I’m terribly bored with this election — lots of pointless hot-air and genital-waving — so instead of involving myself in it, reading every word out of every politician’s machine and
Author: Robyn
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Thu Apr 07, 2011
Happiness, comparatively speaking: How we think about life’s rewards
I have great friends
Quotation of the Day for November 9, 2009 “That same afternoon I was sitting on a stool in an intoxicated condition in Grogan’s licensed premises. Adjacent stools bore the forms
I turn 40 tomorrow
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Tue Mar 29, 2011
Rejection Really Hurts, Brain Scans Show
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Mon Mar 21, 2011
How does fire behave in zero gravity?
Barbed wire & bouganvillea
Barbed wire & bouganvillea Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. A good summary of Mexico — prettiness resting on pointiness.
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Mon Mar 14, 2011
Full bladder, better decisions? Controlling your bladder decreases impulsive choices Does Guinness beer taste better in Ireland? Physics of Pruney Fingers Revealed Bring Back Spider Ranching
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Mon Mar 07, 2011
Palaeontology: Splay-footed, not flat-footed
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Mon Feb 28, 2011
Mosquito-eater spider likes socks
Unphotographable
This is a photo I did not take of a young black guy with the whole low pants, do-rag, big shoes thing going on, absentmindedly whistling along with and nodding
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Sun Feb 13, 2011
Crystal-clear idea for cloaking ‘Lucy’ story put on firm footing Crescat Graffiti, Take 2 How to Be a Car-Free Family
For my grandmother, who was also a good pirate
Perhaps it’s silly to post a link to a blog that purports to be written by a cat in honour of my Vanaema, but I like this piece and the
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Sun Feb 06, 2011
If your heart is broken, taking aspirin can help The science of bike-sharing Bilinguals find it easier to learn a third language Decapitation in Rats: Latency to Unconsciousness and the
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Sun Jan 30, 2011
Wales warned about amorous toads
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Sun Jan 23, 2011
Shackleton’s whisky goes home
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Thu Jan 13, 2011
African Elephant Really Two Wildly Different Species A new surgical tool — the IKEA pencil When Is A Placebo Not A Placebo? Placebo Effect Is Real, Not Attempt to Deceive
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Thu Jan 06, 2011
Prehistoric Bird Had Wings Like Nunchucks
Random neat stuff from RSS feeds – Fri Dec 17, 2010
Sleep experts warn Santa Claus of health risks of flying all night Beauty sleep: experimental study on the perceived health and attractiveness of sleep deprived people Effect on gastric function
‘Tis the season for Expert Curmudgeons again
In previous years we’ve had warnings about Santa’s fatness setting a bad example and how we should all abjure cookies and eggnog and subsist on carrot sticks and water at