I don't deal well with contrarians. I know a lot of people who like to argue for its own sake, but it's just not something I ever found entertaining. I don't understand the appeal ( Read more... )

So I'm in a new job ( Read more... )

I've not been on this site for a really really really long time ( Read more... )

For the Canadian readers, I need a web site that will help me find and book inexpensive air travel within North America (from Canada to US, etc). Important feature is the the ability of the browser to compare a variety of carriers. Vital feature is that it shows me the day I choose and some flanking days and prices so I can futz around with the ( Read more... )

Today is the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth.

Anyone doing anything special to celebrate?

Incidentally, for those very, very few of you who knew what my thesis was about, Darwin apparently made comment in a personal letter:

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae ( Read more... )

I've not been online in a long, long, long time... all part of avoiding life in general. I'm now looking at your LJs, so expect really out-of-date comments.

This is mostly for kalyx's amusement, but I'm sure some of the rest of you will find it hilarious as well ( Read more... )

Anyone in the HRM have any errands to do?

( Why do I ask? )

I'm going to bed.

...at least it's a minority, but I was hoping it'd be more of one.

As of this moment, Harper has the government, but we don't know if it's minority or majority.