Palin says it the same way Bush does. I love it. Anyway, two quick videos that maybe I’m the last to see. Palin said that US soldiers are going to Iraq on a task from God. Asked about that, she tried her best to backtrack, hem and haw, and pretend that it’s similar to Lincoln’s […]
Bring It!
I’ve been waiting for this for a LOOOOOONG time. (That’s pronounced “long,” not “looooo+ng.”) Let’s see some action.
Welcome to Oz
I’m reading The Fatal Shore, by Robert Hughes, about the settling of Australia. It’s very good, and much more interesting than the blurbs make it sound. Hughes writes with humor and doesn’t leave out the juicy bits. I didn’t know much about the convicts in Australia, but I was completely wrong about how it all […]
Regret
XKCD is a very good geek-math-science-love-humanity comic strip. (Not like all the geek-math-science-love-humanity comic strips out there that suck.) This one says it all about regrets. As everyone already knows, regrets are usually about what you didn’t do. But it’s so hard to remember that when deciding whether to take the risk.
Magazines
I dropped my subscription to Seed magazine and to Macworld. Kept Wilson’s Quarterly and Wired, and I thought I would leave it at that. But I had forgotten about the new kid on the block I had already subscribed to. They’ve finally released the premier issue, and I got it recently: Knowledge magazine, put out […]
Jesus Says: Burn in Hell
Richard Dawkins reads his mail:
Fabulous Wii Theatre
The Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta is an extraordinary place. It was designed to be sort of mosque-like, but also like the palace of a sheik. It’s huge, and has lots of rooms and corridors and everything is decorated. Because my friend Amy is the assistant production manager there, I was allowed to do something […]
Slaves
Today I read an article in the Wilson’s Quarterly about modern-day slavery. The author, John Miller, calls for action: First for laws and enforcement of those laws, and second, for education. Two examples of education: 1. He spoke in Japan about the thousands of Japanese work visas given to Female filipino “entertainers.” Within a couple […]
Chicks Are Vain
I’m talking about birds, of course. Avians. Feathers and such. New research suggests pretty conclusively that some birds (magpies, in this case) understand that the image they see in the mirror is their own. Used to be, we thought that only mammals could do it. Of course, every time we figure out that non-humans can […]
Average-Looking
A friend of mine recently said that Ellen Barkin used to be on his list of the hottest of hot women. To me, she’s not the slightest bit pretty. This brought to mind a bit of a tangent: What does it mean to be average-looking? I used to think it meant that on the bell […]