This makes me giggle uncontrollably:

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We received a letter recently concerning today's Imbolc Fire Festival, as the procession will be going down our street.  I just had to share an excerpt from it (with place names removed):

Dear Resident,

As you may know the Imbolc Fire Festival will be held this year on Saturday 7th February.  There will be a procession that will start from (PointA), ( Read more... )

... it's funny because it's true:  Stuff White People Like*

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Hope everyone's well, haven't been around much as I'm very busy getting my head done in by the PhD study.  Today I was trying to figure out how to convolve two functions which each integrate a Gaussian Process with different covariance.  Needless to say, I didn't figure, convolve, or Gaussian Process, although I suspect I may have integrated ( Read more... )

10.14.07 POLICE TOUR: MANCHESTER SHOWS POSTPONED
Tour Promoters LiveNation have announced that The Police concerts at the MEN Arena in Manchester on Monday and Tuesday this week, have been postponed.

Sting is suffering from a throat infection which forced LiveNation to postpone concerts in Germany and Belgium this week.

LiveNation hope to have a ( Read more... )

There is a slug on the loose somewhere in my living room.  I know this because there is a trail of slug slime on the carpet (ewww) that disappears under the ottoman.  This is worrying on two counts:  1) how did the slug get in?  Can they ooze through little spaces like octopi (octopussssessss)?, and 2) there is a slug in my living room and I may ( Read more... )

Led Zeppelin to confirm reunion.

*speechless*

Charlie Brooker's screen burn in The Guardian this weekend is about how we're heading into a new age of Unlightenment.  It is just dripping with scathy-goodness.  It starts off: 
In the 18th century, a revolution in thought, known as the Enlightenment, dragged us away from the superstition and brutality of the Middle Ages toward a modern age of ( Read more... )

I've just been perusing Gatwick's website for information on what you can have in your hand luggage these days, as I'm flying to Canada on Monday.  This is my personal favourite from the Frequently Asked Questions list:

"We are transferring bone marrow and stem cells out of the country - can we carry them in our hand luggage?"

FREQUENTLY asked?

Also, ( Read more... )

The movers are here, the truck is getting loaded and we still haven't officially exchanged contracts.  Eeeeeeeeeee!

It's going to be a very long day.