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Thirteen bizarre oddities of science.

called Bathtub IV

I experience something like this with my cat Eddie almost every morning.

Here’s the kitten reacting to WALL-E on my computer screen. When I originally posted this video to YouTube, I made it private to avoid copyright issues. Then I searched YouTube for WALL-E and found loads of others, so I figured what the heck and it’s now public. Which means you can actually watch it.

She’s on my desk right now, making it hard to type and throwing stuff off my desk. Good thing she’s so cute!

Man, I’d love to take a class from this woman.

The article starts off with some quotes…. scroll all the way down.

A little poster about gun control.

Yesterday was  a walk in the neighbourhood in the glorious sunshine, two loads of laundry, sliced pork tortillas (OMG they were good) and more Battlestar Galactica.  Keith was here for the day again. He had been in a pretty rocky mood lately but he certainly was chipper when he left.

But the BCCDC is saying jack sh*t. There are definitely cases in Canada being reported by those who are recently returned from Mexico.

This essay covers some of the same ground I tried to cover in my homily “Good Atheist, Bad Atheist”.

I’m not sure I would have sent the baby home with that mother, but oh well.

An interesting article about geography and history.

Ew.  I’d never touch my mouse if it looked like this.

Interactive map of US job losses.

Bruce Sterling writes about SF, design and culture.

If you’ve got Twitter sign up with @Veratect – they are keeping track of the swine flu epidemic in realtime.

Speaking of which, here is a link to checklists regarding prepping for a long bout of flu.

Battlestar fest yesterday. I also cleaned off the back deck, changed cat litter and re-read Patrick O’Brian’s Letter of Marque.  Keith is still here.  I’m trying to think of what I want to make for breakfast, and kinda drawing a blank.

… I realize it’s Beer Day in Germany.  Ein Prosit!

Katie Paul and Keith picked me up from work yesterday and I drove them home and fed them spaghetti.

KATIE HAS A MOHAWK.  She looks awesome.  But it’s not one of those mohawks where you cut hair, it was mostly made out of hairspray.  She also got supergoth makeup.  I should post pics when I recover from the squealing I made.

Then Keith and Paul and I went swimming.  I came home and Katie told me she’d cleaned Miss Margot, and she was still pretty dirty.  Soon, the bath.

Adding to my list of woes is a leg cramp that tossed me unceremoniously, swearing under my breath, out of bed at 3 this morning.  It sure gets your attention when that happens.

We’re still waiting for the new gal to start, it’s apparently going to be Thursday now.

…that Peter T’s brother has made the short list of the sci-fi-london short film fest.  Details Here.  His film is Hopper’s Fortune.  Peter T, for those of you joining late, is the one who brought Miss Margot into my life.

Carrie is here on her way to a new home up in Telegraph Creek. I’m working so I won’t get to see her much before she leaves in the RV, but she’ll be back for her boyfriend John’s daughter’s wedding in June and we’ll be able to hang out more then.

The cherry blossoms are starting to fall already. Vancouver is a big pile of flowering trees and shrubs right now.

The weather was gorgeous yesterday.

Woke up at 3 this morning, which strikes me as being a rather dirty trick on my sensorium.

I really took it easy this weekend, and I am happy to say that my left foot no longer hurts.