I’d accidentally scratched myself; felt a hair tickling me under my shirt, and my goddamned nails are like razors, so I’d broken the skin. The scratch was bleeding, so I stuck a 3M Nexcare “tattoo” band-aid on it. Disney princesses or something; I didn’t look when I put it on and don’t know who it’s […]

Headline from some paper in Oz: Slapped Iraqi soldier shoots dead two US troops Jesus, I hate that. The word “troop” is technically defined as soldiers or armed forces, but that doesn’t mean it’s entirely interchangeable with “soldiers” or “armed forces personnel”. You can have “a soldier” or “a member of the US Army/Navy/Air Force/Marines”, […]

After the Great Holy Fuck Why Do I Smell Ozone Scare of last night, I’ve kept Nerd Command Central powered off and everything unplugged, and the overhead light off. As of half an hour ago, I powered on NCC and so far, it seems okay, but I’m still leaving the overhead light off because that’s […]