What's frightening about this?

That I actually understand all the Treky and HGTTG references written in.

from xkcd

Mental_Floss Daily Quiz = Chocolatey goodness

Mental_Floss has a George Castanza candy quiz. The scary thing was that I did the entire quiz before I realized there was an answer pool immediately above the questions, and I still got an 80%. I swear I'm not a candy bar hound, I swear.

The George Costanza Candy Identification Quiz



Score: 80% (8 out of 10)

I love this video.

Did someone order a scrotum?

A few days ago I posted about a series of illustrations I'm doing for an upcoming Urology textbook. Here's the one I did of the layers of the scrotal wall. Click for a bigger pic. Or not.

Thursday Afternoon Pet Peeves

For realz, people, don't name drop, it's unbecoming.




Furthermore, don't ask for favors. I only like doing favors for nice people who don't ask for it, not for people who expect it.

MTA Undercover Agent Strikes Again!

So, I've said in the past that the MTA subtly and cleverly place agents throughout their transit system with the sole purpose of driving me nucking futs. Today was no exception.

The subway arrives, I go to step on, and a child, a seven year-old, adorable little girl, followed by her doting mama (or grandmama, I couldn't tell) literally shoves me out of the way with her little toothpick arms, runs to a seat, sees where I'm gonna sit, changes her mind, shoves me out of the way AGAIN and sits in my seat. "DUDE!" I exclaim, completely taken aback, and look over at (grand)mama. Laughing, she said, "Say excuse me."

Since living in NYC, I've encountered numerous children with a complete and utter lack of manners, but this is the first time I've ever felt like confronting the offending parent about it.

Touche, MTA, touche.

Hehe...he said "epiglottis"

Ever since Bush's reelection, I've been saying that he's gonna try to find some reason to postpone the next election so he can stay in office longer. Now, it looks like McCain is starting to dip his toes in that water.

John Scalzi, science fiction writer and author of the blog Whatever, posted recently on John McCain.

[McCain] "also suggests we cancel (or, “delay”) the presidential debate on Friday, and maybe the VP debate next week. You know, just to be sure we’re all focused on the economy, instead of, frivolous things, such as the fact that John McCain apparently hasn’t had a useful thought about the national economy since he married a heiress, and that Sarah Palin can’t be trusted to extemporize about damn near anything without appearing like she’s stuffing her conservative-yet-stylish pumps far enough down her throat to alarm her epiglottis. "

For reals, McCain? Honestly, the only scary thing that's been happening on Wall Street has been that rich people are losing their money. I am not rich. Do you see me panicing? Banks are FDIC insured, so I'm not worried about my life's savings disappearing.

Relax people, rich dudes feeling an economic pinch is good for them. It builds character.