Don't click on the link in that email

Apparently, according to cleolinda's newslinks spam, there's been a Twitter-phishing epidemic that led to Britney Spears and Barack Obama being hacked. And also Fox News, which got the best fake update IMO. Breaking: Bill O Riley is gay.

sherlock holmes book canon - adventures

Every now and then I got a cosy domestic vibe from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, but Holmes is still much less warm and cuddly than after the return. I am satisfied with setting the first time after "The Empty House", or maybe a couple of cases afterwards. Still, some of the funniest short-stories are in that volume, possibly destined never to be watched again since I'm still not positive whether I want to buy the Jeremy Brett versions, starring as they do The Wrong Watson, not Edward Hardwicke but that other guy, whatever his name was. "The Speckled Band" is particularly domestic (though I'm not otherwise a fan - ACD is at his weakest, IMO, when he tries to introduce the exotic), and also the introductory scenes of "The Noble Bachelor" and "The Beryl Coronet".

apparently everyone SHOULD have a summer cottage

After spending a few minutes on a crowded city street, the brain is less able to hold things in memory, and suffers from reduced self-control. [...] Studies have demonstrated, for instance, that hospital patients recover more quickly when they can see trees from their windows, and that women living in public housing are better able to focus when their apartment overlooks a grassy courtyard.

Wow, the human brain is a wacky thing!

scotland vs wales

Wax thinks Wales is funnier than Scotland, but I can't agree. What do YOU think?

[Poll #1326886]

the little-known departments of starfleet

We've all heard of Security, Command, and Science, but here is the full list of departmental insignia! Including:

1. Refreshments


2. Climatology (ie, The Weather Report)


3. Security


4. LJ (ie, Starfleet Logbook Services)


5. Command


6. Dessert & Geometry (ie, Pi)


7. Piracy


8. Science


9. Physical Maneuvres & Gesticulation (ie, Silly Hand Gestures)

Cim: Look, Wax! It's the little-known other departments of Starfleet!!
wax_jism: And this is what you've spent the last... several hours doing?
Cim: ...It seemed important at the time?

Personally, I have always had a hard time deciding into which of the three better-known departments I should fit, because I don't look very good in pale blue, and am certainly not cut out for security. PROBLEM SOLVED.