I have said it before, but I will say it again: I love New Scientist headlines.

On the trail of Tutankhamen's penis.

Other things I love: beautiful fic what loneraven wrote. I would tell you what it's about, but even the title is spoilery; suffice it to say it is VERY GOOD and very lovely. Go read it.

Also, Doctor Who. Oh, Doctor Who. I have just ( Read more... )

So, I have added to my regular perusal of notalwaysright.com with Oddly Specific ("the strangely particular website about peculiarly exacting signs") and Clients from Hell ("a collection of anonymously contributed client horror stories from designers"). This one, for some reason, made me laugh more than most. Read it, it's great ( Read more... )

Oh, newscientrss, I heart you. Two subject lines for today: first,

Roundest objects in the world created

- yay! And then:

Violent sex means chameleons die young

Right. Ok, then.

Recipes! I haven't done this in a while, and I have some I want to remember. The directions may well be useless if you aren't me, but it's all kind of guesswork anyway.

( Thai Green Curry (Chicken) )

I do love the New Scientist RSS feed.
Giant lumps of ice have been crushing cars and smashing roofs when there is not a cloud in the sky. Where do these things come from?
They seem to take science so lightheartedly - and to be fair, how can you take a mouse on viagra seriously? - it's just great. *hearts like crazy ( Read more... )

Ok. I am bored, and waiting for Mum to arrive in Durham, and filling my time with Engrish.

( Engrish photos galore, from Engrish.com. )

1. The new adult content thing on LJ is, err, kind of annoying.

2. This supposedly has adult content. Technically, yes, I suppose. Anyway. ALSO it's very funny and Russian and yay. In Soviet Livejournal, quotes meta YOU!

3. I have eaten nothing so far today except chocolate biscuits and hot chocolate. Oops?

Richard Hammond had another crash. Old news, yes, but I'm slow. Anyway, this amused me:Hammond also denied reports that Clarkson had given him "a 'comforting' hug".

"I would rather be hugged by a threshing machine and he would rather hug a chainsaw," he joked.
Bless ( Read more... )

Aside from the fact that they are clearly the most awful sweets in existence - Bertie Bassett tried to kill the Doctor, people, be not forgetting - there have been amusing investigations into the sweets over at metaquotes for the last few days. ( Part I, Part II, Part III.) It's well worth reading. *g*

Go and read The Doctor Who Fan's Phrase Book. It is great. I quite want to quote large swathes, but really, just go and read it yourself - it's a collection of commonly used phrases from the OG, with English translations.

( Ok ... a few of my favourites... )