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"Annoyance is my strongest emotion."
-- Emily meant feeling annoyed, not being annoying (September 2024).
cunt is a term of affection so feel free to drop it liberally in conversation.
-- Sue provides guidance for Australia (October 2024).
"It tastes like TV static."
-- Why Luke J doesn't like sparkling water (October 2024).
"The song is the one thing we're..."
"Totally wrong on?"
"...yeah..."
-- Emily offers a more direct/accurate assessment of our trivia
answer status than what I was going to say (November 2025).
(My new gmail account is cautioning me about sharing sensitive information
with frank@notfrank.com. They've detected that your account is
simultaneously frank and notfrank, and that strikes them as a little sus.)
-- Lisa summarizes the situation perfectly (November 2024).
bad reviewers go to science hell…
-- Felix F's chat message during a Zoom discussion about paper
reviews--and it's true (Deccember 2024).
"They're in Mexico...not the cartel section, the vacation section."
-- Always good to clarify these things (January 2025).
"They key to student success is money, time, and proximity."
-- Justin was talking about student pilots, but it probably is
true, with different weightingm, in many endeavors (January 2025).
T'Pol is also an interesting case because the actress who played her
was hotter than the surface of the sun. Star Trek has never been above
fetishizing women, and Jolene Blalock would suffer from this as well.
-- I appreciate Deepak's accuracy on both the actress and that
the surface is the hottest part of the sun (December 2024).
[Note: I'm behind on email. This one should have appeared
last year and will be archived in the 2024 file.]
"Ugh. So far, I've made all of the turns [turnovers] for the team."
"Somebody had to do it. Better you than me."
-- Kaspar provides limited consolation to me. Though to be fair,
it was only the 2nd point in the frisbee game and it was
pretty windy and somewhat cold out (January 2025).
The list of previous selected "quotes of now" for 2025.