Category: Deeds

Some sexual cannibals, including female Chinese mantises, actually eat a lot of males. “One study estimated that 63 percent of the diet of females are male mantids,” Dr. Brown said. “So they’re the main food source.”

Eeeeeeew.

Last week I was sitting around with some people in a bar in San Francsico and we were trying to figure out the TSA’s regulations on things on planes.

Snakes are OK, as we know. Solid foods are OK. Laptops are OK, except Dell and Apple laptops on Quantas and Virgin (this because of the Sony batteries that some, but not all, models use).

But what about sort of intermediate things? What about gummi worms or avant-garde culinary foams? I can’t take a can of shaving cream with me, but could I squirt it into a bag and take that? What about oranges? If I take an orange into the screening area, and then juice it, does it suddenly become prohibited? It’s manifestly the same thing, but it’s changed phase to a prohibited phase. Same with ice, really. Since solids are OK but liquids are not, could I bring a bottle of ice onto the plane and let it melt so I could drink it? Would an icee or slurpee be acceptable, or does that count as a liquid?

Crucial issues here, folks.

Scientists have cloned a bear.

A friend of my brother’s is driving across the US on a 50cc Honda Ruckus scooter with a top speed of 35MPH. His entries are absolutely hilarious.

Inspires me to go further on my bike, I’ll tell you that much.

Be safe out there today: don’t put fireworks in your pants.

The cheeks are looking uneven, but overall it’s soft and fuzzy now.

I still don’t know whether to file this under “deeds” or “people,” or for that matter whether it’s an incredibly stupid exercise in self-indulgence.

But then again, what are blogs for?

Does growing a mustache count as an activity, or is it more of a natural process that represents no real achievement? I mean, I’m doing this deliberately, but on the other hand, it requires no real intention, merely patience as my whiskers do their thing.