Swans on Tea

I know water polo is a taxing sport, and it’s great that the US took a silver. But watching the players walk along side the pool, I couldn’t help but thinking their headgear looked like baby bonnets, and that they looked like giant infants.

Phone conversation overheard in Hell’s IT department:
Sir, I have to get you to change your password to comply with the new protocols.
It’s to keep our servers safe, sir. We’re at risk. There are a lot of hackers out there.
Well, yes, sir, many of them are hellraisers, and ultimately that’s a good thing, but [...]

Whoop Ass
How many ounces in a proverbial?

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If you stress glass in that way, it does tend to make it more susceptible to breaking.

ARES — Perseverance is your word today. You will not become frustrated at your continued inability to separate quarks from each other.
TAURUS — You will suspect that the force pushing you away from the center of a circle is in fact a figment of your imagination, and would not be there if you were [...]

I’m allergic to most cats, and especially sensitive to the behavior near the end of the clip.
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via Wanderings

If you believe you’re playing well because you’re getting laid, or because you’re not getting laid, or because you wear women’s underwear, then you ARE! Crash Davis
The Quirkbook
“Making a list of superstitions / foolish consistencies / lightweight OCD behaviors e.g. I always put my RIGHT shoe on first. You?”
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“In what order shall I put [...]

Several weeks back, I was lamenting bad advertising music. There seem to be lots of companies who have the ad-music decisions being made by a 45-55 year-old who chooses a favorite tune from their youth but didn’t have great taste in music, (or a 20-something staffer who can Google on what was high on [...]

I was attempting to collapse a wave function Thursday — the A/C for the office has been taking much of the past week off, with promises of its imminent repair since Monday. The one working chiller has the capacity to cool the building only a few degrees below ambient, which was nowhere near adequate [...]

Western Spaghetti. Neat stop-action stuff.
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via Madame Lamb

The Secret at St. Sans, by Terri Kay
The Secret at St. Sans spans one year and starts with the newspaper report on the drowning death of Dr. Tom Swanson. Tom, an employee at the Tanner, Meyer and Smertz medical clinic, was the son-in-law of Dr. Brian Tanner, one of the clinic owners. But Tom’s [...]

What’s he doing?
Drowning!
The Gin & Titonic
Ice cubes in the shape of ocean liners and icebergs
via the Amateur Economist