Category Archives: Hatboy’s Nuggets of Crispy-Fried Wisdom

My previous post about Star Wars Fanboy mating rituals sparked a grand old discussion about the relative merits of a cruel and passionate video review as opposed to a bitter and nitpicky meta-review, and the factual content and impact of … Continue reading →

I was recently called upon, as token Australian in this neck of the woods, to provide some descriptions of Australian animals for the kid-of-a-friend, based on nothing more than the Finnish names for these animals as found in a kids’ … Continue reading →

  Here’s something that’s been gnawing at me.   The U.S. (pop. ~300 million) has something like 60 times the population of Finland (pop. ~5 million). Now even considering that Americans don’t pay anywhere near as much tax as Finns, … Continue reading →

Okay. This is what everybody says they want in a workplace, right? The positive benefits of a close-knit family unit, with none of the dysfunction, none of the feuds and, for the singles, perhaps a tad more incest. Here’s a … Continue reading →

  I fear for the human soul.   People are smaller, meaner, less magnificent than they once were. Oh, glorification of the past plays a part in it, sure, but I can’t help but think there’s more to it than … Continue reading →

  So, as described in an earlier entry, we had this amazing seminar about treating customers nicely. I can’t go into too much detail because it’s probably secret.   The basic theory we learned was that there is a spectrum … Continue reading →

So, all’s going well at my current project, about which I can’t say anything and wouldn’t if I could. Had a bit of spare time today, and found this clinking around in the ol’ head. So I decided to put … Continue reading →

I’ve been wasting a bit of time this week. I admit it.   But anyway, in the course of my time-wasting, I’ve taken to bringing my lunch to work, and eating it at my desk. This may look like hard-working … Continue reading →

Arnold Rimmer, famed smeghead, was once posed the following question by an astrophysics examination textbook: What does the red spectrum tell us about quasars? His reply was (dictated): In answering the question, ‘What does the red spectrum tell us about … Continue reading →