Freak of the Week?

Saw a dude with a helmet on at the gym today. That was a first...

Followup

Today there was a departmental seminar with some guy from Ottawa who got his PhD like three years ago and already had his own group that were producing Science papers. The talk (Catalytic Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation without Activating Groups: A New Biaryl Synthesis) only rendered two marks on the bingo sheet; the two giveaways "You've no idea what's going on" and "Master's student bobs head fighting sleep". In other words a pretty good talk. It is not unusual that I have no clue what the speaker is going on about, especially if it is not physical chemistry. If it's chemistry chemistry I'm totally lost. Unfortunately I think most other people are lost too. Can it really be so hard to get people to speak at a lower level at a departmental seminar? Is it really that important to show off?

Will be tested on next seminar

Regarding the second frame on the fourth row it can be noted that I rarely ask questions at departmental seminars. The third frame on the fifth row is a giveaway though...

Road rage

Road rage, where people (Americans) after being treated unfairly by their fellow road users blow their top and shoot them, is a well known phenomenon. After spending a whole analyzing data I kind of wonder why one so seldom hear about computer rage. People going nuts from their computer not doing what they want it to or crashing for the millionth time ought to be fairly common. Among frustrated office clerks all revved up on caffeine in tiny cubicles the consequences could become severe. Maybe we should be glad that the Americans tend to keep their guns in the glove compartment rather than in the office drawer. Staplers make less damage.