I went to a talk of his and got a headache

The book is much more on the popular science side, so I think you'll be OK. I gave it as a present for several people who know nothing about physics, and they liked it, too.

left the study of people to us lesser beings.

The quote I had at the beginning of my Masters' thesis (about traffic flow), from "Alice in Wonderland":

"I don't think they play at all fairly," Alice began, in rather a complaining tone, "and they all quarrel so dreadfully one can't hear oneself speak and they don't seem to have any rules in particular; at least, if there are, nobody attends to them -- and you've no idea how confusing it is all the things being alive..."

Everyone's family is whack

Then who's the control group?

Oooooh, those Chthulu slippers are great! Bet they're warm, too.

I'm glad you had a good birthday(s), amych!

Allyson, you clearly have the best shopping-fu.

Sometime this week I'll have to go get an outfit for holiday parties. The whole impending layoffs thing at the office is really making me disinclined to spend money, though.

My TV Guide said that ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT and KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL were on tonight, and the KC was the Michael Vartan one.

Anyone got confirmation of this?

TiVo agrees with that, Frank. My fingers are crossed.

Why aren't people posting more? Don't make me post links, folks. Don't make me do it.

Ever since T-day I've had an absolutely ravenous appetite.

Tapeworms in the stuffing?

Much like how I pretend that not shopping makes me more productive when I'm not doing schoolwork, I am currently pretending that not posting is making me more productive when I'm not doing my job.

I think broccoli is proof of coldon particles existing in nature, as it goes colder than room temperature very quickly in the midst of an otherwise hot plate full of food.

We have achieved double digit temperatures!

Yes - it's 10 degrees f. here.

I had something else I wanted to say -- but I cannot remember what it was.

I'm filling up my cart with stuff I want at Overstock.com. I won't actually buy anything. I just like clicking Add To Cart.

I *should* be working on a project that's due by EOB today. Maybe after lunch.

I need to be revising the 2005 objectives that someone else set for me, that I objected to at the time because some of them were already impossible.

I really do.

I need to check if my 10 o'clock is on (I suspect not). I need to find out why I haven't heard if the SAN synchronisation will be a go.

Mostly I'm thinking of having sushi for lunch, if I can get the nausea gone. I can't believe I'm going to have to refill that prescription.