Deep thoughts and silliness

Henry started it, but Mike decided to tag people, the fiend. I hear and obey.
So, this is the meme:

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Some of you may have noticed my absence for the past few days. Well, I finally packed Grrlscientist back off to New York, and then had to deal with the usual pile of stuff that builds up (manuscripts, questions etc. etc.).
We were lucky with the weather: it snowed, so Helsinki was at its prettiest. Grrlscientist has already put up some photos, including some from Hietaniemi cemetery. She’s promising more of the different tits we say (blue, great, etc. Stop sniggering at the back), but as a taster, here’s one of Grrl doing her photography:

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I should be cleaning the flat, so I need an excuse to prevaricate. Oddly enough, I’ve been prevaricating about this meme that Martin suggested. So if my flat is to be clean by Tuesday, I now need something else to prevaricate over.
So, without further ado, let’s see what’s below the fold:

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I think it’s time to meet face to face with the many of you living in Helsinki who lurk at Nature Network¹, as well as anyone else you wish to invite, or who wishes to come along.

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Here are a few things for a hard Friday afternoon’s work.

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I hate it when my underlings talk to the press:

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Today’s Non Sequitur cartoon:

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There’s a big election going on elsewhere, so hte blogosphere is full of discussions of interesting details, exhortations to vote, and suggestions for who to vote for.
But the best post for today must go to George Orwell. His diary is being posted, day by day, 70 years after it was written. Today’s entry, in full:

One egg.

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The more aware of you might have found time to raise your eyes from the microscope and see that there is an election going on in the USA. Far too many electrons have been sent whizzing around the Web2.0 for the sole purpose of showing that The Other Side is vile, honourless, and about as fitting for office as, well, a curtain fitting. The worst of it is that the poor electrons don’t even get a vote.

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