to charge

Nah nah, nah nah, nah
The profs are waiting
Nah nah nah nah nah
Let's hook this up

The neighbor's cat came meowing at my door again today. I let her in and then fed her some tuna (okay so she only ate the tuna oil) and suddenly she really liked me. I petted her some and then decided it was time to get back to reading, so I tried to shoo her out like I always do, since otherwise I feel a bit like I stole a cat (also then the door ( Read more... )

I'm making a few addenda to my movie list. Warning: I like sad/dark/cerebral/serious movies ( Read more... )

Most people in my situation would just put down the ~$20 for a decent FM transmitter for iPod, for use in the car ( Read more... )

In April I asked myself the following question: Can plants heal?

Then I narrowed down the question. Can my cactus heal?

I made a small incision on the cactus.

I think the conclusion is that my cactus...
a) cannot heal
b) heals very, very slowly

Good films to watch! I'm probably forgetting a bunch. Anyway, if you are bored and looking for something to watch today, perhaps this list will help you find something ( Read more... )

I found this in the form of comments on an unrelated page on the internet.

Commenter 1: [She] must be a Celine fan.

Commenter 2: I prefer oscillating fans myself.

Commenter 3: I prefer fans of osculating.

Commenter 4: I prefer osculating by myself.