scurrying

i forgot to link to scott kurtz's gift, the photo's are simply heartwarming!

xkcd's laser elevator post - as i said, if he would start writing and illustrating science and math books i would definitely purchase them - education should be fun :)

i'm shocked. no, really, i'm absolutely blown away that with all the other problems that south-africans have, specifically the number of "regular" homicides per day, this sort of thing is an issue.
at least somebody had a damn motive in this story, and the victim was dignified with a death that obviously had some kind of meaning.
i find that far better than the arbitrariness of the usual.

i slept like a baby last night, and this morning the kid and i did the deli after sorting out monies with our flatmate.
i went to dizengoff in search of a stress-ball, finding an awesome bookstore ala never-ending story on the way, perused a number of stores and gave up - and bought tennis balls (and a part of my costume for purim and the easter vortex), then ran into the mongoose and his girlfriend.

they sat with me while i ate lunch, then the mongoose found exactly what i needed: a smiley-face stress ball. good stuff!

it was good seeing them, i had a pleasant walk back home, and i'm now rushing off to see the new rambo movie with the kid and his family.