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Update post of randomness
Mar. 19th, 2005 01:46 amMr. and Mrs. Duck are back! Unfortunately, they seem to notice Athena at the window and wander away, which surprised me, since the other birds and squirrels have never minded. (Mrs. Duck is the lady prominently featured in my icon. Though, to be honest, I can't be sure it's the *same* Mrs. Duck, as she looks very like her many cousins to me.)
You know, you'd think scientists would be more concerned about fire safety. When the fire alarm went off today, I looked up to figure out what it was, decided I should probably evacuate, sent the e-mail I'd been writing, wandered down the hall, set down my stuff, put on my coat, grabbed my backpack, joined some labmates, and casually wandered to the exits with them. We were nearly the first people out. A great many of the people in the building just didn't bother to leave at all.
I overheard a wonderful exchange at the departmental party a couple weeks ago. The party had an organism theme, and the featured dish was a pair of cakes of different flavors decorated to look like giant fruitflies -- the organism studied in the lab hosting this party -- detailed enough that one cake was male and the other female. Late in the party, the dept chair goes up to the host, a junior faculty member, and asks, "I used to know, but I've forgotten. What's the difference between a male and female fruitfly?" The host replied, dead serious, "the male is chocolate." The chair just stood speechless, giving him a horrified stare. (It's probably funnier if you happen to be a biologist.)
In running my mental schedule, I've consistently remembered that Maundy Thursday is next week, since we have a special church service for it, and vaguely been aware that Easter is a few days later. It only occurred to me that this weekend is, therefore, Palm Sunday, at choir rehearsal after we'd spent a good fifteen minutes singing about waving branches and shouting hosannas. I catch on quickly, really I do.
I kept hearing how wonderful both Garden State and Napolean Dynomite were and finally got around to watching them. I've been more bored at points in my life, but rarely if ever while watching a movie. They both got better at the end (especially Garden State), but it didn't make up for it. OTOH, I saw Spanglish a couple days ago and really enjoyed it.
You know, you'd think scientists would be more concerned about fire safety. When the fire alarm went off today, I looked up to figure out what it was, decided I should probably evacuate, sent the e-mail I'd been writing, wandered down the hall, set down my stuff, put on my coat, grabbed my backpack, joined some labmates, and casually wandered to the exits with them. We were nearly the first people out. A great many of the people in the building just didn't bother to leave at all.
I overheard a wonderful exchange at the departmental party a couple weeks ago. The party had an organism theme, and the featured dish was a pair of cakes of different flavors decorated to look like giant fruitflies -- the organism studied in the lab hosting this party -- detailed enough that one cake was male and the other female. Late in the party, the dept chair goes up to the host, a junior faculty member, and asks, "I used to know, but I've forgotten. What's the difference between a male and female fruitfly?" The host replied, dead serious, "the male is chocolate." The chair just stood speechless, giving him a horrified stare. (It's probably funnier if you happen to be a biologist.)
In running my mental schedule, I've consistently remembered that Maundy Thursday is next week, since we have a special church service for it, and vaguely been aware that Easter is a few days later. It only occurred to me that this weekend is, therefore, Palm Sunday, at choir rehearsal after we'd spent a good fifteen minutes singing about waving branches and shouting hosannas. I catch on quickly, really I do.
I kept hearing how wonderful both Garden State and Napolean Dynomite were and finally got around to watching them. I've been more bored at points in my life, but rarely if ever while watching a movie. They both got better at the end (especially Garden State), but it didn't make up for it. OTOH, I saw Spanglish a couple days ago and really enjoyed it.
