A lot of black holes are found by examining the behavior of other stars. If scientists find a star that is occluded on a regular basis and/or is spewing matter off in some direction, it's a pretty good hint that either a black hole or its close cousin, a neutron star, is there nearby. They dance in orbit, round and round, the star losing matter, the black hole really not changing much for the gain in matter, since it's all incredibly densely packed anyway.

This is really just another test to see if, among other things, the Bigass Master List of Entries is getting updated with each new entry, without cutting off a bunch of links down towards the end.

I got a helping of fresh new slang in the mail today. Here are some of the terms I just might be using soon, in a conversation near you:

AUSSIE KISS
Similar to a French Kiss, but given down under.

BEER COAT
The invisible but warm coat worn when walking home after a booze cruise at 3 in the morning.

BEER COMPASS
The invisible device that ensures your safe arrival home after a booze cruise, even though you're too pissed to remember where you live, how you get there, and where you've come from.

BEER SCOOTER
The ability to get home after a night out on the booze and not remember it. i.e. "I don't even remember getting home last night, I must have caught the beer scooter".

BREAKING THE SEAL
Your first piss in the pub, usually after 2 hours of drinking. After breaking the seal of your bladder, repeat visits to the toilet will be required every 10 or 15 minutes for the rest of the night.

DRINK-LINK
A modern term for a cashpoint machine (ATM). Named so because it is common to visit one before going out on the booze.

FLOGGING ON
Surfing the Internet for some left-handed websites.

FckShtFckShtFckSht
The sound made when driving through too narrow a gap at too high a speed.

GOING FOR A McSHIT
Entering a fast food restaurant with no intention of buying food, you're just going to the restroom. If challenged by a pimply staff member,your declaration to them that you'll buy their food afterwards is a McShit With Lies.

GREYHOUND
A very short skirt, only an inch from the hare.

HAND-TO-GLAND COMBAT
A vigorous masturbation session.

MONKEY BATH
A bath so hot, that when lowering yourself in, you go: "Oo! Oo! Oo! Aa! Aa!Aa!".

PICASSO ARSE
A woman whose knickers are too small for her, so she looks like she's got 4 buttocks.
(I once had a teacher with Picasso Boobs - all her bras were entirely too small and she looked like she had four breasts.)

UP ON BLOCKS
Menstruating i.e. out of action, a bit like a car in a garage. e.g. "I don't think I'll be in luck tonight lads, the missus is up on blocks".

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