I’ve been back and forth to Australia, because I have family there. Melbourne and a dusty little coastal town in South Australia called Whyalla. I’ve also attended a Worldcon there, and I think, accidentally insulted Charles Stross.

I’ve also been on a month-long trip to Europe which covered the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Germany and the Netherlands. I fell in love with each and every one of those countries as I toured through them, although it was a little bit disappointing to be trapped in Essen while my wife attended Der Spiel because of a public transport strike.

We had plans for a trip to the US next year, which may not happen now. Perhaps we’ll head back to Europe.

I think also Manbat?

To be fair, the only one of my friends with a PHD is also the most supervillain-y.

You had bigger things on your mind. Origin of the cosmos, ultimate destiny of mankind, stuff like that.

This is my next project for when I discover a reserve of time and energy I didn’t know I had.

Maybe ‘museum quality’ means ‘good enough for the gift shop’.

It’s awkward. I’m not upset, please stop insisting that I should be. Am I now failing to live up to your expectations by being okay with stuff?

I think headphones aren’t tight enough to leave divots, but cochlear implants might make them wonder.

I mean, you’re just coming off sounding like an Apple-hater and someone who hasn’t ever actually owned an iPad. Maybe even a bot.

Yeah, that opinion was clearly an attack on an in-group you personally identify with! /s

Could that be because it’s a French word and they pluralise differently?

Thinking about it, a fusion rocket makes sense. The difficulty with building a fusion reactor is containing the plasma, but with a rocket you want the plasma to escape. It sounds much easier.

I live in a right-side drive country.

The first time I ever heard of a Zamboni was when Ryan Renolds drove one over a guy in the first Deadpool movie.

“Fox proposes new brand of locks for henhouse.”

“I’m not here to fuck spiders” - said by Australians who want to drop the preamble and get down to business.