Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
Posted in Misc on Jul 29th, 2008
A hat tip to Jeremy for this amusing rumination on the meaning of the word down.
Strictly speaking, the author doesn’t take Larson’s point of view on dog comprehension
but his contention about dogs not asking questions is only technically correct. We’ve all known intelligent, telepathic, face-reading, emotional blackmailing artists of canine persuasion who didn’t need to [...]
Posted in Misc on Jul 24th, 2008
The New York Times has a nice article on evolution over the last 40 years.
I’m thinking about a new laptop. Here’s how mine have evolved over 25 years.
First, I had a PC like a sewing machine — in 1983, before the IBM PC took off. It weighed 10 Kg, had 64k memory and twin 5ΒΌ” [...]
Posted in Misc on Jul 13th, 2008
I woke up with firm intentions to stop procrastinating and get into the library and do an honest day’s work on my cretinously late dissertation proposal.
I can’t help with the shopping
I told the number 1 shopper, who likes my company but who has noticed that we spend more when I “help”.
First, I’ll just read a [...]
Posted in Misc on Jul 4th, 2008
The BBC reports: The government has decided that culling badgers in England to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis won’t work. Predictably, the National Farmers’ Union is outraged and is threatening court action and a demonstration next week.
This morning I read the report of an independent study group set up by the government to look [...]
Posted in Misc on Jul 1st, 2008
I discovered today that Samuel Morse is yet another famous person who lived within walking distance of our home in London. Coincidentally, I walked past his former home, marked with a blue plaque, then, a little later, I read in the The Times that the SOS signal was 100 years old today.
That’s . . . [...]
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Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
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