Allegra Rivett Sloman's blog

Pirate pick up lines.  I missed Talk Like a Pirate day on the 19th, earlier this month.

Urp.

She asked nurdily… (link removed for security reasons) Cited under fair use, from Phys.org

So all together, film fans!!!  If you ever see me use this expression – “Masterpiece of Narrative Subversion“ please know that I mean this movie makes no $#%$ing sense.  I mean, I enjoyed Aqua Teen Hunger Force because it contains one of the most hilarious appeals to the audience I’ve ever viewed (warning, screener), but [...]

I think they’re German. They are definitely my kind of nuts. Please note I have edited the foregoing link so it now goes to Youtube instead of a German porn site.  You may all go “Aw….” at the same time. Freakiest face painting I ever saw.

Bigotry is in the eye of the beholder.

Except he’s kind of a wimp.

Baby Walrus swims for the first time.

Ain’t got ‘em but I means me to larn some.

There’s something about English that makes it very, very useful.  You can remove a lot of meaning, and still communicate.  Hell, you can replace letters at random and still get the idea…

Yesterday I performed the most spectacular inadvertent pratfall I think I ever have. In front of at least a dozen people (not all of whom were looking at me) I turned my ankle in the middle of a road, right next to the construction site up the hill, pirouetted with great speed and no grace [...]

And if that doesn’t work, try a cold boot.

A little Zen story.

This is a link to a page which in turn links to a PDF about ethics in science (scroll down until you see the link  Ethics and Etiquette in Scientific Research).  If you are interested in higher level science education, it’s a fast read, contains a couple of good laughs, and provides food for thought.

cute little hedgehogs