Prompt: Ten everyday items you can't live without.

1. Coffee (Though this "cappuccino" stuff isn't too bad either.) Yes, Alex, your nephew has grown up to be a caffeine addict.
2. My stuffed penguin. (And yes, I just said stuffed penguin. Got a problem with that ( Read more... )

Prompt: Ten misconceptions you've had about others or others have had about you.

My own misconceptions (or possibly delusions of grandeur):
1. Shiwan considered me valuable. (Believe me, he didn't.)
2. Margo was playing hard to get. (She wasn't.)
3. Reinhardt was a fool.
4. Psychics don't exist. (Oh, did I learn that one the hard way ( Read more... )

Prompt: "Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity." -Frank Leahy

It was astounding, really, all of the stupid stunts he'd pulled when he actually believed he was a genius.

Taking other scientists' works, ostensibly to adapt them for some as yet unknown future project.

Generally making a nuisance of himself around whatever scientist ( Read more... )