I don't know why I forgot….

But I did. Not exactly, but I should probably explain myself.

For some reason, when I’m writing here, I tend to think of my parents as a single entity. And, I don’t know why, but I refer to that entity as ‘Mom’.

This is really very unfair to my dad, who really is a seperate entity, and is just as awesome as my mom. And he deserves equal credit for the presents I’ve gotten — not just the ones from this year.

…and now I guess I have to go fix something before getting lost in another game, or distracted by glossy, full-colour science.

You’re doing it wrong.

I’m jumping on a bandwagon here — hopefully early enough to get a good seat.

See that image over there? It’s a Ralph Lauren ad — obviously. One that…kinda got a bit of attention, because…well, look at it. It’s ‘shopped.

People noticed. And posted about it.

How did the company respond? By sending out DMCA takedown notices, because fair use doesn’t exist.

It’s going to work about as well as it worked for Scientology.
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Science Knowledge Quiz.

This quiz was mentioned over on BadAstronomy a couple of days ago. It’s…stupidly easy. I don’t know anything about the place offering it, beyond ‘they didn’t ask me for contact information’, so I’m going to pretend it’s not relevant.
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