Category: "Distractions"

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10/03/05

  01:52:00 am, by Nimble   , 274 words  
Categories: Distractions

Hacker, Hack Thyself

I'm sure this one has made the rounds before (it's from April), but I just love the [possibly apocryphal?] story and didn't encounter it until just today. It answers the question: what happens when a angry, blustering, amateur "hacker" who feels… more »

09/09/05

  11:26:53 am, by Nimble   , 329 words  
Categories: Distractions, Thoughts, Religion, Science

Pastafarians

I just get such a kick out of the satire of Intelligent Design that has been catching on, that of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. more »

09/03/05

  02:22:08 am, by Nimble   , 149 words  
Categories: Distractions

Smell Of Demeter

We located twelves bizarre scents in a display in the Chinook Centre Shopper's Drug Mart. We were looking at them, head tilted, at the names of the fragrances, things like "Dirt", "Wet Garden" and "Sugar Cookie". So we picked up "Dirt" and gave it a… more »

07/02/05

  04:18:55 am, by Nimble   , 65 words  
Categories: Distractions

Mouse Races

I was changing the mice cages just yesterday, and thought I'd try the movie feature of the Fuji Finepix 440 (a tiny camera; great for travel). I had just put the female mice in a new terrarium, and had moved over their wheel. This sole piece of… more »

05/23/05

  04:16:12 am, by Nimble   , 99 words  
Categories: Distractions

Coke of the Clones

Just a little something that always creeps me out in movie theaters... They often have slides of trivia, ads and the like before the movie starts... ...but watch. Look at the cups of pop. Now wait. Look at the next cups of pop you see. See the splash?… more »

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