Month: January 2012

I thought this was cute: It’s part of a geek vandalism slideshow, the concept being that geeks are no less likely than anyone else to do stupid things like posting bills where told it’s not allowed; they just do it with a sense of humor.  For example: on the wall where it said “post no…

The more you know, the more you know you don’t really know at all.  Except if you’re a scientist, in which case you arbitrarily dismiss everything that can’t be measured, tested and experimented.  Until, that is, you find a way to experiment on the subject or you write a paper expounding millennia-old tenets as new…

The li’l white car, she ain’t what she used to be. The monster I’ve been driving technically still runs, but she’s definitely been sick.  She was overheating in a trip of less than half a mile.  Older daughter’s boyfriend (the only decent mechanic in the family) took her apart to look tonight.  The final diagnosis? …

My bank has instigated time travel.  It charged me NSF fees when I was not overdrawn.  I called them on it.  Their response was, only slightly paraphrased: “Well it was going to be overdrawn.”  Which was slightly true.  After they charged me $80 for two invalid NSF fees I was definitely overdrawn – which in…

Today was an ambitious day in some respects.  I spent the morning cleaning the kitchen, making homemade bread and putting dinner in the crock pot.  It wasn’t a spectacular day in terms of health but I needed to be on my feet because it hurts like heck to stay in bed.  I also tackled some…