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Friday Five

1. What was the last song you heard?
One by Shania Twain…can’t think of what the title of the song was.

2. What were the last two movies you saw?
In the theater? Cold Mountain and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
On video, Spirited Away and … oh rats, can’t remember the name of it now…

3. What were the last three things you purchased?
Umm, bought groceries the other day, dinner at Sonic last night (wife’s choice, not mine…she gets cravings for these kinds of things) and gas for my car.

4. What four things do you need to do this weekend?
Pick up a cake and fruit plate from the grocery store, get organized for a party, clean the apartment and call my folks.

5. Who are the last five people you talked to?
Wife, 3 people from work, and a lady walking her dog last night.

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35.30572% Geek

According to this Geek Test, I’m only 35.30572% geek, which ranks me as a Major Geek. It’s a long quiz, with lots of questions. Not sure that some of the questions are entirely indicative of someone’s geekiness. The review here pretty much echoes my thoughts about the quiz. My favourite badge of geekhood remains the Geek Code.
Found via Geeks WIth Blogs and From The Soup To The Nuts.

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You could at least flush!

I really hate it when I walk into the men’s bathroom and find all (or most) of the urinals filled with yellow water. It’s just gross. And sometimes, if it’s been a while, you walk into the bathroom and get assaulted by the odour of stale pee left in the urinal. Eewww.

What’s even worse is when I’m doing my business, and the other guy finishes his and leaves without so much as a flush or attempted flush. Sometimes he’ll give a quick whack to the handle, which is completely ineffective. And it’s not like they don’t know it didn’t flush properly. Urinals make distinctive noises when they’re flushed successfully. A quick yank on the handle and a little bit of water dribbling down does not a flush make, and definitely does not make that distinctive sound.

Guys, I mean really, is it that difficult to push the lever or button to flush after you’re finished? Let the water flow and run your own waste water away. Leave a nice mostly clean urinal for the next guy. Do you leave your toilet at home unflushed after doing your business? Are you trying to mark your territory and lay claim to the bathroom? Is the next guy supposed to walk in, smell stale pee and think “Oh, this one belongs to someone else…I’d better find another one”?

I mean, I know guys are supposed to be gross and disgusting creatures, but really. Flush, please! It’s not that hard!

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She’s taking over!

My wife hasn’t even started med school and already she’s carved out a piece of my office for her to use. She’s moving into my office and redecorating. She’s already planned out where I’m supposed to have shelves installed, where to relocate my filing cabinets, printer and other computer bits and which bookshelves she’s going to take over. I think my car is the only personal space I have left now…

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More Hubble goodness at APOD

Coming today to APOD, the newest deep space photo from Hubble, the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field image. The Hubble Deep Field showed hundreds of galaxies in an area previously thought to be dark and empty. Now, with the HUDF containng data from over 400 orbits looking at the same region of space over a 3 month period, I’m sure there will be even more to see, looking even farther back into time.

Lots of cool juicy info in the STSI newsletter