Right, I haven't posted in a while. Why? Because I caught some weird virus from the nethermost pits of hell which insinuated itself in my lungs and in my squishy brain matter and made me cough my guts out and made it impossible to think for almost a week.
It was probably payback for the great week I had before that.
A linguist friend of mine sent me this by email, even as a native french speaker this made me snort my coffee through my nose, enjoy!
ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST
The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words. The winners :
1. Coffee (n.) the person upon whom one coughs.... Read More
Ah the joy of getting up on a cold monday morning, spill coffee everywhere in the lab kitchen, forget to charge my mp3 player and forget the cable and GET A REALLY GREAT RESULT!!
(sound of overworked, overworried, overbooked DeadRat finally sitting his ass down actually relaxing)
Yeah, LOADS of stuff to do at the lab, deadline for december 18th;time to give the biannual report the company that finances my PhD project asks.
NEW HAIR!!
Aha! I'm the proud owner of a genuine french-cut Quebecois originated MOWHAWK. Yes, I felt the pull of my (supposedly) amerindian ancestors and... Read More
Tuesday October 17th is gonna be one kickass night !!
The Sheitans vs the Mephistos; the best improv cabaret ever.
Y'all got to come! Please!!
Not in Nantes? No matter, get a bus, a car, a plane, a boat, a zeppelin, a skateboard, a pogo stick, a sled, a donkey, a wormhole generating hand-held teleportation device, ask a blody level 3486 mage or wizard or... Read More
Went south in Vende and Charentes-Maritime with my lovely miss Len.
Rented a car, drove to B&B, got drunk on red wine.
Woke up early, dressed smart, went to my ex pupil (master's student) wedding, smirked at the lady singing the hymns (badly). Went to reception, ate oysters (mmmm) got tipsy on red wine, went fo a walk along the Chateao d'Olonne beach, got... Read More
My boss sent me there with another PhD student to go dissect and harvest necrotic heart diseased rats for a new genomics projetct.
Stuck in a small room at constant 25C, obligated to wear a lab coat, with 2 other people who listen to pop rock and dance and bithc if you put a metal... Read More
I'm doing ok thanks x
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