Random Collected Tidbits
Jun. 5th, 2007 09:46 am1. A serious pet peeve of mine in new business (or possibly military) English coinage is "to include" as used for all instances of listing. ( Or not to include... )
2. Twenty-four new species have been discovered in Suriname [presumably all animals but I'm not certain; somewhat extraordinarily, all news reports I've seen are too friggin' stupid to specify!], out of which 12 are new types of dung beetles, confirming, once again, J.B.S. Haldane's observation that "The Creator, if He exists, has an inordinate fondness for beetles."
3. Following the last Movie Marathon chez Maggotte, I burned my left eye trying to put a contact lens in after having done extensive bare-hand handling of jalapeño peppers. ( Eyeball abuse! Industrial espionage! A dark international conspiracy! 'n' shit. )
2. Twenty-four new species have been discovered in Suriname [presumably all animals but I'm not certain; somewhat extraordinarily, all news reports I've seen are too friggin' stupid to specify!], out of which 12 are new types of dung beetles, confirming, once again, J.B.S. Haldane's observation that "The Creator, if He exists, has an inordinate fondness for beetles."
3. Following the last Movie Marathon chez Maggotte, I burned my left eye trying to put a contact lens in after having done extensive bare-hand handling of jalapeño peppers. ( Eyeball abuse! Industrial espionage! A dark international conspiracy! 'n' shit. )