reflections
January 28th, 2005 Thanks for the reminder, Steph!

January 28th, 2005 Drunken Germans? What a surprise!

JenKa sent me this the other day. As a proud drunk myself, I found this game very easy. My best score was 57 (although my average is a whopping 5m.) The object is to keep the drunk man walking without falling over by rolling your mouse from left to right - no c licking necessary!!!
Drunk Dash!
(Apparently the record is 82 meters! But how we know this? A mystery.)

January 27th, 2005 Holy Island Of Dr. Calagari, Batman!

Animal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy
Maryann Mott
National Geographic News
January 25, 2005

Scientists have begun blurring the line between human and animal by producing chimeras—a hybrid creature that’s part human, part animal.

girl bulldogge
(Blossom, with her opposable thumb!)

Weird and creepy lines, blurred since the introduction of the tomalontomalon, or salmatosalmato of the 90s are getting more confusing. (brochure providing the history in brief) As we all know, there is a high level of risk involved in releasing crossbred species into the wild, with specialists (and amphibians) particularly in danger of losing their niche. But as noted in the article, the potential benefits may outweigh the risks. Personally I’m terrified of this slippery slope of progress. As IDreamInCode (who brought the article to my attention) reiterates, “What legal rights will a chimera be granted?” More fodder for PETA?

January 25th, 2005 Weird fish

So I immediately took the Weird Test. Of course. And I got a 96. And I thought, WHOO HOO!!! I’m in the top of the weird class!!! Yeah baby. and then I saw, that meant ….FIFTY PERCENT of the people who took this test are more weird. 50%!
What is your weird quotient? Click to find out!

This would be a really good place to link you to photos of weird fish….

January 25th, 2005 Yuliya Tymoshenko

Woke to an NPR story announcing .

Scott Sheets , NPR Morning Edition, January 25, 2005 ·

    Ukraine’s new president names Yulia Tymoshenko be his Prime Minister. She emerged as one of the leaders of the Orange Revolution, which bought hundreds of thousands out onto the streets of Kiev to protest November’s fraudulent presidential elections.

Which for some reason I heard as “Oil Princess of Japan appointed Prime Minister.” Don’t know where I thought she was being appointed Prime Minister of; maybe Texas? Why do I admit these things in public? Here’s a clue:
The Nerd Test! My score summary? Not nerdy, but definitely not hip.

I am nerdier than 38% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!