Among other not completely pleasant occurrences of the day. Um… yeah. Life is soon to return to “normal,” whatever that means.

It’s 4:25 am and I got up early to do chemistry, and this has managed to make my day already. Reason #1: The guy ranks right up there with Donald Trump on the likability scale. (Why the heck do people watch The Apprentice anyway? I don’t get it.) #2: The content itself is pretty amusing, seeing as literally nobody is actually saying what s/he means.

I have my opinions about the college dailies, but I’ll save that for some other time. Predictions (because I don’t have time to go actually read them now): The YDN will have a somewhat less subtle ball, the HC will be apologetic and full of “clever” platitudes, and the Tech will turn the story into a general affront to the students of “that ‘other’ school.” The AP’s ideally non-editorializing news story is either always disregarded, or an unachievable goal to begin with.

What should I do with that last Summers dollar bill? Hmm…

Hey man, you ever try pheromones? If you wanna attract the ladies at the club…

So says a piece of spam I discovered in my email today. I usually wouldn’t give it a second thought, but this one struck me as being particularly amusing. Pheromones, hm? I suppose if you wanted to go unwashed for a week or two, you’ll be giving off plenty of pheromones. I don’t know about attracting any ladies, though.

Hmm… I wonder, if you go hiking while wearing musk, will you find deer following you about?

Updates on the blog:

1. Registered users now have levels, 0-10. Posts also have levels: 0 is completely public, 10 is completely private. If your level is greater than or equal to a post’s level, you can see it. If you’re not logged in, you can’t see it.
2. Registered users can also choose to receive email subscriptions if they like. Just log in and you will see a tab at the top with subscription options. (If you’re already getting email subscriptions, don’t bother — it means I manually subscribed you before I figured out how to let you do it.) Unfortunately, you won’t be getting emails for restricted posts, even if those posts are at or below your level. You’ll have to come here and log in.
3. There is now a visitor counter on my sidebar. It is ugly. I will make it prettier when I get around to it.
4. You will be able to use Gravatars soon. You can use Gravatars now!

“I probably do drugs. I probably even sell them. Look, there’s a triple-beam balance on my workspace counter.”

Do you believe me? Yesterday, my dad sat me down after dinner and asked me, “Do you do drugs? You look like you do drugs.” I stared back at him incredulously. So the part about the balance is true — I’m using it to weigh and cut down the weight of the balsa tower I’m building for science olympiad. But beyond that… seriously, I didn’t know it was possible to mistake senioritis for drug use.

You see a sign on a door that reads “Homologous Structures Inside.” You go in to find:

Yes, this was a question on today’s biology exam. No joke.