radioronin has reminded me once again that February is the official month of things we don't actually care about. Observe ( Read more... )

CLERK IN TRADER JOE'S: So what do you guys think of the saying 'kill two birds with one stone'? (inaudible reply) Uh huh. Uh huh. You have to ask yourself, at what point in history was there a shortage of stones and a surplus of birds?

DOCTOR (filling out form): So besides the sore throat, what other symptoms are you having? Fever ( Read more... )

Thom: hey there sugar ( Read more... )

Scene: a surprise party with my in-laws ( Read more... )

( Movie Soundtrack Meme )

The other night I found myself in line at Trader Joe's behind a very well-dressed, highly grown-up woman reading the Cliffs Notes for the Iliad. I wanted to ask her about it, but I couldn't figure out how to even start that conversation. "Psst - Hector dies"? "You really miss out on the flavor of the Cliffs Notes unless you read them in the ( Read more... )

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Here's a fun vocabulary experiment. Let's see what happens if we continue down the road of "civil war" = "sectarian conflict."

"Civil war" = "Sectarian conflict" = "Parochial discord" = "Narrow contention" = "Limited rivalry" = "Petty contest" = "Unimportant game."

See, kids, there's nothing to worry about! Except that you all lose.

The genius behind Dinosaur Comics has brought my attention to the Wikipedia entry for Heisenberg Compensators.

I quote:

It might be argued that one can have either the working device or the explanation for how the device works, but not both.