At one point, I was searching on my laptop for an article about the standoff. I was gonna post and link to the article, saying, "I am trapped in this."

BWAH! Oh, that is priceless.

There's a dog on my sister's new block (she just moved yesterday) that's terrifying -- he's some kind of pit bull mix, average sized but very strong, and very aggressive. The owner told us he was abused as a puppy, and has been very hard to train.

Jessica, my local grocery store had Starbucks liqueuer on sale yesterday, so I bought some, since you recommended it highly. What are the best drinks to make with it? (assuming that my migraine/meds let me ever drink again.)

Robocop's police car for sale: [link]

$19,998. I'd consider buying it if it were 1/10th that cost (although I'm sure it's worth more than that).

Special movie features include prisoner cage, light bar, police style radio, and the original movie-prop license plate. Includes original movie-prop baton, laptop computer, assault rifles, handguns and grenades.

I wonder if real-live law-enforcement would give you... trouble. "No, officer - all these guns and grenades are movie props. No, really."

Timelies all!

Yep, I'm still in my pajamas.

More exciting Sheryl news later. :)

Espresso martini!

1 part Starbucks liqueur, 3 parts vodka.

t Skipping (I do this so often lately, it should probably be my tagline or something

So, how do you know you (um, me) are a geek? On Thursday evening I went to the Science Museum in Jerusalem for an Einstein exhibit they opened there at the beginning of the week. Due to last year's TAing, I knew enough about special relativity to play guide to the two friends who were there as well - not just the physics, but the "how do I explain it so that people will not stop listening to me or throw large objects at me" sort of knowledge (I know absolutely nothing about general relativity, other than hand-wavings, though, and the exibition was really nice).

But that's not it. After the museum we went to eat something. When we entered the restaurant, we started to pull each other's sleeves upon seeing the man sitting with a few others inside. It was the recent Israeli Nobel Proze winner. I guess this is how most people usually feel when they happen to see movie stars or sports stars in face-space. Only, you know, for geeks. The "oh, my goodness, he's a real person, who is eating! I will have to do my best not to eavesdrop on private conversation, no matter what! He's talking in words, not in equations!". We didn't want to disturb what seemed like a private dinner and only were enthusiastic about it between ourselves.

Apparently we didn't manage to keep it completely to ourselves, though, because when we left (the place was about to be closed, we were the only ones there by that point) the owner of the place waved us goodbye and smiled and said that he hopes that the person who was in that table near us would inspire us. I think he was only half laughing at us.

Awww. Nothing wrong with science geekery.

I ::heart:: Keith

Oh yeah. That was my first pleasant surprise when I watched the first episode. I didn't know he was on the show. I liked the actor when he was on Just Shoot Me. I was pleased they made him a character I could love. eta: also he is more age appropriate for me, so hands off!

What fun Nilly. Of course you were in geek heaven. Makes sense to me.

Yay for Nilly in geek heaven!

Debet, I'm so glad that your family is okay.

ita, can I tag this?

I WANT UNPAINFUL CHOICES! I WANT CANDYLAND CHOICES! I WANT CHOICES OF THE CUTE!

It so captures how I've been feeling lately; plus, it makes me grin, which is a bonus.