Swans on Tea

Russia: 20 dead from poisoning in sub accident
The fire safety system on a new Russian nuclear-powered submarine malfunctioned on a test run in the Sea of Japan, spewing chemicals that killed at least 20 people and injured 21 others, officials said Sunday.
The majority of the students I taught were destined to serve aboard submarines, and [...]

Way back in March I posted a video link (Dog Ballistics) showing a motorized ball launcher, allowing an automated way for a dog to play fetch.
Now, in my tireless scouring of the intertubes (is calling it tubes a felony now?), I find plans to build such a device. Your Dog Wants A FetchBot. [...]

Breaking News: I wore a suit at work on Friday. I don’t think I had even worn a tie to work since leaving the navy. (I think most people who work in similar lab situations would agree that fancy clothes tend to interfere with real work getting done.) The party [...]

Whoever called a little while back, woke me up and asked me, “Who is this?”
I hope you get your own special circle in Hell. Screw you.
(Phone calls in the middle of the night are invariably bad news. Either a wrong number, or some sort of emergency. Either way you’re jolted [...]

Rating the Halloween candy
The Candy Hierarchy Anew (Halloween Experiment Debriefing ‘08)
TOP TIER
(caramel, chewy, oh my classy)
Caramellos — Milky Way — Snickers — Rolos* — Twix
Going back three decades or so to how I would rate things: Rolos and Twix do not appear near the top of my list; I rate Kit-Kat higher than Twix. [...]