“In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people’s home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get…
Life
Hug O’War
I’m a touchy kind of person. I love hugs and firmly believe hugs can solve a lot of problems. It’s been scientifically documented that people need touch. But in this politically-correct world where touch isn’t allowed and where touch means more about your device screen than human contact, there are many people (adults and children)…
Brain meltdown
I’m finding it very difficult to write reports for work. Not the word count. Those piddly little numbers are but a blink now I’m used to writing 70 thousand words. It’s the writing style. I’d forgotten what it was like when I started writing seriously and had to switch off my scientific brain and switch…
Law of the garbage truck…
My Dad sent this to me and lately it’s been appropriate: One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes,…
Consequences…
If you haven’t heard of the Darwin Awards they are named in the “spirit of Charles Darwin, [and] commemorate individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives. Darwin Award winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner, thereby improving our species’ chances of long-term survival”. The stories listed…