Pet Peeve

People, please. If you are going to post on forums, blogs, ads, etc. LEARN TO SPELL and USE GRAMMAR EFFECTIVELY

Here are some common things that you might misspell or mispunctuate, or otherwise mangle.

Its congraTulations, not congraDulations. We don't say "Congrads", do we?

To, too, and two are often misused. "to" is used in the sense, "we are going TO somewhere." Too means ALSO, and Two, of course is the number.

It's AD, not ADD. When you ADD something, you are implying that more will be forthcoming. An AD is something you use to sell something. (Ad is a shortened form of "advertisement")

An apostrophe is NOT necessary before every "s". "One's" is an example of this. "One's" implies that whatever is the object (like chocolate, let's say) is possessed by the one, NOT that there are more than one one. (as in "he did his ones beautifully")

Argh.

That is all.

First Two Days Of School

Ah, the new school year... So far, my classes seem to be alright -- I think that I'll really enjoy my Vertibrate Physiology Class, and I know I'll enjoy my Feminist Foundations course. (the reasoning is NOT just because i'm one of the teacher's pet students... I love her, but that's a whole other story.)

Things that are interesting... Well, I got stuck with Kevin (i'm not sure that i've said anything about Kevin prior to now... I'll have to explain the whole sordid (well, it's not THAT sordid) story a bit later.) in my Organic class... *sighs deeply* This means that I will have to fight all semester not to kill his little punk butt. It's not that he's a bad person, he is quite literally the most annoying human being i have ever had the misfortune of knowing.

AND... work in the TWL....or now the T*C*L, since aparantly it was a good idea to change the name when we got our own department, is going to be veeeeeeeeeeeery interesting this semester... I'm glad we have a new manager, he's super cool, but the new tutors...well... frankly they suck, but some of them are trying hard, and those that are are going to be fine. The ones that aren't? Well...hopefully they'll be gone soon.

I'm also taking a class with my lovely wife this semester!!! Yay!!! it's about time she actually got her butt to campus! *wink* I walked her to class today, and i think i stressed her out a lot.... she's never taken a class with me, so she doesn't quite get how i am in school yet. But it will be better by the end of next week, especially once i get into the routine of classes and whatnot. It's a womens' studies course anyway, so it will definitely spark some good conversations at my house, that's for sure!

All in all, i think this will be an Interesting semester if nothing else. I hope i'll have time for more regular updates now that i'm not spending ALL of my time in the lab, and I hope to bring back "your weekly reptile" sometime soon!

Proof by Mathematical Induction that Gary is a Douchebag.

Caution: Total Geek Joke Ahead!

Proof:

Let P(n) be the statement "Gary is a douchebag."
P(n) is true.
Let P(1) be the statement "Gary is a douchebag." = 1
P(1) is true.
Let P(k) be the statement "Gary is a douchebag."
Assume P(k) is true.
P(K+1) is the statement "Gary is a douchebag +1"
P(K+1) is true.
Therefore, P(n) is true for all Natural Numbers n.

Well.... WE thought it was funny...

Bizarre Foods that I Have Eaten Meme

So here's this list of 100 so called "bizarre" foods... The premise is that you bold the ones that you've eaten and strikethrough the ones you would never try under any circumstances. I'm going to italicize the ones I'd try, also. :) Now, being a biologist and possibly HAVING to eat something like this, my choices might be a bit different than some of yours, but maybe you'll be interested to see them!

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (does Alligator count? I LOVE Alligator!)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich (I don't really like peanut butter, but I have had it)
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart (aren't those the BEST hotdogs???)
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns (???)
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes (i might add that i HATE tomatoes...)
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (OWWIE!!!!)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters (Snot in a shell)
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (i've had several different cognacs, but no cigars, does this still count?)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (don't put too much vodka in your jello shots -- that's the one thing I stil remember from AP Latin in high school!)
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (BLECH BLECH BLECH! even chocolate covered ants are blechy!)
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine (Definitely at Worldcon next year)
60. Carob chips
61. S'mores
62. Sweetbreads (I don't eat any organ meats...)
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian ( I would TRY it, if i had to... but I wouldn't be the first to volunteer)
66. Frogs' legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (All four, actually)
68. Haggis (see above re: organ meats)
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (uhm, GROSS!)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail (well.... snails are still technically mollusks, and I do like most bivalves...)
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse (oh HELL no... not in any sense of the word...that's sacrilege!)
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Today has a Song

I've been in a David Gray mood today...and this song is really boppy and happy...and then you listen to the words and you're like "woah!, it's sad!"

I like songs like that... they're juxtapositions sortof.

Anyway, more actual content sometime this week/end... I've been insanely busy and crazy lately!

LATELY

That the sky would lift
That I’d find my place
That I’d see your face in the door
And the sun would glint
On a time well spent
On a time that ain’t no more

Takes the broken hearts
In the vacant lots
To see the fruit that rots on the trees
Had to turn my head
Leave it all for dead
But it’s in my mind always

Honey lately I’ve been way down
Load on my mind
Honey lately I’ve been way down
Load on my mind

Someone tell me where did it go
Darling I'm damned if i know
I seen that look in your eye
No one ever gave it a chance
I could have said in advance
You saw it all at a glance
And goodbye
Goodbye

Drag a salted kiss
From this cup of bliss
Watch a new lie twist on the breeze
You can paint it red
Or Leave it all for dead
But it’s in my head always

Honey lately I've been way down
Load on my mind
Honey lately I've been way down
Load on my mind

Someone tell me where did it go
Darling I'm damned if i know
I seen that look in your eye
No one ever gave it a chance
I could have said in advance
You saw it all at a glance
And goodbye

Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye

Now Honey lately
Yeh Honey lately
Honey lately i've been way down
yeh Honey lately i've been way down
yeh Honey lately i've been way down
Honey lately i've been way down
Lately
Lately
Lately