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The corporate customer agreement between Avis and the UC system doesn’t include the “intermediate SUV” class. So the only way to get a vehicle with four-wheel drive and decent clearance, and be covered under UC’s insurance policy, is to rent in the “nonsensical gas-guzzler” class. (Note: there is a further class of SUV, the “giant […]
I had just finished planting a couple of tomatoes in the front yard when a woman parked in front of my house. She got out of her car, and we chatted a bit; she was probably right that I should’ve planted on the other side of the walk, where they’d get a little more sun, […]
So I’m browsing through the latest issue of Tectonophysics when I see that “[s]everal long-range seismic profiles were carried out in Russia with Peaceful Nuclear Explosions (PNE).” Holy oxymorirony, Batman! Don’t nuclear arsenals carry a certain amount of bellicosity with them, which can only be removed by a painstaking ceremony involving lots of little children […]
I’ve been meaning to put together some thoughts on co-op life for a while now. While I generally adore my house, my housemates, and the abstract concept of cooperative living, Oscar Wilde is still not quite the hippie nerd commune of my dreams.
Aesthetics: in the hippie nerd commune of my dreams, there are thick walls, […]
Flowers invest hella energy into creating some bizarre reproductive organs. That’s what you’re giving your mom, sweetheart, sick uncle in a vase of mixed bouquet. Plant nuticles.
While monkies get some colorful behinds to signal their sexy monkyness, flowering plants are far more lurid. Desert wildflowers come to mind especially; their entire annual life is devoted […]
Flowers invest hella energy into creating some bizarre reproductive organs. That’s what you’re giving your mom, sweetheart, sick uncle in a vase of mixed bouquet. Plant nuticles.
While monkies get some colorful behinds to signal their sexy monkyness, flowering plants are far more lurid. Desert wildflowers come to mind especially; their entire annual life is devoted […]
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Funniest shit I’ve seen all week.
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You’d think chemical companies would have figured out how to stop killing and maiming their workers by now, but apparently not. Readers with […]
Ah, perchlorate - an issue near and dear to my paycheck! I can’t comment on the toxicology… but once again I am reminded of just how silly it is to plumb with a single set of pipes. I don’t want to drink diluted rocket fuel, but I’m pretty confident that it won’t hurt me to […]
I’m so writing my city councillors on this one: 3-ton SUVs are illegal in my neighborhood (and others). I’m sure if they tried to enforce the ban, all the Hummer owners would get together and “help” with the City Hall renovations… but hey, an irate citizenry knocking down historic buildings is a small price […]
A discussion on Frogs and Ravens has morphed from earthquakes to water resources - which was at least partly my fault. Maybe mostly my fault. So, here I am with a steaming pile of blame ready to plop back down on my own blog.
This isn’t the first time I’ve twigged onto a casual remark about […]