I find the cheap squishy foam earplugs are much more comfortable than the multi-baffle rubber/plastic ones, as they conform to your ear canal versus requiring you to locate the correct size.

The two are not mutually exclusive.

What was it? Post a link?

Dear ancient absent abhorrent gods, Braak, that was a long article. You left a lot of thoughts dangling along the wayside there, all alone and starving for attention... :)

I has shivers. This looks awesome. :D

Yeah, that would be why I have a Mac then.

I hate it when the technology likes me too much. I think they need to make hipster technology; tech that's so cool it doesn't need to like you, because you'll like it.

@FrankN.Stein: Did people just not *realize* back then?!?

@RockNRollMartian: There's that too.

@Damob: I like him. I loved the Flinx books as a kid, and last time I read them they were still pretty darn good. And some other stuff he's written has been very decent too...

@szielins: Thank you! And <3 for the science.

Aaaaand Lady Gaga is back in my head with pokerface, only now it's mutated and joined by the Dr. Who theme and the word Spookeyface.

Aaaaaah! I just bit my knuckle. And waved my hands in the air. Completely spontaneously, and without thought for the fact that there's no curtain on my office window yet... Hope the neighbors aren't looking.

Yes, I got the title wrong. You're absolutely right, it was Dogsbody...

Mensch away! :)

It seems to make the person eat differently... it was so strange getting a close-up of her eating. A couple times it looked like she put the food in her mouth and took it back out again.

No! Dammit, she was awesome! :(

Oh, most definitely. It's actually the second book I've read with backups of the mind causing interesting problems for murder... the first one had gender-bending clone sex, too, but I forget the title.

The tape recorder seems to be a reference to Nixon's tendency to record all his conversations, which eventually brought him low... an excellent way to show that this particular conversation wasn't recorded and so could never come to light in the ensuing investigations.

This has been a hell of a month and that was the most adorable thing ever. Thank you, you are a goddess.