Saturday, February 28, 2009

dark matter Shane

"It is conceivable that once captured, WIMPs could be ejected by hard elastic scattering from nuclei."

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

the great Shane-icator

In anticipation of these urgings, everyone should read the excerpt in this month's Vanity Fair (online edition only) from James Mann's forthcoming book The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan, which reveals that the hard-liners' hero was, in fact, a babbling nut job who was lucky that Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, a genuine reformer desperate for Western assistance, was on the receiving end.

http://www.slate.com/id/2211165/

Thursday, February 12, 2009

stimulus Shane (though this is almost too easy)

How much stimulus is going to end up in people's pockets?

home repair Shane

Insulation: foam spraying unit

(seen on a truck at the Manchester airport)

Monday, February 9, 2009

Shane rolls initiative

"If they delay, they can insert themselves wherever they want."

('They,' of course, refers to a bunch of Kobolds)

Saturday, February 7, 2009

game night Shane

"It's like a roller coaster of pleasant feelings and being full."

Friday, February 6, 2009

when Shane was at Harvard

"As the binary gets stiffer and starts to merge, you'd expect the ejections to get more energetic."

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Downloading Shane

"Well, i'm going to finish before you. Just let me know when you're done."

hold'em Shane

"I'm good at the flopping, just not at the other parts."

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Super Bowl Shane

"They'll get plenty of time to touch it for sure."

Bruise Shane

"I couldn't touch it without crying."