Month: February 2002

bookmark_borderDooced

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dooce.com. Scary. I’m quite careful about what I write here for that very reason. There is sooooo much I would love to spout off about, and indeed I’ve written a lot of it down (Filed under “Plans for the future”, “Mistakes not to be repeated” and “This is where we go wrong, fix it!”). And I have to totally agree with the sentiment expressed “If you’re going to be a whistle-blower, for God’s sake, don’t be a coward about it. Fess up, you motherfucker.” (mainly because I wanted to use that swear word but was too cowardly to write it myself, ironic really).

As Evan said, nicely designed site, someone needs to hire her quick.

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bookmark_borderMobile Sister

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My new phone seems to have sparked my sister into getting a new one too (Sony indeed! and here I thought she was a poor student). However unlike my good self, who, in an excited ‘I’ve just got a new phone’ mood, sent a few text messages to friends and family to tell them I had a new phone using the following message: “Hi, Just got a new phone, the number is 1234567890”. Sounds fair enough really, except that I didn’t include my name. My sister, being the smart little so-and-so she is (kidding!) includes her name in her message. Now I think I’m gonna claim this one, as, if it wasn’t for my goof she I don’t think she would’ve remembered. Actually I think I’m selling my sister short. She’s not only learning from her own mistakes (as we all do as we make our way in the world), but learning from mine. God knows there are enough to learn from!

P.S. That’s not really my phone number, but you knew that. Right? RIGHT?

P.P.S. I only wrote this to see if my sister reads it… 😉

bookmark_borderLifehack

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Got this from a friend today – made me chuckle!

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and huge amounts of money developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300C.

The Russians used a pencil.