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Apr. 16th, 2010
As promised
Apr. 16th, 2010 11:29 amAs promised, a link to the band that made an album based around the Futurama episode "The Sting":
Atomic Raygun Attack presents: The Sting
It's a free album, and these guys look like fun. The bass player wears kitty ears.
Atomic Raygun Attack presents: The Sting
It's a free album, and these guys look like fun. The bass player wears kitty ears.
*rant goggles on*
Apr. 16th, 2010 01:08 pmIf I hear someone say that sociology is not a "real" science one more time...
Look, it is. Why? Because it uses the scientific method, it can be tested, and the results can be objectively verified. You know why "Intelligent Design" is not science? Because it is none of those!*
Yes, it focuses factors that are hard to measure and quantify and there are quite a few hacks out there who don't do it right, but the field itself is still science. Just because I do not wear a white labcoat does not mean I am not a scientist.
Anyone who claims that I'm not will be introduced to my theory of percussive trauma via a smack to the head. My hypothesis? It will hurt!
* This was the actual judicial rationalize that removed "Intelligent Design" from the school science curriculum in several cases
Look, it is. Why? Because it uses the scientific method, it can be tested, and the results can be objectively verified. You know why "Intelligent Design" is not science? Because it is none of those!*
Yes, it focuses factors that are hard to measure and quantify and there are quite a few hacks out there who don't do it right, but the field itself is still science. Just because I do not wear a white labcoat does not mean I am not a scientist.
Anyone who claims that I'm not will be introduced to my theory of percussive trauma via a smack to the head. My hypothesis? It will hurt!
* This was the actual judicial rationalize that removed "Intelligent Design" from the school science curriculum in several cases
Specs! Now with photos!
Apr. 16th, 2010 07:56 pmI wasn't going to take these tonight, but one benefit of the crappy quality of the webcam is that it hides the big bags under my eyes from a week off too little sleep, too much stress and allergies. D:
These new ones actually aren't that different from my old ones in terms of shape, but I like the effect they have on my face (balancing out my wide forehead and jawline while emphasizing the arch of my eyebrows and shape of my eyes, yes I thought far too much about this), and it always bugged me the way the old ones ticked up slightly at the temples:
Getting photos of these without the glare of the screen interfering is harder than it looks:
Side view, to give a better sense of their shape:
And another. Also visible are my "hair antennae" in the front:
Also, these are technically men's glasses since they were in the "men's" section of the display, not that I care. Amusingly enough (or not) as I was browsing the frames in the women's section of the eye doctor's office they were called things like "Fun" "Flirty" and "Passion"... while the men's were things like "Legacy" "Boardroom" and "Confidence" among others.
... Really, eyeglass manufacturers? Really?
(Incidentally mine didn't have a name, just a model number, and are from a company called Tempo that makes them for both genders)
(And as a bonus the new curtains are visible in the background, though they're not actually that puke-green and are in fact more olive, once again it's the picture quality or lack thereof doing that)
These new ones actually aren't that different from my old ones in terms of shape, but I like the effect they have on my face (balancing out my wide forehead and jawline while emphasizing the arch of my eyebrows and shape of my eyes, yes I thought far too much about this), and it always bugged me the way the old ones ticked up slightly at the temples:
Getting photos of these without the glare of the screen interfering is harder than it looks:
Side view, to give a better sense of their shape:
And another. Also visible are my "hair antennae" in the front:
Also, these are technically men's glasses since they were in the "men's" section of the display, not that I care. Amusingly enough (or not) as I was browsing the frames in the women's section of the eye doctor's office they were called things like "Fun" "Flirty" and "Passion"... while the men's were things like "Legacy" "Boardroom" and "Confidence" among others.
... Really, eyeglass manufacturers? Really?
(Incidentally mine didn't have a name, just a model number, and are from a company called Tempo that makes them for both genders)
(And as a bonus the new curtains are visible in the background, though they're not actually that puke-green and are in fact more olive, once again it's the picture quality or lack thereof doing that)
