It’s Not Happening

Here’s a lovely piece on using good old calculus to determine the optimal time to say “I love you” for the first time. Fans of xkcd will adore it, I think. There are parts that my calculus-deficient sister and others like her might need to skim over (though I think saying that guarantees that Jill will make the effort), but overall, it’s short, punchy and not too dense. Like my dream girl!

It was perfect. I was walking – trudging, maybe? – from my house to a coffee shop to work in the cold, grey, bleak, windy autumn that I love so much, and feeling sorry for myself in that hilariously narcissistic, perspective-free fashion that is my birthright as an American. I could just barely hear a sad piano and children’s chorus punching up my woes, but just as I reached the crescendo of fake despair, a bird shit on my shoulder and tipped me all the way over into absurdity, my BFF of emotions. Plus it’s a great excuse to post this picture you’ve already seen:

I was always more of a Linus fan, so the change of mood was welcome for many reasons. And dig the security hanky, which seems to make Anime Linus pretty vanilla, if I read my Internet hanky code cheat sheet right. (no link – do I have to do everything for you?)

“The McCain-Feingold Act criminalizes politics.” – Newt Gingrich

“If only.” – Rob Lightner