Reading list
Read something on the Levenger website about keeping a list of the books you read. It's something I've never thought about before, I just always assumed they'd always be there and I'd remember.
So, the books I'm currently reading are:
Alison Hawke
Science web links
Yes, it's been a while, deal with it. Life intrudes.
Found a couple of good websites: Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics and the periodic table of elements. I'm still a physicist at heart.
Wow!
Walked into church this morning to find Sehlat and her mother there waiting for us! Total, wonderful surprise!
St Clements
Tracked down the nursery rhyme at h2g2 after seeing a recipe for "St Clements Cake" in a book. Britons know it means an orange and lemon cake.
Oranges and lemons
Say the bells of St. Clements
I owe you five farthings
Say the bells of St. Martins
When
Mindless littering
Suppose you were driving along with your windows down, or in a convertible, or with your sunroof/moonroof open, and I drove past you. Without looking, without paying any attention whatsoever, I toss a rotten tomato out of my car, and it lands in yours. How would you feel? How
Medical slang
Lovely article in BBC News yesterday: Doctor slang is a dying art.
So says a doctor who has spent four years charting more than 200 colourful examples. Medicine is a profession already overflowing with acronyms and technical terms, and doctors over the years have invented plenty of their own. However,
Glory departed
A verdict of accidental death was pronounced today, following an inquiry into events of yesterday afternoon. Glory, a purple betta fish, had been promoted to department mascot after only a week with the company, but was reportedly unhappy with his duties. He had been suffering severe depression after leaving his
There be lions here
According to the Fulton Sun, a cougar was killed early this week:
Responding to the scene of a road kill late Monday, a highway patrolman was the first to discover what may be evidence of mountain lions' resurgence in Missouri - the carcass of an adult male cougar. According
Tale of woe
Bristow has written of the beast Tudamhott, still stalking the UK.
And it came to pass, that in the kingdom of Bristovia, the people were sorely oppressed by the great beast Tudamhott. Such was their fear of the beast, that they sweated, and laid low, and took a lot of
Internet worm
BBC News reports a new internet worm spreading across the net, MSBlast.
On infected machines the malicious program also launches an attack against the Microsoft site that holds a software patch that keeps the worm out. Security firms say the design of the worm is hampering its spread but warn