Slayers fen might want to look at this (and boggle) + Real Life!

Oh, wow...

For non-Slayers fen, imagine a Mary Sue killing God (or whatever Creator-figure exists in your fandom). And the universe not ceasing to exist.

In RL news, I've got about 24 hours (well, ASAP, but I figure an answer 'tomorrow' is good form) to figure out if I want to take on an extra grading assignment for $600. Downside means I'll have to cut out other activities, like research and my free time, and have to read 20 essays written by college freshman every couple of weeks.

Considering that will pay for my holidays (or a used PS2 and an iPod), I'm considering it.

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I have discovered the Cornell Dairy Bar. If I take the 31 instead of the 30 in, I can get a sizable ice cream for $2 on the way into work.

Nothing good can come of this.

(I also heard the story of the Cornell Gaming Club's desire to get a member working in Admissions. See, they have someone in the Dean's office, and someone in the Bursar's office. Once they get someone in the Admissions Office, they can admit, fund and manage the classes of Abrahamo Lincolni, the mythical undergrad president of the Gaming Club who signs their paperwork.)

ETA -- Quote from Steve Brust's weblog (skzbrust):
"A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one who knows how smart he is compared to everyone else, the possibilities for true idiocy are boundless."

Reminds me how I'm reading Forty SIgns of Rain. Kim Stanley Robinson does a nice job of describing how science works, and what some of us are like, even if the book is preachy (I think it's hard to write a near-future political book without ending up looking like you are gunning for one side (in this case, preventing global warming))