Well, I don’t know what’s up with my last post. Seems like there must be a missing closing tag somewheres, but that’s all part of the style sheet hidden away on the server in the far, far north. I did “view source” for good measure, just because I could. It works fine in Firefox, for what it’s worth. Maybe it’s the new Internet Explorer that has the problem, not my widdle biddy web page. If you are burning to leave a comment, just click anywhere on the underlined text.

Ok, check out the parasite fungi video clip from David Atenborough, which I foundon the blog of the Parasite King, Carl Zimmer.  It is amazing, if you find giant spores growing out of the heads and bodies of insects amazing.  I do.  And the filming is beautiful.

My ears were getting hot just now and I couldn’t figure out why. “Who is talking about me behind my back? Is it angels?” I asked myself. Then I realized I had put on big headphones to listen to music about an hour ago, but had forgotten to actually turn the music on. Whew! Headphone-free life is good.
Here is a description from a job I applied for on Monday:

“The ideal candidate enjoys learning; is inquisitive, creative, and attentive to detail; is well organized, dependable, assertive, and goal oriented; is able to work well independently and as part of a team; and is comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. We are looking for someone with excellent writing, project management, and client services skills. ”

And yet, here it is Wednesday night, and they still haven’t called! Did my doppelganger get the job first?

I got my first flip phone. I don’t know what the big deal is about flip phones. It seems easier NOT to flip than to flip. Before my phone-answering strategy was look, push button, talk. Now it is look, flip, look again, push button, talk. My phone flipping hand is going to get overdeveloped muscles. In what should be simple interactions, people’s eyes will slide nervously to the wide, sinewy claw that was once my phone-answering hand. I will have to remember to switch off. Calls from the east coast, I will answer with my right hand. Calls from the west, with my left. But how coordinated do you have to be to look, flip, push, and talk with your non-dominant hand?