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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Written flair
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
So much for lowering expectations and getting by on my good looks. This note was sent to my supervisor yesterday afternoon. That, coupled with a phone call from another coworker yesterday afternoon telling me I had been at work too long and needed to go home, is making me nervous.
Speaking of cephalopods
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
I want one of these. Seriously. If you order it now, it should arrive in time for my birthday.
I’m really more about the destination than the journey
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
There’s a lot to learn on this job. The quantity of knowledge I do not possess is large and looming; the various hoops I have to jump through to acquire it are starting to chap my ass. I am more than happy to look things up myself. In keeping with all other aspects of my [...]
Squidtastic
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
First of all, this is fascinating: Colossal squid comes out of ice Second, it reminds me of this, which cracks me up. Third, this: “What’s the difference between squid and giant squid? The giant squid isn’t just a big ol’ version of a regular squid—it has its own genus, called Architeuthis. (There may be several [...]
Bonus points for mentioning early (or at all) the rule of correlation vs. causation
Monday, April 28th, 2008
“Many animals can sense the Earth’s magnetic field, so why not people, asks Oleg Shumilov of the Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems in Russia. Shumilov looked at activity in the Earth’s geomagnetic field from 1948 to 1997 and found that it grouped into three seasonal peaks every year: one from March to May, another [...]
Tired of being tired
Monday, April 28th, 2008
I’m tired. I’m very tired. I don’t know why exactly. Maybe it is an artifact of the pollen, which does seem to be weighing me down this year with its fluorescent tonnage. Maybe it is the new job bewilderment stress. Maybe it is that I am not sleeping as well as I think I am. [...]