Working from home in my pajamas on a day when “work”=writing up an interview I did with a physics student about his project on possible causes of the universe’s accelerated expansion. (That’s right, bitches. That shit’s expanding faster than before, not slower like all your high school teachers told you.)
Physicists are my favorite science nerds. By a long shot.
Categories: Miscellany
Tagged: mad scientists, Things that make me happy
The days of misplacing your puppy are over:
glowing fucking puppy!
Categories: News Flashes
Tagged: fun with pets, mad scientists
A couple of days ago, I read this article in the New York Times about these folks who are cloning pet owners’ beloved pets–for a steep, steep price, of course.
So, if you really love Toonces, or Rusty, or Tucker, you don’t really have to say goodbye when he dies! Live on in your heart? How about on your sofa bed instead!
There are, I don’t know… maybe five billion issues with this, but these are the three that are foremost in my mind.
1. With so, so many animals being killed in pounds each year because they can’t be placed, it seems a little fucked up to allow people to freaking reincarnate their dead animals instead of giving a home to one of these poor guys awaiting the chopping block.
2. I think the grief process is a sucky but important part of being human, and I don’t like the way this messes with it.
3. How long till we try this with people? This is provided someone’s not done it already, which they probably have. Can we even begin to imagine the implications?
(And… one last thing… how weird is it that this is in the “Home and Gardens” section? I mean, seriously.)
Categories: Observations
Tagged: fun with pets, just sayin', mad scientists, New York Times
