The Accidental Weblog

About the bum shoulder- "Give strong drink to he who is perishing, so that he may forget his troubles, and remember them no more." The bruised limb probably won’t lay you in your tomb, but a hearty dose of ethanol may alleviate the pain. In these parts, Jack Daniels could be the prescription. North of the border, Canadian Club. Myself, I have to make do with naproxen sodium, since I am practically a teetotaler: one bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale (Newkie Broon) every two or three months, depending where and when my favorite Celtic Music group is performing at an Irish pub.

Yeah, Bushmills; I should have known. Just don’t OD on it.

Did you check out Bad astronomer today? There is a dispute about the existence of Gliese 581g, the supposedly earthlike exoplanet. Ah well, I wasn’t figuring on emigrating anyway. The surface gravity would be too much for my knees. You probably wouldn’t care to go either if the water were only liquid or gaseous instead of frozen.

(Looks like I blew my Bushmills comments cleaning spam. Freakin’ freeloaders. Anyway…)

Hadn’t read Phil’s, but had heard. It’s not entirely surprising. They’re straining instruments and techniques pretty hard right now to sift these things out.