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I Think The Comic That's Gotten Me The Most Feedback Is Actually The One About The Stoplights. Noticing When The Stoplights Are In Sync, Or Calculating The Length Of Your Strides Between Floor Tiles - Normal People Notice That Kind Of Stuff, But A Certain Kind Of Person Will Do Some Calculations.

Once I Got Married, I Started Working From An Office. I Found That Having Somewhere To Go That Isn't My House Is Mentally Helpful: 'this Is The Place Where I Answer Email And Write Blog Posts,' And 'over There Is The Place Where I Do The Dishes.

Space Is About 100 Kilometers Away. That’s Far Away—i Wouldn’t Want To Climb A Ladder To Get There—but It Isn’t That Far Away. If You’re In Sacramento, Seattle, Canberra, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Phnom Penh, Cairo, Beijing, Central Japan, Central Sri Lanka, Or Portland, Space Is Closer Than The Sea.

The Scholarly Authorities On Freezing To Death Seem To Be, Unsurprisingly, Canadians.

The Role Of Gender In Society Is The Most Complicated Thing I’ve Ever Spent A Lot Of Time Learning About, And I’ve Spent A Lot Of Time Learning About Quantum Mechanics.