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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 12:27 am
I was at the Heriot-Watt semigroup day on Friday (at which I was one of a surprising number of category theorists).

It was only after I'd got there that I realised I should have been wearing my No2ID T-shirt...
pozorvlak: (polar bear)
Saturday, November 17th, 2007 08:15 pm
You can't spell "patriot" without "riot".

You can't spell "team" without "tea", either...
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Friday, May 19th, 2006 03:03 pm
Q: What's yellow and equivalent to the Axiom of Choice?
A: Zorn's Lemon.

You've probably all heard that one before. But here's one I invented, which is even better1

Q: Which member of the university hierarchy is equivalent to the Axiom of Choice and frequently eats at Norwegian restaurants?
A: The whale-ordering Principal.

Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen; I'm here all week.

1 ie, worse.