Salary is like menstruation: it comes once a month, and after a week it's gone.

Happy Year of the Rabbit *, everyone!

* They're immune to myxomatosis now, so you'd better learn to like them!

So I just mentioned Spock and "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" in another discussion, relating to teaching kids, because there are just so many of them and the ones that I feel deserve attention don't get it because the ones that need or demand it are taking up too much time. I feel especially bad because many of the deserving ( Read more... )

I don't envy the famous anymore. Not that I ever did, but I now especially don't. I had a reporter from a newspaper following me around taking photos of me doing various fairly normal activities for the last three hours, and the novelty of stopping to take a photo every few seconds starts to wear thin about the time you have to pose with food ( Read more... )

Not only photos but a video will follow, possibly even soon! Even though it will be a crappy video - not much you can do with a hand-held digital point-and-shoot in noisy and crowded conditions ( Read more... )

Not really. Actually, I'm only mildly annoyed, and that's at management at work, who need to be treated like little children if you want anything to happen ( Read more... )

It's pimping time! You've always wanted to write a story a day. No, there's no need to be so humble as to deny it. I know. Now is your chance, for there are many titles over at the Story a Day website, floundering, desiring of your attention. Come on, I procrastinate like mad goats, and I can do it. So can you.

Not done with the hate. You know, this wouldn't be nearly such a problem if there were English-language video sharing websites other than youtube. A single website is blocked, and entire continents of information are now inaccessible.

HATE ( Read more... )

Some of you may have been aware of and even participated in isadg. Whether you did or not, I urge you to check out the new official-like website, isadg.com. Thank the very sparkly stefficus, preferably with a virgin sacrifice (celery is fine too), and head on over. New titles every day, really!