Why couldn’t the condensate from the car air conditioner be routed to the washer fluid reservoir?
February 02 2021, 10:44
An interesting pattern appeared after slamming the trunk lid. A wave?
I decided to check if it’s time to change the windshield wiper since last December, but there’s a tank under the engine. Let’s hope the sensors react in time.
February 01 2021, 00:22
On January 31st, Liza had her annual snowball fight “cadets vs civilians” on campus (We were at Liza’s place today in Blacksburg, Virginia Tech)
January 30 2021, 01:11
Reading Game of Thrones in the original. Incredibly interesting even after the series. The language becomes very simple once you get into it and figure out the terminology of the world of Games and various medieval stuff like chainmail (in English – mail).
Periodically, there are quite murky sentences where the author decided to show off his full word-formation prowess. Can’t find good examples anymore, but here’s a so-so example on the current page:
Stout, jowly Janos Slynt puffed himself up like an angry frog, his bald pate reddening.
#english
Here’s a good review of the language there:
January 28 2021, 00:50
How do some manage to change so much. On the left – Caro Emerald in 2012 with her unforgettable Night Like This and the same person nine years later, at 39. Is this really the same person? 🙂
January 22 2021, 18:43
Someone should issue a deck of cards featuring characters from recent investigations. It’s clear who the king is, even clear who the queen is, generally clear who the jack is, and absolutely clear who the ace is!
January 22 2021, 01:36
January 20 2021, 23:34
Tell me, how can you create a vaccine that initially requires minus 18 degrees, and then suddenly it turns out it can be stored at plus eight degrees? I thought that minus 18 was not just conjured out of thin air, but determined through experimental means, multiplied by an understanding of how temperature affects protein stability. But it turned out, both the understanding was wrong, and no experiments were conducted. In fact, I think the scientists just threw in the towel already.
January 20 2021, 11:33
2016 year. Inauguration.
— Here are three envelopes for you. If things go bad – open the first envelope. If things go very bad – open the second envelope. And if things go really bad – open the third envelope.
And he places the envelopes in his presidential safe. Several months pass. The newcomer is failing at everything. He worries about being impeached. And he remembers about the safe with the envelopes. He opens the first one. It reads: “Blame everything on me”. Twitter is in full swing:
— It’s not my fault, gentlemen. It’s all your previous president. It was like this even before I came.
People believed and calmed down.
Some more time passes. Things again start to go wrong. The president starts worrying – it’s definite, they will kick him out. He opens the second envelope. It reads: “Initiate modernization”.
— And what have I been saying, gentlemen. What existed during the past president’s time— it’s outdated. Everything needs to be updated.
And then, things started to go uphill again. New innovations began to improve the situation.
And now, four years are coming to an end. Everything began to completely fall apart. Fearing that he would definitely be kicked out, the president opens the third envelope. And it reads: “Prepare three envelopes and leave them to your successor”.
Today is precisely that day.
January 20 2021, 03:11
Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev. 