- Fur seals at Sinclair Head. http://t.co/tPzQY90 #
- Complete archive of the BBC's Reith Lectures. I recall being awed listening to Vilayanur Ramachandran in 2003. http://t.co/qAopP9q #
- Once upon a time, a sheep sneezed. Bless ewe. The end. #
- Cult-classic-film-title-pun-based business name of the week: http://t.co/4dccQyo #
- Survived Monday at work with only moderate swearing and just 20 minutes spent sobbing into the crumbs of a half-eaten scone. A good start. #
- Gimme an 's'! Gimme a 'tarving'! Gimme that donut. #
- Shall I have some wine? Wait. That's not right. I mean 'I shall have some wine'. #
- Think this morning's @laffare coffee from Thorndon New World was made with slightly 'off' milk. Tastes a bit sour. It's usually very good. #
- Loving the audiobook of 'Why does E = mc2?' by @ProfBrianCox and @jrf1968. It's like a physics version of an episode of Columbo!
# - 8pm already. The week creeps inexorably onwards, like the Pensioner of Time's tongue extending to meet the Soup Spoon of Eventuality. #
- My washing machine is making sounds like Treebeard straining through a particularly twiggy poo. #
- Grin, moon-dog! (anag.) #
- Q. Why did the horse's hair fall out?
A. Gallopecia. #
- Seconded! RT @grazingbison We need a new mythological creature. I nominate @TheLastHatGirl to discover, name and tame it. #
- Reduced to 30p in the local cash'n'carry: http://t.co/wDXpAvQ What better to counteract the recent wintery weather in NZ? #
- Still no call-up for Hobbit extras casting, but my hopes are fading: the ad I responded to has been taken down. My beard and I are sad
# - I am going to bed but I feel like sleep is going to evade me tonight. Mood is up and down like a yo-yo on a pogo-stick in a lift. #
- I think I've broken my energy-momentum four-vector. That means I don't have to get up, right? #
- In spacetime the volume of your screams is invariant. #
- According to the laws of general relativity, jam is a conserved quantity. #
- The antimatter equivalent of the photon is the photoff. #
- Wow RT @BBCNews See the moment the Eiffel Tower was struck by a huge bolt of lightning during a thunderstorm in Paris http://j.mp/nD0AvE #
- Woohoo! MT @googlealumni We have our 3 winners of Galaxy Tabs! Congrats to Neal Sussman, Simon McArthur and Prajakta Vartak! #
- I saw a man this morning with ears so full of black hair I thought he was wearing fuzzy earphones. #
- Video tours of Christchurch's 'Red Zone' http://t.co/6l9OxED #
- "These hobnobs are very moreish, Stavros!": http://t.co/RXqDUsw #
- Einstein was a sufferer of geodesickness. #
- In classical music snooker, the most common foul is the Rachman in-off. #
- Budget-conscious composers shop at VivAldi. #
- Pirate physicists make their captives walk the planck. #
- I've been putting it off for while but I think it's about time I did a bit of beard pruning: http://t.co/jhk96TZ #
- Film fans take note: the Will Smith film 'I Am Legend' should not be confused with the Michael Foot biopic 'I Am Leg End'. #
- I'd like to build a realistic working model of the human digestive system but I don't have the stomach for it. #
- Neuroscience fact: swimming with marine mammals can stimulate the release of endolphins. #
- My psyche has gone for a stroll so I'm going to tootle off to watch Gladiator*.
(* maybe Labyrinth) #
- The Mayor Of Caster Sugar #bookkitchen #
- Vol-au-Vent With The Wind #bookkitchen #
- The Hob Bit #bookkitchen #
- Northunger Abbey #bookkitchen #
- Bram Stoker's 'Spatula' #bookkitchen #
- One more, then I must to sleep… #
- The complete works of Chef Scott Fitzgerald #bookkitchen #
- Spring in Wellington: http://t.co/vBycYZ6 #
- Waiting for this to start – very excited: http://t.co/tx0ov3G #
- The Solace Of The Wind, with wooly knickers: http://t.co/q0wbV2g #
- Meant to be playing badminton in an hour and a half. Really don't feel like getting up any time soon. Throat is ticklish. #
- Yesterday's talk by Gino Acevedo (http://t.co/XcKYUSq) on his work on make up and prosthetics for @wetaworkshop was fascinating. Great guy! #
- Possibly unintentional pun of the week: http://t.co/fff6Zfs #