Honestly, I sometimes think I'm the only fucking person in the world who knows anything about science anymore. BBC had some article the other day from some fucking economist or another going on and on and on about how humanity was going to break into two species and one was going to be tall and handsome and the other short ugly dwarves. Somehow, ( Read more... )

Insanely, crazily busy of late ( Read more... )

I really don't think it would come as a surprise to anyone to find out that I dislike a good number of things. But I really loathe having choices made for me. Yes, this applies even if I've previously given permission for said choices to be made ( Read more... )

Michael, it's been far too long since I saw you. Meet me for drinks?

In case anyone has actually cared, my hand is fine. My pride, self respect, whatever, the whole list--they've all seen better days. My hand, however, is fine. Now, at least ( Read more... )

I've had a growing headache for the past five hours now. At least five. I've also had a horrid pain in my left hand for one, but I blame that on a large, glass paperweight and a fleeting fancy ( Read more... )

For all his talk about his new, fat little nephew, and the stupidity of said nephew's name, and the ugliness of said nephew, and on and on and on, Justin has seemingly decided that, now with the addition of said miniature Winston Churchill doppleganger, his brother is no longer the root of all evil. Or, at least, is little-enough annoying to ( Read more... )

I need to stop reminding myself that I could likely make some insurance money, and also cure quite a bit of stress, by burning the store to the ground and claiming it was an act of God. Because burning something would feel very good right now. Especially if it happened without any major consequences.

Not that this is really a surprise, mind, or ( Read more... )

Iceland: boring. If anyone is shocked that I came up with that as a descriptor by now, we obviously need to have a short discussion on my usual feelings and choices of adjectives.

It's also not nearly as lunar-appearing as I'd been led to believe. Also, while closing time is almost as late as I'd been led to believe, it doesn't really matter that ( Read more... )

Well, we're in Zürich and I believe that, as of today, this trip has officially gone for twice as long as we'd originally planned. But since one of us is his own boss, and the other decided to leave his job rather than take his two weeks holiday, it really doesn't matter that much. I suppose ( Read more... )