Pointless Anecdotes: Why I'll never be a comedian

2007-08-05

Arkland has a hilarious take on the recent debate about archaeological pseudoscience.

I just have to admit that I could never have written anything similarly funny, I would have got too caught up in actually computing the correct path of Uranus in 4321 BCE.

Anonymous said...: Neither will I! It was actually someone who did some calculating on the path of Uranus...; 20:18

Recently read

Springer Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1681: The Dynamical System Generated by the 3n + 1 Function G Wirsching. Occasionally I could follow the reasoning.
Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 2: Boeing 707 R Mak. Planespotter pictures in random order.
Airlines series, volume 1: Garuda Indonesia J Mols. It’s always the poor people who are paying for everything.
The de Havilland DH.60 Moth S McKay. The women’s plane in its glory.
Handbook on Rigid Class 23 Airships Admiralty Airship Department. An industry fumbles with high-tech.
Barney Barnfather: Life on a Spitfire Squadron A Mansfield. Focussed on the progress of the war from the perspective of Barnfather’s squadrons.

Places I keep track of

IPMS Stockholm One of the best plastic modelling forums you'll find.
Hyperscale More modelling stuff.
Occasional kvetch Thnidu is a linguist and an old friend.
Another CyborgManifesto Small and large, always with alarming skill.
Aardvarchaeology What kind of archaeologist doesn't have a whip or even a fedora?
Arkland Archaeology and random bits.
Pharyngula Biology, politics and atheism. And eight-legged animals.
Something positive Magical realism in a very cynical way.
Chicken Wings It's about birds…that fly…
xkcd Don't miss the mouse-overs.

Pointless Anecdotes