Category Archives: Misc. or “Musings” or sth.

I saw this image on Google+ today. You can click the little version to make it bigger.The point, of course, is that the system on the right is better because it makes more sense. The metric system’s features include Logical … Continue reading →

Last night I dreamed that I was a member of some sort of expedition. We landed in the tropics and found all of the locals lying dead in their huts. They were going through some weird kind of decomposition. We … Continue reading →

AT and I spent the day visiting schools in Zug and the surrounding towns. This activity was unexpectedly exhausting. The one we think is our favorite is called Institut Montana, but we collected a lot of materials and impressions today … Continue reading →

(Image: Altstadt Zug by ponte1112) So far, Zug seems awesome. We got to our hotel mid-morning yesterday and slept until mid-afternoon. Then we spent the evening wandering the town. We had dinner at a Chinese place where Arica had eaten … Continue reading →

Cosmic Lizard and his friend the Headsman live on a lonely shore. Cosmic Lizard eats the world, bit by bit. He digests what he eats. Hopefully he takes in the nutrients he needs to live. Then he regurgitates the digested … Continue reading →

Your first words when you woke up this morning were “what happened with the election?” Me: “Obama won. I was about to go see whether he won the popular vote, too.” You: “But he won enough elector votes from the … Continue reading →

Google finds zero results for the exact phrase “Vietnam created a riff which has not healed.” This apparent non sequitur appears in Dana Scully’s field journal for October 24, 1993, as intercepted by a malign artificial intelligence in the X-Files … Continue reading →

Is Ulmer’s Detour one of the best movies ever? I guess that depends. There is something in my personality that flips on once every blue moon. On very rare occasions, I am able to take something entirely on its own … Continue reading →

I’ve been reading Hellboy and B.P.R.D. comics, and I am finding them smart and a little funny (in contrast to the Hellboy movies, which were maybe a little bit funny and… that’s all). I recommend them if, like mine, your … Continue reading →