It’s a poor craftsman that blames his tools.
It’s a poor craftsman that blames his tools. Of course, it’s a poor craftsman that can’t afford good tools in the first place.
It’s a poor craftsman that blames his tools. Of course, it’s a poor craftsman that can’t afford good tools in the first place.
I have two university crests on my CV. One is for my alma matter and the other is for my alma patter.
I want to make a cop movie in which competing cops search for drug money. I’ll call it The Good Cop, the Bad Cop, and the Ugly Cop.
Cambridge feels like bad prosopagnosia. All of the men look like Draco Malfoy. And all of the women look like Severus Snape.
How do you train to be a method actor? Do you just be a method actor?
I like London because it has burritos and… Well, it had me at burritos.
My first meal in London is a burrito because my diet has the diversity of… Oh, let’s say London.
I have never had a middle name. And now that I’m 29, I think it’s about time to fix that. So I am going to legally change my name. Here are the best options thus far: Linneaus/Linneo1 Buckminster Maxwell/Maximiliano Ampersand/Interrobang…
When white people dance it looks like Brownian motion.
Everything is made up of atoms. Well, except for subatomic matter, if you want to be particular.
This picture should not be blown up larger than a thumbnail. It has the resolution of a drug addict at Charlie Sheen’s New Year’s party.
(Working) Title: The working title is “In the Know”1 Pitch: a weekly, 30-minute, three act show hosted by a scientist and a comedian ((I’m thinking Janna Levin and Myq Kaplan)) as they explore three science-related topics. Each week, we cover…
3D is the mullet of movie technology.
I don’t want to make any assumptions. I worry my penultimate post was very negative about prison rape. But, in the interest of fairness in media, I’ll teach you how to ensure prison rape happens to you or your loved…
2: Here’s some packets of Equal, now we’re Even. 1: No we’re not. 2: Hm.. that’s Odd.
2: “I don’t keep things from you!” 1: “You don’t? The only thing I really know about you is your name!” 2: “Yeah, well… most of it.”
Those polka dots look like your clothes caught small pox.
I am really good at starting projects. Insanely good. I will have lots of awesome ideas and go super far with them in the first week. I tell people, “you could make a fortune by following me around and finishing…
Some time ago, I remarked on a comment a now forgotten friend once said to me: They’ve already broken the social contract. You don’t know what else they’re capable of, so you should just obey what they say and hope…
The Thundercats were never able to get to scenes before the Lightningcats.
My will designates my funeral must be catered by Chuck E. Cheese.
Let’s be happy! Let’s do the opposite of last post! Imagine if I’d had the most foresight? What would my goals have been? These are them! Go to graduate school. Finish my dissertation. Travel to several countries. Be in a…
To a nail, every tool looks like a hammer.
More livetweeting Ghost Writer… For teens with a single supernatural friend, they seem to forget about his abilities each episode. It’s like if Flash kept loudly wondering, “If only someone could move quickly from one place to another…” Okay, Lenni…
It’s my golden birthday right now. Hard to be more meaningful than that. I was born 29 years ago right now on May 29, 1985. Snapshot of my life: I am moving out of my lovely house to move in…
I just turned 29. So when can I officially say I’m in my late 20s? Is it soon?
You might not remember this list, but it’s been central to my mind for months. Not hang myself with a belt Success. I now hang myself with pride. Be happy with where I live and who I live with Success.…
I think most issues are too complicated to be summed up in a sound byte. Simplicity is always– well it’s complicated– but usually not good
Live Tweeting Ghostwriter: These kids get Ghostwriter to do all their research. They are going to be terrible students.. The bad guy in this episode is rapping while binding and gagging a troll doll. Oh, the ‘90s. You didn’t even…
Probably very few people outside of academia will use this, but I think it’s worth having if anybody ever needs it. 🙂
I’m stopping, but I’ve got to say… I don’t like the way roses smell.
Neil deGrasse Tyson recently made a stir in the philosophy community by disparaging the entire field as asking pseudoquestions. Essentially, he says philosophers waste their time, think they are doing important things, and he doesn’t have time for them. Admittedly,…
May the Sixth be with you. #probablynotdoingthisright
May the Fifth be with you. #amidoingthisrite
But is 320 notes in 6 hours a good amount? It seems like a lot. My thesis rules.
Dear freaders, When I started this blog, back in 2004, I lived in New Mexico. Since then, I’ve lived in Sydney, Seattle, Mexico City, and now Durham. Now I’ve accepted a postdoctoral position in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Sooo… this blog…
Male Anglerfish are from a tiny Mars, female Anglerfish are from a humongous Venus. (Reading needed for this joke: )
My friend was talking about old people while we were walking by a golf shop. “Shh! They can hear you!” I said. “… oh, wait. No they can’t!”
At what point did we decide googling an animal meant we wanted to see furries? Was it the advent of deviant art? Is that why it’s deviant?
When I started graduate school six years ago, I don’t know if I actually ever really thought I’d finish my dissertation. I don’t think I imagined it being two times longer than it had to be and something I’m fairly…
I’ve hated the categories I’ve come up with on this blog for many years. So I’ve decided to get rid of them all and switch to tags. That means that until I go back over the catalog, most of the…
Fishing for compliments: “you look nice.” Oh, that’s a small one, I should throw it back.
I hate it when the cat wakes me up by jumping on my groin. That’s my ‘awake’ button. For snooze, I just roll over like a trauma victim.
If women are the majority of the population, does that mean they are The Man?
I had a job interview this week. While people were encouraging me to do well, I realized humans haven’t really figured out certain conversational norms. We don’t know what to say when some tragedy occurs (except a frowny face and…