Dr. Wenn (Erik Wennstrom)

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Logician. Senior lecturer in CS at Indiana University. Swing dance teacher. Constructor of crosswords, interactive fiction, and Rube Goldberg machines. SFF/comic/videogame/boardgame/linguistics fan. Sucker for metanarratives, funny songs, and closed timeloop stories.
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Out of context thing I said today:

"If I sense a Tommy coming, I'll flip my hair over my shoulder to get it out of the way."

Happy Mole Day everyone!

Mole Day is held every 10/23, in honor of Avogadro's number 6.02×10²³, which is really just a big chemistry retcon to make the old loosey-goosey units actually consistent.

The traditional food of Mole Day is guacamole, made with fresh avogados.

Does anyone else find typesetting things in LaTeX relaxing?
Today, walking past Qdoba, I heard "Funky Town", and I only just now figured out the pun in the name of the band "Lipps Inc."
Still can't poop, no not one bit
Don't know why I couldn't shit
It's all compacted to a brick
Don't know why I couldn't shit
Don't know why I couldn't shit

Had a bowl of black bean soup
Don't know why I couldn't poop
My guts feel like they're crammed with goop
Don't know why I couldn't poop
Don't know why I couldn't poop

Something surely has to give
Since I took that laxative
I try to poop, but draw a blank
I'm backed up like a septic tank

My face is drenched in sweat
But I can't poop just yet
Or ever

I'd like to apologize in advance to Norah Jones
(CW: constipation, mild swearing)

I ate a spicy chili bowl
Don't know why I couldn't go
Drank prune juice, a cup of joe
Don't know why I couldn't go
Don't know why I couldn't go

If you knew the stuff I ate
You'd think that I could defecate
Instead I'm straining in the loo
Trying hard for number two

My face is drenched in sweat
But I can't poop just yet
Or ever

Dumb thought of the day: you can sound a lot louder using a microphone than you can using a megaphone.

I just played a game with my wife where the first three moves of the game were bingos. And then the fifth play was another bingo. I ended the game having played four bingos total, for a total of 571 points.

(Note: this is because I got lucky not because I'm such a great player.)

And by "spider", I mean this thing: