From one of my teen Computer Gaming students today:
"Sex is like computer hacking - we all know it exists but most of us don't know how to do it very well."

Human evolution is grinding to a halt because of a shortage of older fathers in the West, according to a leading genetics expert.

Fathers over the age of 35 are more likely to pass on mutations, according to Professor Steve Jones, of University College London.

So it's my genetic duty to try impregnate lots of younger women I guess... Volunteers ( Read more... )

Through being in the right place in the right time, last night I got an invite to see The Mighty Boosh play the smallest professional theatre I have ever been in - and I was in the second row! So close that as Julian said "we could see his brain through his nostrils" (and BTW Noel has really big feet ( Read more... )

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My Swedish-English translation software just produced this wonderful exhortation:
Barley your matrix!

That's a real translation of some business term. Don't ask me what, if I knew the answer I wouldn't need translation software... I will try to keep that advice in mind for the rest of today though.

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I simply had to repost this; thanks to greyeyedeve

Pathology in the Hundred Acre Wood: a neurodevelopmental perspective on A.A. Milne

OK, second biggest laugh of the day - new T-shirt from Jinx:


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Applying for a footie managers job.