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Death and (Sales) Taxes
'Scientists fear the already declining growth rate of the Great Barrier Reef's corals will stop completely by 2050, killing off the reef and making way for algae.' (Source.Now, an environmentally minded person, or even a person with some sense of gravity, might say something deep and serious about this ( Read more... ) -
The science of relative dimensions
Some poor fool told me that I had miracle powers; that is, I turned my small cupboard of a room into a TARDIS filled with furniture and belongings.
Naturally, I took that as a challenge. Result: more furniture! I have put together a spanking new bookcase and begun filling it with the delights of my eclectic book collection.
saucy_chef and I have been ( Read more... ) -
housemates, the furry kind
jamesierames accidentally bit me yesterday while we were playing ( Read more... ) -
One of these things is not like the other
I need to train myself out of paying attention whenever Sky News says something about "the government".
Incorrect, Mr. Sky. That is not my government, and I do not care what Kevin Rudd's latest soundbyte is. Please to be at least pretending to host some New Zealand-related news ( Read more... ) -
You have to be kidding me
In Australia, National MP Andrew Fraser was forced to resign after pushing National MP Katrina Hodgkinson's arm when she intervened in a heated exchange he was having with Labor MP John Aquilina after a vote in the lower house late on Tuesday night.
He denies that he was drunk, which I presume means that someone alleges he was. In any case, a ( Read more... ) -
I've been watching this unfold all day
Terror attacks in Mumbai. Some political commentator just said that India's "joined the club" of blah blah blah. I'm sure the 84 dead and 200 wounded are looking forward to their club newsletters and milk-and-cookies. -
Luh luh lunch break!
Sky News is my background audio at work. Apparently, cancer rates are going down, possibly in large part to better screening. Further, for those who do have cancer, mortality rates are also decreasing.
California's lung cancer rates are a full third lower than states in the south-east.
Now they're talking about sport, and I've lost all interest -
It feels later than it is. This getting up in the morning thing is still weird.
I'm at work. I have candy, V, and Sky News in the background. I have obtained new togs, that actually fit, so I may appear at the beach this summer. Assuming I can figure out why my scooter is quote "handling weird" /quote and fix it or get it fixed. I'm sure as hell not taking it out in traffic the way it's behaving at the moment. Llamaface ( Read more... ) -
status report
jamesierames is curled up, asleep, in the middle of my doorway.
Stupid adorable pest. :-)
Today is ALL OF THE HOUSEWORK IN THE WORLD day. -
phbbbt
Leonard Cohen is playing in Auckland in January.
Stupid Auckland. *sulk*