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clock | November 22, 2006Who is going to blog serious stuff over the holidays? It's time to eat and drink and be merry. So, a silly meme is in order. Seen on Cyberspace Rendezvous (and a couple of other science blogs) (under the fold):
1. In two words, explain what ended your last relationship?
I moved 13000 miles away.
2. When was the last time you shaved your legs?
Never.
3. What were you doing this morning at 8am?
Sleeping
4. What were you doing 15 minutes ago?
Writing a blog post and eating brownies.
5. Are you any good at math?
Used to be, 15 years ago.
6. Your prom night?
It is different in Yugoslavia, but…
clock | November 12, 2006What American accent do you have?Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
The Midland
The Northeast
Philadelphia
The South
The West
Boston
North Central
What American accent do you have?Take More Quizzes
Although I live in the South, where every vowel is really three vowels strung together (e.g., "ham" is…
clock | November 4, 2006Just in case you have, as a child, heard the myth that ducks' quack does not produce an echo, and have never outgrew the myth (possibly by never even thinking about it ever since), a potential IgNobel winner for next year has been published and, yes, ducks' quacks produce echoes. Shelley has the details of the experiments and the link to the sound-file of the quack and the echo. Ah, the power of the scientific method! Though alternative methods have been proposed:
Now, the question remains: which echo-chamber does the duck prefer: its Left Wing or its Right Wing?
clock | November 3, 2006Politically active and charged music, the "protest music" is live and well. Check out Will Kimbrough and his latest CD called Americanitis. He sang a couple of tunes live in teh studio of local NPR station and I really liked them.
clock | November 1, 2006Yikes! I hope nobody gave you this candy last night!
Is that just sand inside? I'd like to see someone do a chemical analysis of "Jesus' Blood"
From this child-terrorrizing site, via Mr.Sun.
clock | October 31, 2006The worst Tevye ever (January 26, 2005)
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I have seen "Fiddler on the Roof" on stage more than 20 times in my life, starting at about the age of seven. Since I was about 24, I saw the movie a few times. I have had, over the years, LPs, tapes and CDs of several different renditions. I can play a few of the tunes on the piano. I love it. That is my favourite show of all times.
I have heard the music so many times, my brain is so wired to it that I cannot stop myself from crying every time I hear it (that is why I don't listen to it in the car…
clock | October 30, 2006In my part of the world, and most of the US and Europe as well, there was a general agreement that all clocks would be set an hour off back in April. This may have made sense in a world in which most people worked on a single shift, and most factories were lit via skylights for that single shift, but it's absurd in the 24/7 world of this millennium. Fortunately, as of 2:30 this morning we've allowed to set our clocks back to the correct time. The computers switch automatically, I think I know how to set my wristwatch back (well, ahead 23 hours actually, it's digital), but millions will be…
clock | October 24, 2006Here's a fun old one...(December 04, 2005):
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When Milkriverblog asked for obscure-but-good movies the other day, I was busy and distracted, so I did not give it enough thought. If you ask nicely, he will send you MSWord file of the list (more than 150 titles) so you can print it out and take with you when you go movie-shopping.
I seconded other people's suggestions (Milkriverblog has links to them), specifically "Fast, Cheap and Out Of Control" (a movie I adore), "My Dinner With Andre" and "Zatoichi". My own suggestion…
clock | October 23, 2006This is hillarious (Via). I wish I was as creative. I just make the telemarketers pronounce my full name correctly. Just calling me "Sir" does not cut it as I was never knighted by the Queen of England.
clock | October 23, 2006You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.- Alvin Toffler
A man must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.- Charles F. Kettering, 1876 - 1958
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.- F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1896 - 1940
It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.- George Bernard Shaw, 1856 - 1950
Some problems are so complex that you have to be…
clock | October 22, 2006I've been waiting for this movie to come out since April. Now, it is not playing in the theater up the street. Perhaps I'll have to go elsewhere, driving, finding parking...but see it I will!
clock | October 20, 2006Ask a ScienceBlogger:
What's the best science TV show of all time?
This one's easy: Dont' Ask Me, 1970s BBC show starring Magnus Pyke, David Bellamy
and Miriam Stoppard (and occasionally some other people). Absolutely the best of all time!
Update: Thanks to Brandon, you can see a short clip:
That is actually one of the weakest and tamest I remember. You should have seen where Magnus explains coriolis force, or quicksand!
clock | October 19, 2006Shelley thought what she got was funny. Check out what Factorizer did to me:
"There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Coturnix allows to live."
That was the first one I got. Of course, every time you look, the saying is different:
Keep refreshing the page...
clock | October 14, 2006
Marbles, doing her best impersonation of David Bowie circa 1976. (pic by Coturnietta)
clock | October 9, 2006Yes, I like some strange movies, but I arrived in the USA too late to see The Greatest American Hero TV show. Can you tell me more about it?
These people have just released the DVDs of the show. Should I get myself a copy?