“Red Tide”
November 9, 2009
Holy moly, people. Mad Men season finale was fantastic! Seriously, how on earth to they do it? So good.
I got some good things done today, but not nearly as much as I wanted to do. Story of my life, right.
And now some miscellany, because I promised.
Bird drops breadcrumb, damages Large Hadron Collider [via BoingBoing]. What? No, seriously, what? I couldn’t make this up if I tried. Which is why I love the universe, because it’s so much more bizarre than anything I could ever dream up.
Also on the WTF front, sex caused a woman’s short-term amnesia [also via BoingBoing]. I suspect that if they told kids this in sex-ed classes, abstinence might actually take. Don’t have sex, kids, it will rot your brains! Actually, scratch that. Abstinence will never take.
And, lastly, because you can never have too much surreal news: Bears in a German zoo are all losing their fur. They’re not sure why, but now you know what a bear would look like if you could get it to sit still long enough to shave it. Incidentally, according to Stephen Fry and the QI research team, when Victorian circuses claimed to have a pig-faced woman on display, it was actually a shaved bear in a dress and a wig. Why do I know these things?
5 Things:
Getting a full night’s sleep.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Breakfast of champions.
Middle Cyclone. I know I’ve said it before, but Neko Case’s most recent album is completely stellar. I love that woman.
Mad Men. I know I already said it, but whoa. And, um, apparently “whoa” isn’t spelled with a terminal “h.” Why did I think it was? I guess I am fallible, after all.
The slightly crazy kind of fatigue that borders on a manic episode.
thanx so for this morning’s “miscellany”
(and thanx especially for not spilling the “Madmen” finale. I dared to avoid this year’s episodes because I wanted it all from the start/ I just finished last year’s season 2 on dvd. Now, I have to wait for next years to come out, oh no, and “advoid” an additional year???
What’s a guy to do? He will thank you for yr fun sharings
You’re welcome! The internet has trained me to be scrupulous about spoilers (although even I slip from time to time). Although it’s not just people on the internet. I was at an academic conference recently and one of the panelists got scolded for spoiling.
Ok that is some hilarious miscellany. I love the world!
I know, isn’t it amazing?
i tried to like mad men… i really did!
i watched the first 4 or 5 episodes, and i thought it was a nice premise and a well-made show, but the plot and characters were just BORING to me.
This is sad, but I will forgive you. I love you no matter what TV you like.