Well she did ...

Yeah, I have had a bit of a backlog of thoughts lately. Anyway, best times to say 'that's what she said':

Other person says:

"Well,  that was quick."

"I am not impressed."

"Are you finished yet?"

"Have you even started yet?"

"I guess I slept through it."

For all of the above it is best to hang your head a bit as you give the response.

Batteries

Batteries are amazing! Today we have cars that can run for miles on a single battery charge, and flashlights can work for days before the batteries need to be replaced! So how come my electric razor battery dies with only half of my face shaved? Some batteries are amazing.

Working lunch

As a biologist working with organisms that smell like bread, the longer I put off lunch to continue working, the tastier agar plates start to look. Basically I get a different image in my head when I hear 'working lunch' than most people do.

Cargo pants

The x-axis is education level. The y-axis is arbitrary units. I have never thought that cargo pants were cool, but I did think that they are a step above a manbag for carrying things, until my pants started to get really heavy.

I wanted to ask about a blog post

I bothers me a bit when someone asks a question in the form "I was going to ask you ...". I always want to say "Cool. So what are you going to do instead?"

You can be a leader or a follower

All my life I have heard that you can either be a follower. Experience tells me though, some people just walk alone.

Osama Bin Laden

If you had asked me yesterday if we should kill or capture Bin Laden, I would have said capture. I am against capital punishment, and I do not think that killing someone is a just punishment for past crimes.
I was not consulted though, and when I woke up this morning he was dead. I must admit I feel a lot of relief at this loss of life, but I don't feel that this is in connection to Bin Laden's past deeds. I feel that this is an opportunity to undermine international terrorist movements by taking away their biggest figurehead. Someone has probably already stepped up to take his place, but they will not be a symbol in the same way he was.
I do feel some guilt for having positive feelings about the death of another person, but I feel that the world is a better place today than it was yesterday.

Note: I wrote most of this yesterday, but I am a busy guy and was not ready to post until today.