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There was a lot of driving today to go and see the Penguin Parade at Phillips Island, about two hours south of Melbourne. This will hopefully explain all of the exposition on driving that I’ll make later.
On the way to the Penguin Parade, we stopped off at a little wildlife sanctuary to see some of [...]

An excerpt from an email I sent a couple of weeks ago
Incidentally, I went to a theme park (Thorpe Park, near London) with some friends yesterday, which was good fun. The best part was when we went to a ride called ‘Tidal Wave’.
Now, Tidal Wave is basically a big log flume (like Splash Mountain). When [...]

Not All Men Are Telepathic - another Craiglist classic:
Ladies, a good number of us men regret to inform you we are not telepathic and cannot read your mind. We get paid to take our boss’s bullshit because we cannot read their minds, could you please cut us some slack? If you are interested in a [...]

I generally see myself as being pretty informed when it comes to current events and recent history (I also consider myself very modest). So it’s always a surprise when the occasional gaping hole in my knowledge is revealed, e.g.:
Adrian has initiated one of his usual ‘how the future will be so different and how exactly [...]

On Zetatalk - a cult religion has predicted that ‘Planet X’ will be passing by earth next month. As you might expect, some of the cult members are getting a bit nervous right now; ‘Shouldn’t it be visible in our skies now?’ they ask. Luckily, the daring astronomical community has it all under control (via [...]

Update on the Civilization 3: Culture Game - we now have seven confirmed players, and will be starting as soon as our last player receives his copy of Civ3 and PTW, eighth player or no eighth player. Here is a revised version of a recruiting email I sent out yesterday:
To those who are wavering: This [...]

Pride and Extreme Prejudice - possibly the funniest thing I have read this year. A couple of SF authors have come up with the idea of a Terminator/Pride and Prejudice crossover on rec.arts.sf.written and are current writing it piecemeal, to the delight of the newsgroup regulars. It should, nay, must be published as a full [...]

Men and Women think differently - another gem from the Best of Craigslist.

Scene: A moderately untidy lab in a university with stacks of papers on tables and computers humming away to themselves. One person, G, is building a couple of computers and taking apart two others. S watches by. Another, R, is working on a paper.
G holds up a dusty-looking computer card.
G: R, what should I do [...]

I spent part of yesterday afternoon engaged in playing games on a friend’s computer; very productive. When I fired up Age of Mythology, the volume on the speakers was off since I’d been having a chat. Just as it was getting into the nice intro sequence, I thought, maybe this would make more sense if [...]