2012/11/28

sloppy language

phrases that set my logical teeth on edge:

'there you go...' (what does this mean, if anything?)
'i have no idea' (the speaker almost always has some idea!)
'there's a first time for everything' (oh, like 1 + 1 = 3?)
'There you go'

2012/11/25

a geophysical bucket list

things to see before i die (X = done)
  total solar eclipse
X equator
  aurora
  antipodes of my birthplace (62 E, 34 S, SE of Madagascar)
  poles
  Arctic Circle
X transit of Venus
X Mercury
X Venus
X Mars
X Jupiter 
X Saturn