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Category: General

  • thesupersquirrel:

    pyoorkate:

    rememberwhenyoutried:

    One thing I love about Star Trek: The Motion Picture is that the characters talk up the risk of going to warp speed inside the solar system, and when they do and it turns out the engines haven’t been properly calibrated they fall into a wormhole and nearly destroy the ship. Compare with Star…

    See, that was the thing that disappointed me most about Enterprise. I don’t think I ended up watching all of it, but the bits I did watch they would go “Oh, we’re going to do this technically complicated and risky thing” and lo, it would work.

    And I’d go ‘oh’. And get very bored.

    It did get much better later, but it was pretty awful in the beginning. The first season sucked, and the second was even worse.

    Then they got their act together. While the third season was actually pretty good, the fourth was excellent. It was kind of sad that it was cancelled just after that.

    Ach, maybe I should see if I can endure the first two to make it to 3 and 4. I must admit I’d never realised that it went on so long…

  • rememberwhenyoutried:

    One thing I love about Star Trek: The Motion Picture is that the characters talk up the risk of going to warp speed inside the solar system, and when they do and it turns out the engines haven’t been properly calibrated they fall into a wormhole and nearly destroy the ship. Compare with Star…

    See, that was the thing that disappointed me most about Enterprise. I don’t think I ended up watching all of it, but the bits I did watch they would go “Oh, we’re going to do this technically complicated and risky thing” and lo, it would work.

    And I’d go ‘oh’. And get very bored.

  • General Malaise

    So we got back yesterday after a very nice wedding at which we met lots of new, nice people, and worked our socialising abilities to the max. Neither Kathryn nor I seem terribly big on socialising, and find it pretty hard going, so after the wedding/reception/next day BBQ we were both completely people’d out.

    I very much don’t want to sound ungrateful. I am honoured to have been invited, and it was a pleasure to be there and witness the ceremony, but it reminded me that outside of work, when I don’t have my work-head on, I find peopling pretty damn hard. I don’t have great social skills so trying to maintain small-talk conversations with people I don’t know is quite a challenge.

    Anyhow, so we got back, and today I’m totally in the malaise category of behaviour today. I had vaguely thought about changing the ignition unit in the Austin, but then realised that it wants me to set the timing with the engine running at 1000 rpm. Whilst I have a strobe, mine doesn’t also give me the RPM, sadly (I’ve seen one that does, it ain’t mine). I’ve therefore popped in an order for a 10 quid ebay special laser tachometer*. But that does mean that I can’t do that today.

    I also took my Disclosure and Barring Service (Criminal Records check) to the nursing agency – a quick way to test out the new exhaust I felt, but forgot to take along proof of ID. So I’ll need to send that to them, too. Gah. I mean, the point of the journey was to test the exhaust, so I did achieve that, but could have done with having succeeded in the secondary point.

    I’ve also realised that my cunning plan to do 3 shifts this week has failed because I’ve managed to arrange a variety of other things that need doing too. All of these things, and a headache, are conspiring to not put me in the best of moods. But never mind.

    I have written a little one-year piece for Transport Evolved…

    Anyhow, I should stop whinging and get off my arse. P’raps go and switch the steering wheel for something more traditional.

    * Another tool who’s function will probably diminish rapidly when we get the minor converted.

  • stele3:

    Ferguson Police have dogs and shotguns. The unarmed crowd is raising their hands.

    For anyone not following the Mike Brown story on Twitter: a 17 year old black boy named Mike Brown, who was supposed to start college tomorrow, was shot to death in Ferguson, Missouri by police while jaywalking. He was unarmed. He was shot 9 times.

    Initial media reports claimed that an 18 year old black man had been shot and killed while fleeing police after shoplifting.

    People in the neighborhood, including members of Mike Brown’s family, came out of their homes and began to protest, shouting “no justice, no peace,” and keeping their hands in the air.

    Media reports claimed that a violent mob quickly formed around the shooting location shouting “kill the police.”

    Spread this. Tell the truth about what happened to this boy. Tell the truth about what is happening NOW. The police and the mainstream media is painting him as a criminal, and his community as a violent mob.

    SPREAD THIS. Don’t let them lie.

  • medievalpoc:

    Math and Science Week!

    aseantoo submitted to medievalpoc:

    Kamoya Kimeu

    [x], [x]

    Yet another Paleontologist of Color! And a really important one, too,

    Kamoya Kimeu (c. 1940-) began life in Kenya as a peasant, but was hired as a labourer on the paleontology expeditions of Louis and Mary Leakey. As soon as he got over the taboo of digging up human remains (associated with witchcraft in his culture), he distinguished himself as a particular talent for discovering and identifying fossils.

    He went on to become the right-hand man for Richard Leakey‘s expeditions, then took over operations, and was named the National Museums of Kenya’s curator for all prehistoric sites in Kenya.

    His discoveries include a nearly complete Homo habilis skeleton in 1959, as well as Turkana Boy, the most complete Homo erectus skeleton ever found, in 1984.Two fossil primates have been named after him: Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni and Cercopithecoides kimeui.

    Sadly, almost all the credit for Kenyan paleoanthropology has gone to the British-born Leakey family. Let’s change that, shall we?

    [x], [x]

    medievalpoc:

    Math and Science Week!

    aseantoo submitted to medievalpoc:

    Kamoya Kimeu

    [x], [x]

    Yet another Paleontologist of Color! And a really important one, too,

    Kamoya Kimeu (c. 1940-) began life in Kenya as a peasant, but was hired as a labourer on the paleontology expeditions of Louis and Mary Leakey. As soon as he got over the taboo of digging up human remains (associated with witchcraft in his culture), he distinguished himself as a particular talent for discovering and identifying fossils.

    He went on to become the right-hand man for Richard Leakey‘s expeditions, then took over operations, and was named the National Museums of Kenya’s curator for all prehistoric sites in Kenya.

    His discoveries include a nearly complete Homo habilis skeleton in 1959, as well as Turkana Boy, the most complete Homo erectus skeleton ever found, in 1984.Two fossil primates have been named after him: Kamoyapithecus hamiltoni and Cercopithecoides kimeui.

    Sadly, almost all the credit for Kenyan paleoanthropology has gone to the British-born Leakey family. Let’s change that, shall we?

    [x], [x]

  • outerlabia:

    fpti:

    earlygr4ves:

    i walked into health and screamed and the teacher goes “you’re the 7th person today. they’re cpr dummies.”

    jesus christ

    they’re calling to mother for food

    Of course, you need to remember that the face of the Resusi Anne/ie dolls is based on the face of an unidentified woman who drowned in the Seine in the 19th century…

  • Anonymous:

    Have you heard about Peter Capaldi refusing to act a romantic relationship with Clara? Do you think he’ll do well, or be smothered by Moffat?

    liz011:

    raptorific:

    From what I’ve gathered, Peter Capaldi is a huge fan of Doctor Who that pretended to be a huge Moffat stan until he’d signed an airtight contract, at which point he revealed he hates the direction Moffat was taking the show he loves, plans to systematically undo it to the best of his ability, has been openly mocking and refusing the participate in parts of the script he doesn’t think are true to the character, and insisting that they “won’t chase him off this show,” which is basically saying “this town ain’t big enough for the both of us.”

    I think the new season of Doctor Who is going to be glorious.

    I kind of want a show that is just Capaldi on the set of Doctor Who mocking the script and butting heads with Moffat.

    I would *totally* watch that show.

  • After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
    I heard the announcement:
    If anyone in the vicinity of gate 4-A understands any Arabic,
    Please come to the gate immediately.

    Well—one pauses these days. Gate 4-A was my own gate. I went there.
    An older woman in full traditional Palestinian dress,
    Just like my grandma wore, was crumpled to the floor, wailing loudly.
    Help, said the flight service person. Talk to her. What is her
    Problem? we told her the flight was going to be four hours late and she
    Did this.

    I put my arm around her and spoke to her haltingly.
    Shu dow-a, shu- biduck habibti, stani stani schway, min fadlick,
    Sho bit se-wee?

    The minute she heard any words she knew—however poorly used—
    She stopped crying.

    She thought our flight had been canceled entirely.
    She needed to be in El Paso for some major medical treatment the
    Following day. I said no, no, we’re fine, you’ll get there, just late,

    Who is picking you up? Let’s call him and tell him.
    We called her son and I spoke with him in English.
    I told him I would stay with his mother till we got on the plane and
    Would ride next to her—Southwest.

    She talked to him. Then we called her other sons just for the fun of it.

    Then we called my dad and he and she spoke for a while in Arabic and
    Found out of course they had ten shared friends.

    Then I thought just for the heck of it why not call some Palestinian
    Poets I know and let them chat with her. This all took up about 2 hours.

    She was laughing a lot by then. Telling about her life. Answering
    Questions.

    She had pulled a sack of homemade mamool cookies—little powdered
    Sugar crumbly mounds stuffed with dates and nuts—out of her bag—
    And was offering them to all the women at the gate.

    To my amazement, not a single woman declined one. It was like a
    Sacrament. The traveler from Argentina, the traveler from California,
    The lovely woman from Laredo—we were all covered with the same
    Powdered sugar. And smiling. There are no better cookies.

    And then the airline broke out the free beverages from huge coolers—
    Non-alcoholic—and the two little girls for our flight, one African
    American, one Mexican American—ran around serving us all apple juice
    And lemonade and they were covered with powdered sugar too.

    And I noticed my new best friend—by now we were holding hands—
    Had a potted plant poking out of her bag, some medicinal thing,

    With green furry leaves. Such an old country traveling tradition. Always
    Carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere.

    And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and thought,
    This is the world I want to live in. The shared world.

    Not a single person in this gate—once the crying of confusion stopped
    —has seemed apprehensive about any other person.

    They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women too.
    This can still happen anywhere.

    Not everything is lost.

    Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952), “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal.” I think this poem may be making the rounds, this week, but that’s as it should be.  (via oliviacirce)

    When I lose hope in the world, I remember this poem.

    (via bookoisseur)

    I’m really glad I read that.

    (via selfesteampunk)

  • How very dare they

    EveningPost

    It’s not aging, it’s charmingly retro. Vintage, even.

    Grumble…If anyone’s going to insult my hospital, it’ll be me.

  • theepunkerchick:

    bloodonhisfangs:

    joshmosh415:

    I can never stop posting this. The narrow minded bible fanatics that just look at one small thing in the bible then feed the world with their hate over it. At the same time they ignore all the other silly laws made by man they claimed were made by god. These gif’s say it all.

    Exactly!

    Omg this was best post I’ve seen today, I will never scroll by this. EVER

    Oh god yes, this was just a beautiful moment in The West Wing, which really reminds me why I should finish watching it. Got distracted by a holiday…

    theepunkerchick:

    bloodonhisfangs:

    joshmosh415:

    I can never stop posting this. The narrow minded bible fanatics that just look at one small thing in the bible then feed the world with their hate over it. At the same time they ignore all the other silly laws made by man they claimed were made by god. These gif’s say it all.

    Exactly!

    Omg this was best post I’ve seen today, I will never scroll by this. EVER

    Oh god yes, this was just a beautiful moment in The West Wing, which really reminds me why I should finish watching it. Got distracted by a holiday…

    theepunkerchick:

    bloodonhisfangs:

    joshmosh415:

    I can never stop posting this. The narrow minded bible fanatics that just look at one small thing in the bible then feed the world with their hate over it. At the same time they ignore all the other silly laws made by man they claimed were made by god. These gif’s say it all.

    Exactly!

    Omg this was best post I’ve seen today, I will never scroll by this. EVER

    Oh god yes, this was just a beautiful moment in The West Wing, which really reminds me why I should finish watching it. Got distracted by a holiday…

    theepunkerchick:

    bloodonhisfangs:

    joshmosh415:

    I can never stop posting this. The narrow minded bible fanatics that just look at one small thing in the bible then feed the world with their hate over it. At the same time they ignore all the other silly laws made by man they claimed were made by god. These gif’s say it all.

    Exactly!

    Omg this was best post I’ve seen today, I will never scroll by this. EVER

    Oh god yes, this was just a beautiful moment in The West Wing, which really reminds me why I should finish watching it. Got distracted by a holiday…

    theepunkerchick:

    bloodonhisfangs:

    joshmosh415:

    I can never stop posting this. The narrow minded bible fanatics that just look at one small thing in the bible then feed the world with their hate over it. At the same time they ignore all the other silly laws made by man they claimed were made by god. These gif’s say it all.

    Exactly!

    Omg this was best post I’ve seen today, I will never scroll by this. EVER

    Oh god yes, this was just a beautiful moment in The West Wing, which really reminds me why I should finish watching it. Got distracted by a holiday…

    theepunkerchick:

    bloodonhisfangs:

    joshmosh415:

    I can never stop posting this. The narrow minded bible fanatics that just look at one small thing in the bible then feed the world with their hate over it. At the same time they ignore all the other silly laws made by man they claimed were made by god. These gif’s say it all.

    Exactly!

    Omg this was best post I’ve seen today, I will never scroll by this. EVER

    Oh god yes, this was just a beautiful moment in The West Wing, which really reminds me why I should finish watching it. Got distracted by a holiday…

    theepunkerchick:

    bloodonhisfangs:

    joshmosh415:

    I can never stop posting this. The narrow minded bible fanatics that just look at one small thing in the bible then feed the world with their hate over it. At the same time they ignore all the other silly laws made by man they claimed were made by god. These gif’s say it all.

    Exactly!

    Omg this was best post I’ve seen today, I will never scroll by this. EVER

    Oh god yes, this was just a beautiful moment in The West Wing, which really reminds me why I should finish watching it. Got distracted by a holiday…

    theepunkerchick:

    bloodonhisfangs:

    joshmosh415:

    I can never stop posting this. The narrow minded bible fanatics that just look at one small thing in the bible then feed the world with their hate over it. At the same time they ignore all the other silly laws made by man they claimed were made by god. These gif’s say it all.

    Exactly!

    Omg this was best post I’ve seen today, I will never scroll by this. EVER

    Oh god yes, this was just a beautiful moment in The West Wing, which really reminds me why I should finish watching it. Got distracted by a holiday…

    theepunkerchick:

    bloodonhisfangs:

    joshmosh415:

    I can never stop posting this. The narrow minded bible fanatics that just look at one small thing in the bible then feed the world with their hate over it. At the same time they ignore all the other silly laws made by man they claimed were made by god. These gif’s say it all.

    Exactly!

    Omg this was best post I’ve seen today, I will never scroll by this. EVER

    Oh god yes, this was just a beautiful moment in The West Wing, which really reminds me why I should finish watching it. Got distracted by a holiday…

    theepunkerchick:

    bloodonhisfangs:

    joshmosh415:

    I can never stop posting this. The narrow minded bible fanatics that just look at one small thing in the bible then feed the world with their hate over it. At the same time they ignore all the other silly laws made by man they claimed were made by god. These gif’s say it all.

    Exactly!

    Omg this was best post I’ve seen today, I will never scroll by this. EVER

    Oh god yes, this was just a beautiful moment in The West Wing, which really reminds me why I should finish watching it. Got distracted by a holiday…