Times A Wastin'

Nothing like rainy day time wasting on the interweb to discover essential things I never I knew I needed until now...
Like painfully bright headphones...noone would borrow them. Ever. I'd always have them.

Or revolting ice cubes...

A brownie pan where every piece is an edge...brilliant. No more fighting over the edgy bits.

And some fake mustaches. What? Tell me you don't want some too...

A lovely vinyl playdeck for turning my Grandpa's old Shadow LPs into mp3s...

And for a light nut like me: LED temperature tap lights...they've been reading my mind!

AND even better....a jacuzzi tube with LED lights in it...bwahaha! If I ever replace my tub...THAT is what I need.

But, of the things I may *actually* get...this shirt that says all you need to say about how cool science is...with the proof of the experiment on the back.

It's good to know there are people like me out there...
Hmmm...rain's stopped. Perhaps I'll go pull some weeds.
It's a thrill a minute here...

Having a wonderful time but I'd rather be whistling in the dark

It's odd now that the sun is going down at suppertime and isn't coming up until 7ish.
It's very dark and gloomy. Perfect for spooky old Halloween I suppose but downright gloomy for me. The sunrise over the river on the bus ride to work was spectacular though. Guess I should take what I can get, but the darkness is a bit oppressive, and it's only just begun...

Over the weekend I discovered a very nifty place which I'm sure will be receiving most of my spare $$ in the months to come. A little collectible shop called Amazing Stories has all manner of cool things I've only ever found on the interweb before. For example - as a birthday present to myself I got a most excellent Nightmare Before Christmas wooden block calendar as well as a insanely cool addition to my scientist action figures collection (no that wasn't a typo): Now Einstein has a Jack Skellington complete with desk and microscope for a buddy. They'll be in my Mad scientist closet once I've got the shelves up. Now all I need to do is track down a Muppet Lab with Beaker and maybe a Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and my little collection will be complete. I've been waiting for a shelf in a room of my own to have these guys out there, and now I can. They also had all manner of Star Wars, Doctor Who and Serenity stuff, with some anime and other stuff thrown in...geeks ahoy.

Much to do...Later.