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Quiet

February 9, 2009 – 6:36 pm

Boy it’s quiet round here, eh? I am snowed under by a combination of work, domesticity and online flash games. Oh, and apathy. But mostly flash games. I’m currently pondering switching over to a somewhat longer post once per week. I’ve the feeling this would be a lot less work than either a) my previous [...]

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Memory test

January 27, 2009 – 9:38 am

From the BBC: “Reducing what you eat by nearly a third may improve memory, according to German researchers.” They half-starved these folks, then asked them what they had for tea last night. Turns out they could remember every last detail.

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Ballot Writing

December 19, 2008 – 11:10 am

There’s a recount going on in the Minnesota Senatorial race between Norman Coleman (R) and Alan Franken (D). The vote highlights the inadequacy of much of the US voting system – the variability of the voting methods used means that if this was a science experiment they’d have to give a margin of error. That’s [...]

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Best. Nativity. Ever.

December 12, 2008 – 10:19 am

Last night was my daughter’s school nativity play (she did great), which featured ukeleles, interpretive dance, a girl playing air recorder, and the theme from The Exorcist. Genius.

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Spring’s Lease

December 4, 2008 – 10:55 am

My daughter goes to a local Brownie pack where my aunt is Brown Owl and Claire is a helper. We found out yesterday that one of the Brownies had died after collapsing at the weekend. It doesn’t seem to have really registered with Lauren, as she didn’t particularly know the girl, but obviously the adults [...]

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