A Dictator Who May Go Insane
Posted on April 28, 2005 - Filed Under funny | 6 Comments
It appears that Mike R is not wrong in his appraisal of my political leanings as being that of an enlightened despot. Here are the results of my 20 Questions To A Better Personality test. They are surprisingly not completely baloney (phrases in bold are right on target):
Wackiness: 34/100
Rationality: 32/100
Constructiveness: 50/100
Leadership: 62/100
You are […]
Senate “Sunday Justice”
Posted on April 26, 2005 - Filed Under funny, government | Leave a Comment
It’s a busy week here in MaitriLand. Nevertheless, I always have something to share, however small:
Edward Hale, while chaplain of the U.S. Senate, was asked, “Do you pray for the senators?”
He quickly replied, “No. After getting to know the senators, I pray for the people.”
Meanwhile, do cool things, report back and grab the nearest […]
Who’s Your Papa?
Posted on April 22, 2005 - Filed Under culture-society-history, funny | 1 Comment
“Hi Maitri, I was wondering what your opinion is of the newly elected Pope. I assume that you are not opinion-free on the matter, inspite of your religious inclinations.”
Shamelessly leached from ben’s LJ.
Read More..>>Hunkering Down
Posted on April 21, 2005 - Filed Under food & drink, music, new orleans | 4 Comments
Preparations at the geocave in progress:
- Zen seance with Jeff Buckley (viz. Grace, Mystery White Boy, Sketches and great headphones)
- Mental inventory of alternate navigation routes through the City of New Orleans on account of giant tourist goat-rodeo headed in the direction of Jazzfest
- Acquisition of Uthgardt Holy Shield and Delver’s Armor for same
- Chanting: […]
One Does Not Simply Cast Sir Ian In Every Screen Adaptation
Posted on April 20, 2005 - Filed Under books, movies/tv | 10 Comments
As some of you know, I have just finished reading and bellyaching about The DaVinci Code. If you are not aware of my feelings on this novel, you will here. For you curious cats, the book gets 2.5 out of 5 Maitri stars - this intermediate judgment has naught to do with fencesitting […]
Read More..>>A Geologue
Posted on April 19, 2005 - Filed Under funny, geology | Leave a Comment
Behold the power of geologists communicating via the intarwebs …
me: (as regards one of D’s annoying qualities) Oooh, look, I found a fault!
Jules: I believe you have just stumbled upon the hingepin joke of geologist relationship humor.
me: Aaaah, she caught it, but of course she would. All of my faults, however, are normal. […]
Adobe Acquires Macromedia
Posted on April 18, 2005 - Filed Under science & technology | 1 Comment
Noooooooooooooooooooooo …
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Dept. of Energy R&D Funding Alert
Posted on April 18, 2005 - Filed Under geology, government, science & technology | Leave a Comment
In (at least) the third instance of the administration taking away Dept. of Energy research funds in 5 years, the FY 2006 budget will no longer finance DoE natural gas and oil research with its $75 million annual budget. A Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) alert urges energy companies, especially smaller ones, and universities […]
Read More..>>Pain Meditation
Posted on April 15, 2005 - Filed Under culture-society-history, science & technology | Leave a Comment
Several friends called and wrote in yesterday about the immensely bad go they were having of it. All the way from breakups and clashing egos to snark in return for aid and general debilitation. The scientist in me attempts to conjure a mechanism by which “human energy” can sour and get absorbed into […]
Read More..>>Today’s Show Is Brought To You By Tamizh
Posted on April 14, 2005 - Filed Under desi / india | 9 Comments
Tamil is the topic of Wikipedia’s feature article today. The graphic associated with the article is the diphthong “zh” which, oddly enough, has no ‘z’ sound in it and is very difficult to write in any language other than Tamil and Malayalam. The tongue twister has to be heard and, yes, we do […]
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