I haven’t once needed to turn on the heat in my apartment this winter season. Will the wonders of modern insulation technology ever cease?

I finally figured out a concrete goal for my Postdoc: To learn how to implement everything I used a proprietary tool for during my PhD.

I received my first telemarketing call today. It appears there are some perks to not understanding the local language.

This is so that I can work on my brother’s CV, cover letters etc. when he gets the urge to apply for a new job every few years.

No matter what computing platform I move to, I need to keep a copy of MS Word handy.

The trouble with the internet is that it’s not always easy to detect sarcasm. Or is that what makes it awesome?

My dying phone dies even faster beeping repeatedly attempting to inform me it’s dying.

It’s clear to me that wars are just competitions for resources to maintain wasteful lifestyles.

My toothbrush is beeping incessantly and I don’t know how to turn it off. Need to figure out how to isolate it if I am to sleep.

If I hear the words "an historic" one more time, things are going to turn violent.

Now that we’ve gotten the inauguration out of the way, it’s time to focus on the next round: McKinney/Kucinich 2012!

As much as I try to deny it, I’ve been Americanised in ways I’m not proud of.

I noticed an abandoned bag in the metro on my way to work. Sadly, my response was to freak out and step as far away from it as possible.

One of the many positive effects of a financial meltdown.

Enticing smart people to resume doing real things as opposed to wasting their time on bogus derivatives trading.