Cyraxior

As a young man I foolishly took three years of German in high school. Foolish because I don't (beyond the lyrics of Rammstein songs) speak a lick of it anymore, and because at CERN they have a tendency towards speaking French. So kids, when you're asked to take a language in school, pick the coolest, most exotic sounding one you can think of because the likelihood of you needing it in your professional career is, to say the least, unlikely.

Congratz on surviving the apocalypse (If you were born before 1992, that would be 4-ish apocalypses that you've had to endure to date). But enough of the election (no comment), what can we say about for 2012? Other than grad school being frickin' hard. It's almost like getting your Ph.D in nuclear physics is hard or something. And with any luck *fingers crossed* I'll be headed to Geneva not too soon for data analyses. But on with the show... Best movie of 2012: Well hear now: I did see Pulp Fiction on the silver screen in Kansas City last month. If it hadn't come out in 1994, it would win. Otherwise, Django Unchained takes the cake. The

...because a society that couldn't predict its own decline seven centuries ago can totally predict ours. You ever wonder if the doomsday racket could be forced to give back the money it made predicting false apocalypses? Just imagine the billions simple-minded folk spent on Y2K, Global Warming, and 2012. Regardless, it's that time of year again. Top picks! Best movie: Uh, they all kinda sucked. Seriously, not a good year for films. Only Battle for Los Angeles comes to mind. Admittedly, I still have not seen either the new Harry Potter (or the one previous), or Tree of Life. Enter the Void is a worthy mention. Human Centipede II...even I h