Brian said...

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Apr
12th
Thu
I think you need to add that to your sabbatical to-do list: organizing your [trouser] socks. This is ridiculous. I don’t think you have three matching pairs in this pile [of more than 20 socks].
It’s [perfectionism] like the Beethoven in me. I need a little more Mozart in me.
Apr
11th
Wed

Academic stereotypes and other geekery

  • Brian: He's, like, the quintessential Humanities guy. He even dresses like a Humanities guy.
  • Chel: He wears scarves?
  • Brian: Yes! All the time. Even when he's not wearing a jacket. ...[additonal description of how he dresses....].... He's actually one of my favorite people; well, he's in my top 5 list of favorite people [at the iSchool].
  • Chel: Does that include professors?
  • Brian: No, that's a separate list, and it only has two people.
Apr
10th
Tue
Hey! No free grabs.
[big sigh] I feel like Charlie Brown.
You think physicists wait for journals to come out? No. They just Tweet each other.
I’m pretty sure I had a dream about bacon-wrapped meatloaf.
Sometimes, you think you’re having a conversation, but you’re really giving a lecture.
— as I tried to tell him about a novel I read
Apr
8th
Sun
I have a problem with the very first sentence if this article…”Publication of scientific content has been one of the areas to benefit from the emergence of the Internet.”… I thought that was porn.
Will you give me my chocolate bunny? I’m gonna eat its ears.
— On Easter (and, yes, Brian gets an Easter basket every year…. This year it has Calphalon cookware)
Apr
7th
Sat
People from Windsor, I’ve found, are very weird.
Apr
4th
Wed
  • Chel: [to Pannonica, The Cat]: Don't be so pissy.
  • Brian: [under his breath]: It runs in the family.
You don’t need an excuse for me to wait on you, Sweetie.
Mar
30th
Fri
That’s how I got so fat [as a boy], Chel. I was in pain.
— about wanting to eat junk food while mourning Syeeda, the cat
Mar
28th
Wed
Those look like slides from an astronomy course, Michelle.
— about by slides for stats class