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LOLprezdent

I try to avoid politics, LOL cats, and the Olympic frenzy, but this mishmash of the three had me giggling.  I think it’s the expressions on the wife and daughter’s faces that got me.  See all nine in the collection here. Thanks @philgs who retweeted @cascio who retweeted @cmpriest.

Two More Years is Too Many…

There comes a time in the life of every graduate student when she or he realizes that another two years of graduate school cannot be endured. There also, surely, comes a time in the life of every graduate student when she or he searches the web for the real scoop on how to write a [...]

Smelly Old Emails

Stop thinking of emails like precious family heirlooms, and start treating ‘em like pints of milk. Perishable, time-stamped milk that becomes a little less fresh every day until it smells kind of funny and just needs to be dumped. Merlin Mann, at Inbox Zero: Better Practices for staying (near) zero. I love Merlin’s use of [...]

Joys of Being an Introvert

via www.toothpastefordinner.com The joys of being an introvert far outweigh the loneliness. Yay introverts! :)

Paying for Txt Msgs Isn’t Funny

Behulsive Compaviour: Text Messy Some comics are so good, they make you laugh out loud.  This one did that to me, but it was a sad laughter, as the topic was about something close to my heart: my cell service provider.  It’s not mentioned by name though, but I found the analogy so very clear! [...]

Horribly Cheesy, But Fun

I just finished watching Act III (of three.. so far?) of Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog. I happen to be a fan of cheesy humour, and so the show was totally right up my alley.  I recommend it to anyone who has about 45 minutes to spare, before it is taken off the website at [...]

How to Really Have Fun on a Roller Coaster

I am SO going to take a chessboard with me, next time I go to an amusement park!!!  This page shows a bunch of great images of people living out the dream of xkcd comic #249.

Poe.h.D

Once upon a thesis dreary, while I pondered, eyes so bleary, Over a many terse and tort(u)’rous volume of old physics lore… Joel Gilmore’s Home » Once Upon a Thesis Dreary Not only is this poem a great version of Poe’s best-known work, but it is also a beautiful ode to the whole thesis-writing process. Do [...]

MacGyver builds a hot air balloon from scratch

Quote from List of problems solved by MacGyver – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: MacGyver builds a hot air balloon from scratch to escape from a Soviet search party. The balloon was made of homemade super-glue, old clothes, a parachute, welding equipment, a refrigerator, condoms, and metal box. –MacGyver, Season 3: “GX-1” (3×06) I’ve gotta mention that [...]

Science Hierarchy

xkcd comic #435 – “Purity” Strangely, I’ve been thinking of this very notion a lot recently.  It’s neat how the different sciences operate on different scopes, and how they’re related by this hierarchy.  Awesome! NOTE: There is more to this comic than meets the eye… you must go to the site to hover over the [...]