“Little Superstar”
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My knitting blog is now located at the Needle Exchange!
In Point Form
Labbits are cute.
I want to see the new Casino Royale movie, even thought it’s distinctly lacking in Woody Allen. At least it’s also missing the cheesy one-liner screen writing that has been plaguing the 007 franchise for the past few movies.
Borat replies to the president of Kazakhstan’s desire to sue Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat’s alter ego: “[I] fully support my government’s decision to sue this Jew. Since the 2003 Tulyakov reforms, Kazakhstan is as civilized as any other country in the world. Women can now travel on inside of bus. Homosexuals no longer have to wear blue hats. And age of consent has been raised to 8 years old.” (Here’s the Official Borat Homesite.)
Here’s some fun music.
Jen Lewin makes laser harps.
BlogACatMas is this Friday.
I’m reading Flatland.
I just thought I’d share this with you:
“As with you, so also with us, there are four points of the compass North, South, East, and West.
“There being no sun nor other heavenly bodies, it is impossible for us to determine the North in the usual way; but we have a method of our own. By a Law of Nature with us, there is a constant attraction to the South; and, although in temperate climates this is very slight — so that even a Woman in reasonable health can journey several furlongs northward without much difficulty — yet the hampering effect of the southward attraction is quite sufficient to serve as a compass in most parts of our earth. Moreover, the rain (which falls at stated intervals) coming always from the North, is an additional assistance; and in the towns we have the guidance of the houses, which of course have their side-walls running for the most part North and South, so that the roofs may keep off the rain from the North. In the country, where there are no houses, the trunks of the trees serve as some sort of guide. Altogether, we have not so much difficulty as might be expected in determining our bearings.
“Yet in our more temperate regions, in which the southward attraction is hardly felt, walking sometimes in a perfectly desolate plain where there have been no houses nor trees to guide me, I have been occasionally compelled to remain stationary for hours together, waiting till the rain came before continuing my journey. On the weak and aged, and especially on delicate Females, the force of attraction tells much more heavily than on the robust of the Male Sex, so that it is a point of breeding, if you meet a Lady in the street, always to give her the North side of the way — by no means an easy thing to do always at short notice when you are in rude health and in a climate where it is difficult to tell your North from your South.”
I don’t know if that’s satire or if he’s serious.
By the way, I’ve decided to drop the physics course and spend the extra $500 at the dog track.
I learned a new thing today
The SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV) — the Skull or “Death’s Head” Formations — were made up of Nazi Germany’s concentration camp guards. During World War II the SS-TV also provided troops for one of the first combat unit of the Waffen-SS, the Totenkopfdivision, which eventually evolved into one of Nazi Germany’s most formidable combat formations.
The SS-TV was established by Brigadeführer Theodor Eicke to provide the personnel for the manning of the concentration camps, such as Dachau (where the first unit was established), Sachsenhausen and Oranienburg, the town north of Berlin where the Eicke’s office had been established.
So if you’ve ever seen Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow… yeah, that’s probably where the name is from. Didn’t that revelation just brighten up your day?
Here’s your chance to decide my life for me!
As you might know, before I got into Cognitive Science I was an Astrophysics major. When I left, I had nearly enough credits to get away with a minor in physics, so I decided to take two last courses and get the minor.
I’m taking my last physics course in the last semester: PHYS 239, electromagnetism. Today, I finally verified that because COGS is a specialization instead of a major, I can’t officially get the minor, so I’m reconsidering taking this course. Here are the pros and cons of taking the course:
PROS:
- I can tell future employers that I technically have a minor in physics, even if it wasn’t awarded.
- I can feel like my time spent in the physics department wasn’t entirely wasted.
- If I don’t take the course, it’s like I abandoned physics.
CONS:
- It’ll mean time taken away from my thesis
- I have to pay $500 for it
- I essentially have the minor anyway, I’m just half a course short and that looks just as good for an NSERC grant or whatever
- It’s just a minor
- Cutting your losses is something I’m not good at, so I’ll feel like I’ve made some sort of breakthrough.
So now it’s up to you: do I take the course?
Please believe me, I’m only ever on Facebook when I get invited to a party.
When I was your age, Pluto was a planet.
Due to the fantastic feed back I have been getting from this group I would like to put forward an idea. If any of you members want to help out, please feel free to invite anyone and everyone to join. I believe that this group has the potential to be one of the biggest Pluto fan groups on facebook!
Also, I am looking for a new photo to put in place of the main one. So upload any pictures that you feel are oldschool (like Pluto)
Here we go; we gonna send this one out to Pluto
All these motherfuckers in the Kuiper belt, and Oort cloud, and scattered disc
Heliosphere, and all the motherfuckers that laid it down, the foundation
yaknowhatI’msayin? Nuttin but love for Pluto
That’s who we gonna do this one for, ya feel me?
Put up your swords!
Thank you, Optimus Crime, for alerting me to this:
PROTEST THE HERO
THE CONFESSION
UNDER BLACK SAILS
Tickets on sale now!
Time To Laugh Comedy Club
394 Princess St. Kingston, ON
AA/19+, 7:00pm-10:00pm, $12.00 Advanced
I’m going to be there. WILL YOU?