Category: Wasting your time

I need my laptop. Last week, the power input, which was getting loose, finally decided to become fully disconnected. It might have had something to do with the kitten hanging from the power cord. And sadly, when I consulted the repair people I am told the only solution is to replace the entire motherboard, rather…

I’m vacuuming. Not because it’s something I only do on the 4th, but rather because Chris H is coming to town! So, if you want the shock of seeing more than one Hoofnagle in the same place you should try to find us in Charlottesville. It’s not hard, we’ll likely be at the Bistro drinking.

Many thanks to those who sent in entries. If people get a stunning idea in the future I’ll always accept more banners and put them in the shuffle if they send them to me. But today’s winner is this stunner from Patrick of Dog Opus. Be sure to check out his graphic-design blog. And here…

Name this cat. She appears to be a a Russian blue with silver coat, green eyes and mauve footpads. Although being a shelter cat, this could be pure accident. Her first google search was RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. And so far names in the running go from the simple Gray to Lucia. It’s kitten season, and many more…

Anyone want to go see sicko with me? It’s playing in Charlottesville tomorrow night and I plan on catching a 7:30 showing on the downtown mall.

Mingle2 – Online Dating I actually try to be less potty-mouthed since I joined science blogs. I’m trying to differentiate myself from PZ.

It lives up to it’s title. H/T boingboing

I don’t know how many people knew about this – the sciencebloggers were informed a little bit late, but Seed had a competition on threadless to design a t-shirt in honor of our benevolent overlords, Seed publishing. Here’s the winner Also, you guys may have noticed our rotating masthead. Well, I’m announcing our own little…

Anyone else want to venture a guess as to what that ending was about? To those who haven’t seen it – I’d avoid going below the fold – it will be a spoiler.

I’m now convinced Castro will outlive us all. He’s apparently going to give his first interview since he got sick and was hospitalized. I was hoping that a conspiracy theory would evolve that Castro was really dead, and they were just hiding the evidence of his death from the press. It was going to be…